The day features workshops, art, music, and networking with community organizations. 

This year's keynote speaker is Akasha Gloria Hull, Professor Emeritus, University of California at Santa Cruz and author of "Soul Talk: The New Spirituality of African-American Women." Our closing artist is Helena Hale, Performance Artist, doing her one-woman theatre portraying Georgia O'Keeffe and Louise Nevelson. Workshops include Women's Self-Defense, Native American Beading, Art Therapy,The Obstacles, Myths and Realities of Women with Disabilities, Reproductive Rights in the 21st Century, The Heart of Yoga and many more.

Cost: $10

Arms control architecture: NO to missile defense and weapons of mass destruction

The panel discussion, organized in part by local women’s rights activist Sonia Stevens, will feature five experts on religious fundamentalism and the different ways they affect women’s lives. 

Speakers for the event include: Toni Bond, founder of African American Women Evolving; Dr. Laila Farah, assistant professor of Women’s Studies at DePaul University and performance artist; Deborah Benford, board member of Affinity Community Services and LGBT liaison to the Black Radical Congress; Dr. Madhuri Deshmukh, professor of English at Oakton Community College; and Dr. Janet Afary, associate professor of History and Women's Studies at Purdue University.