An evening to spread awareness about relationship violence and honor those who are survivors and victims, "Metamorphosis" will include:

• a town hall-style discussion facilitated by professionals from TurnAround, Inc.
• artistic performances, including acapella singing and slam poetry
• food
• informational tables
• honoring of the names of those who died last year in Maryland as a result of relationship violence
• visual art displays

Please join the Office of Health Education, the Women's Center, and TurnAround Inc. for this special evening.

• September 14, 15, 16, 17: The Pill (1999), Canada, 45 minutes
  

  Conceived to help women control their fertility, the birth control pill was a touchstone for sexual liberation in the 1960s and is now used by millions around the globe. This fascinating documentary, which chronicles little known chapters in the history of the oral contraceptive that changed the world, examines how far the pharmacuetical industry was willing to risk women's health to launch its magic bullet. For its inquiry, the film draws on archival and period footage, interviews with women from Puerto Rico who became unsuspecting test subjects for the early Pill, insights from women's health activists who publicly questioned the high-dose version's safety, and testimony from scientists prominent in the drug's development. Also featured are Gloria Steinem and journalist Barbara Seaman, whose 1969 book, The Doctor's Case Against the Pill, became a cause celebre in the campaign for informed consent. An impressively researched story of how the Pill came to be, the film speaks directly to issues of patient's right, medical ethics, and women's health care that still resonate today.

  
  Viewings occur every hour, on the hour as follows:
  Monday- First showing: 10:00am, Last showing: 3:00pm
  Tuesday- First showing: 11:00am, Last showing: 6:00pm
  Wednesday- First showing: 11:00am, Last showing: 6:00pm
  Thursday- First showing: 2:00pm, Last showing: 6:00pm
  
  If none of these times are conducive to your schedule, please call x52714 to inquire about the possibility of scheduling a special viewing.
  
  
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