Saturday, October 15

10:00am – 11:30am

Free Admission

Ages 13 – 130 welcome!

Refreshments and free childcare provided (please call to inquire).

Join us for guided round-table discussions surrounding what the next hundred years will hold for women in our communities.

More information:

The Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre, the Southampton Art Gallery and the Canadian Federation of University Women-Southport would like to invite you to participate in an exciting event.

2011 is the 100^th anniversary of International Women’s Day and Saugeen Shores is celebrating by hosting a World Café. We are creating a space where women in our community can come together in conversation to discuss our hopes and dreams for our daughters and granddaughters over the next 100years. The past 100 years have seen incredible changes for women – we’ve gained the right to vote; we’ve become persons under the law; we can own property and some would say we’ve achieved full equality.

Our World Café is aptly named “Are We There Yet?” Through simple conversation in guided round-table discussions we are inviting women from ages 13 to 130 to talk about what works in Saugeen Shores and what needs to change to improve the lives of women who live, work and attend school here. We then hope to take the information garnered from those discussions to decision makers, women’s groups and activists who can help shape a foundation for the next 100 years, right here at home.

The World Café will begin at 10 a.m. and will conclude by 11:30 a.m. It will take place at the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre in Southampton and we have enclosed a poster that we hope you will circulate. It outlines contact numbers for a ride to the event or a request for childcare or simply for additional information. Those of us who have been involved in planning this event are excited and we hope this letter and the enclosed poster excite you about the possibility of participating in an event that could improve the living and working conditions of women over the next 100 years.

We know the improvements in women’s lives over the past 100 years didn’t happen by chance or by accident; they came about because women wanted more for themselves and their children and we hope those dreams for a better future are alive in you today. We encourage you to attend and to invite other women to participate.

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