May 2007 Calendar

Asian Pacific American History Month, Older Americans Awareness Month

• 05/05 Cinco de Mayo
• 05/05-05/06 Living Green Expo, State Fair Grandstand. Details at livinggreen.org.
• 05/08 Fergus Falls Area NOW Chapter Meeting and Potluck, 5:30 p.m. Second Tuesdays September through May. For additional information contact Tanya at fergusfallsareanow@yahoo.com
• 05/10 Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women Benefit: An Evening of Light – The Radiance of Unity. Social hour, live auction, dinner and a performance by vocalist Prudence Johnson with accompanist Dan Chouinard. 6-9:30 PM. The Semple Mansion, 100 West Franklin, Minneapolis. Questions: Deb Foster 651/646-6177, ext. 13.
• 05/12 Midwest Health Center for Women 2nd Annual Mother’s Day Brunch – Motherhood By Choice. 9-11 AM. Town & Country Club, St. Paul. More info at www.midwesthealthcenter.org/news_events.html.
• 05/13 Mother’s Day – In 1905, Anna Jarvis began a campaign to memorialize the life work of her mother, Ann Marie Jarvis. In 1914, Anna’s hard work paid off when President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill recognizing Mother’s Day as a national holiday.
• 05/17 Minnesota Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Faith & Choices. Come and learn how to facilitate a discussion in your congregation about your faith tradition and reproductive choice. 6:30-8:30 PM. Mt. Zion Temple, St. Paul. To register or for more info 612/870-0974.
• 05/17-05/19 League of Women Voters of Minnesota 2007 Convention. Breezy Point Resort. www.lwvmn.org.
• 05/18 Knit-In at the Capitol Rotunda. In light of the recent Supreme Court decision outlawing a specific abortion procedure, the National Council of Jewish Women, along with our co-sponsors, Midwest Health Center for Women, Minnesota Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Minnesota National Organization for Women, NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota Foundation, and Pro-Choice Resources invite you to a Knit-in, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Before Roe vs. Wade legalized abortions, women desperate to terminate unintended pregnancies used knitting needles and wire coat hangers. Many women died or suffered from the unavailability of safe and legal medical procedures. Will we revert back to those times? The time to speak up is now! For more information, click here.
• 05/19 Minnesota NOW Annual State Conference: “Our Bodies, Our World”. View/download conference brochure. For additional information: www.mnnow.org, 651-222-1605, or mnnow@mnnow.org.
• 05/20 Minnesota AIDS Walk, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis. For additional information:www.mnaidsproject.org.
• 05/21 Victim Intervention Project Inc. (VIPI) Annual Walk-a-thon. Como Park, East Pavilion, located west of Lexington Parkway, St. Paul. Pig roast from 5:30 – 7 PM (free to all participants). Opening ceremonies around 7:15 with Mayor Chris Coleman. Walk to start at 7:30 PM. Closing ceremonies around 8:15 PM with lighting of luminaries around 8:30 PM.
• 05/24 MN Valley NOW Chapter Meeting, Prior Lake Public Library, 7:00 p.m. General Membership Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Taylor Kristoffe-Jones. Ms. Kristoffe-Jones ran for the Minnesota House of Representatives for District 35B during the recent 2006 elections. She was endorsed by the House DFL Caucus and ran in a historically Republican district. She will speak about her campaign experience, her background, and her plans to run again in 2008. A question and answer session will follow. For additional information email MN Valley NOW.
• 05/26 Sisterhood of the Realm 1st Gathering, Mankato, River Hills Mall Community Room. First session at 9:00 a.m., repeat session at 1:00 p.m. Cost: $5.00. Two speakers, a native of England and an RN who will be discussing women’s health issues. For more information email Sisterhood of the Realm. The Sisterhood of the Round Table was formed by a group of people who believe women are ALL Sisters. Their goal is to let women of all ages know how wonderful and unique they are through inspiration, acknowledgment, and support as they take that incredible journey through womanhood. The Sisterhood wants to help women understand the many different aspects of the “Woman Experience”.
• 05/28 Memorial Day
• 05/28 Equal Pay Act passed in 1963
• 05/31 World No Tobacco Day
• 05/31 League of Women Voters of Minneapolis City Convention. Minneapolis Park Board Building, 2117 West River Road, Minneapolis. 612/333-6319.