"We can do it" -Women's History Month
By: Laura Cogliandro
Issue date: 3/8/10 Section: Entertainment
"We are ordinary women but what we do is extraordinary," Laura Castillo, lawyer from Hobbs and guest speaker, said last week in the Pecos room of Eastern New Mexico University's Campus Union Building.
Established to remind everyone of the struggles of the past, "Women's History Month" was proclaimed by congress in 1987. Today, ENMU is celebrating the month with various events coordinated by Diana Cordova, Multicultural Affairs Director, in the Campus Union Building to remind everyone of women's suffrage and empower current women to strive for success.
"Learning more about women's history would be good for a lot of people," Chris Bartz, 29, Portales local, said. By educating more people about women's history, maybe the demeaning of women will not happen anymore.
Last week on Wednesday, Mar. 3, and Thursday, Mar. 4, the Hispanic Affairs office and the African American Affairs office contributed to the month with one guest speaker each about being a successful and powerful woman. Two more speakers are prepared to address the ENMU students -one this week, Wed., Mar. 10, and another the next week, Tues., Mar. 16- thanks to the International Affairs office and the Native American Affairs office.
"We need to have recognition for what women have done, and how far they have come," Vickie Linthicum, 51, librarian at the reference desk in ENMU's Golden Library, said.
I think it's great that the campus selects things like this to show our rich culture, she said.
Laura Castillo, lawyer from Hobbs, was the guest speaker last Wednesday for the "Hispanic Women Striving for Success." Although she had a difficult childhood, Castillo drove herself to become the successful lawyer and woman she is today, while still taking care of her family.
"We women hid behind the shadows of our husbands," Castillo said. "The purpose of women's history month is to acknowledge [those] women."
The next guest speaker, Social Worker Kim Grooms, presented "Empowering Women: What's in your hand? What's in your heart?" last Thursday evening in the Pecos room presenting the accomplishments of women.
The International Affairs office has planned the "Inter-cultural Relationship/Marriage Forum" for this Wednesday at 2p.m. in the in the Pecos room with Rabiah Memon, Diana Cordova, Dr. Mary Ayala and Roma Vivas as the panelists.
The last event will be held Tuesday, Mar. 16, in the Aztec room of the CUB at 2 p.m. with Deborah Blanch impersonating Laura Gilpin, photographer and author of "The Enduring Navajo."
"I think [Women's History Month] is a good way to bring to attention all the struggles women have gone through in the past," Steven Aragon, 22, senior, general biology major, said, "and to recognize specific individuals that made an impact."
Established to remind everyone of the struggles of the past, "Women's History Month" was proclaimed by congress in 1987. Today, ENMU is celebrating the month with various events coordinated by Diana Cordova, Multicultural Affairs Director, in the Campus Union Building to remind everyone of women's suffrage and empower current women to strive for success.
"Learning more about women's history would be good for a lot of people," Chris Bartz, 29, Portales local, said. By educating more people about women's history, maybe the demeaning of women will not happen anymore.
Last week on Wednesday, Mar. 3, and Thursday, Mar. 4, the Hispanic Affairs office and the African American Affairs office contributed to the month with one guest speaker each about being a successful and powerful woman. Two more speakers are prepared to address the ENMU students -one this week, Wed., Mar. 10, and another the next week, Tues., Mar. 16- thanks to the International Affairs office and the Native American Affairs office.
"We need to have recognition for what women have done, and how far they have come," Vickie Linthicum, 51, librarian at the reference desk in ENMU's Golden Library, said.
I think it's great that the campus selects things like this to show our rich culture, she said.
Laura Castillo, lawyer from Hobbs, was the guest speaker last Wednesday for the "Hispanic Women Striving for Success." Although she had a difficult childhood, Castillo drove herself to become the successful lawyer and woman she is today, while still taking care of her family.
"We women hid behind the shadows of our husbands," Castillo said. "The purpose of women's history month is to acknowledge [those] women."
The next guest speaker, Social Worker Kim Grooms, presented "Empowering Women: What's in your hand? What's in your heart?" last Thursday evening in the Pecos room presenting the accomplishments of women.
The International Affairs office has planned the "Inter-cultural Relationship/Marriage Forum" for this Wednesday at 2p.m. in the in the Pecos room with Rabiah Memon, Diana Cordova, Dr. Mary Ayala and Roma Vivas as the panelists.
The last event will be held Tuesday, Mar. 16, in the Aztec room of the CUB at 2 p.m. with Deborah Blanch impersonating Laura Gilpin, photographer and author of "The Enduring Navajo."
"I think [Women's History Month] is a good way to bring to attention all the struggles women have gone through in the past," Steven Aragon, 22, senior, general biology major, said, "and to recognize specific individuals that made an impact."