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Name: “Women Hold Up Half the Sky”
Start: 2012-05-06T17:00+00:00
End: 2012-05-07T06:59+00:00
Location: Van Departs City Hall

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The Calendar features a comprehensive schedule of City of West Hollywood meetings and City-sponsored events. In order to ensure accuracy, only listings for the current month appear on the Calendar. (Past events remain listed, as well.) The following month's Calendar listings are typically added during the last week of the month prior.

“Women Hold Up Half the Sky”

Exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center

Date: May 06, 2012 10:00 AM May 06, 2012 10:00 AM May 06, 2012
Location: Van Departs City Hall
8300 Santa Monica Boulevard
West Hollywood, California

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Event co-sponsored by the City of West Hollywood. Exhibit will run through May 20th. Join the City of West Hollywood on a private docent-led tour with free transportation to and from the Skirball. Admission to the museum will be available for a discounted group rate of $7 per person. “Women Hold Up Half the Sky” is a multi-media exhibit inspired by the critically acclaimed book “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,” by Nicholas D. Kristof and Shryl WuDunn. The exhibit features groundbreaking experiences with documentary photographs, visual art, sound installations and interactive opportunities for visitors to get involved in changing the injustices women face worldwide. It’s both an educational and empowering opportunity for women and men to better understand the injustices occurring upon women and to learn how to take part in local activism to prevent further atrocities. Please RSVP by Thursday, May 3rd for transportation to the museum or for more information by calling (323) 848-6460 or email cplanck@weho.org TTY for the deaf and hard of hearing at (323) 848-6496.

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