



| This is the first day of Feminine Empowerment Month. Be proud to be a woman! | |
Celebrate Women’s History Month and the UNF Women’s Center’s 20th anniversary at the Women’s History Month Kickoff Luncheon from noon to 2pm in building 14, room 1601-04. The center will announce this year’s winner of the Susan B. Anthony Award. Everyone is welcome to enjoy lunch and entertainment. Call 904.620.2528 or visit unf.edu for more information. | |
The Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women is hosting the annual Women’s History Month Breakfast at the Hyatt Regency today at 7am. Tickets are $30 per person. Call 904.665.7787 or email RSVP@jea.com to reserve your place. | |
| It’s Catherine O’Hara’s birthday. Celebrate by watching Best in Show and having a laugh. | |
| Today is International Women’s Day! Celebrate Jacksonville’s diverse community of women by bringing your favorite ethnic dish to RiversideMethodistChurch. Share food and stories from 6 to 8pm. Visit womenscenterofjax.org or call 904-722-3000 for details. | |
| Today is International Women’s Day. Go to nwhp.org to learn more about the National Women’s History Project. | |
Join the skirt! staff for Sip with Skirt! tonightat The Melting Pot from 5 to 8pm. For $10 you can purchase a balloon-pop to win prizes, and everyone is welcome to participate in a silent auction. We’ll be giving away free copies of PMS: Problems Men Started by Nikki Hardin and Caitilin McPhilips while supplies last. Enjoy a savory select menu for $35 and a Skirtini for $5. Call skirt! at 904.359.4693 for details and call 904.642.4900 to RSVP. | |
| National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. | |
Jax Motherless Daughters Group, a support group for women eighteen and over who have lost their mothers, meets tonight at 6:30pm and on the second Tuesday of every month at the Southeast Regional Library. Call 904.707.0323 for more information. | |
| The First Girl Scouts Meeting was on this day in 1912. Hooray for 96 years of empowering girls! | |
Miss those monthly book clubs? The Women’s Center of Jacksonville Library features Females and Books (FAB). Bring your lunch to the Women’s Center of Jacksonville for a free monthly book talk the second Thursday of every month from noon to 1pm. Rehash details of the latest plot twist and make friends with other literary inclined ladies. Call 904.722.3000 x 234 for details.
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| Beware the Ides of March… | |
FCCJ is hosting It’s Your Business: Woman to Woman, a panel discussion where women business experts can answer your questions about starting a successful business. Purchase a boxed lunch, or bring your own lunch to the FCCJAdvancedTechnologyCenter in room 140 today at noon to 2pm. Registration is required. Call 904.633.8292 or visit fccj.edu/wisewoman.com to register.
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| Spring has sprung. | |
It’s time again for the Women Business Owners’ Women in Business Awards. Local women business owners will be honored at this annual luncheon at the Hyatt downtown. Visit jaxwbo.orgor call 904.278.9270 for details. | |
V-Day UNF presents The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler tonight at 7:30 at UNF Lazzara Performance Hall. The show is one night only, so don’t miss it! Tickets are $20 general admission and $5 for students. Proceeds benefit Betty Griffin House, Quigley House and The Women’s Center of Jacksonville. Visit www.unf.edu/fineartscenter/or call 904.620.2878 for tickets.
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