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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

FESTIVAL

SATURDAY

11MARCH

2017

10am - 4pm

FREE ENTRY (donations welcome)

Market Place & QUAD, Cathedral Quarter, Derby

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Saturday 11th March 2017

Everyone welcome - all genders, all ages

Inspiring workshops, live entertainment and activities

Free creche, family fun and good causes in our festival marquee and yurts

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN S DAY FESTIVAL

PROGRAMME

Saturday 11th March 2017

BSL Interpreters kindly provided by Derby City Council

Time Celebrate Free live performances on-stage in our Market Place Marquee

Participate & LiberateFree workshops in The Green Room, QUAD

10.00am MC Sue Warren & IWD Committee Welcome to IWD 2017!Sheryl Richards on saxophoneSammie Narroya, Satyam Yoga leads a Yogabeats Stylie taster session - join in!

Explore the festival all day (workshops begin at 11am). Attractions include arts & crafts, magic table, causes, activities, food & gift stalls, HERstory exhibition, Sisterhood Tree & inspiring women. Visit the Yoga Yurt, Human Library, Love Graffiti (waterfall) & cheer on the girls’ sports teams.

11.00am University of Derby Students Union Gospel Choir perform uplifting songsMC Sue Warren performs songs on the ukeBeatFeet – Rhythm for life. Jude Winwood leads the drumming – grab a drum and join in!

Be Your Own Boss – finance made easyFatimah Razak. Self-employment has given many women the freedom, flexibility and fulfilment they craved, but it can be daunting. This supportive session offers real-life experience, Q&A and finance top tips to help you get started.Who for: Women in / considering self-employment

12.00pm Sue Warren leads a 1 minute silence in remembrance of our missing sistersShakti Arts Bollywood dance performance & Bhangra dance-alongDelicata Acoustic duo Rachel Delicata & Shirley Novak bring their unique style spanning Folk, Pop, Blues & Country.

Your Powerful Passion & PurposeCamara Reed. Do you ever think that there is more to you than your life represents? Unleash your passion and purpose at this thought-provoking session. Identify what needs to happen to spark your truest, highest potential, all with enthusiasm, confidence and joy. Who for: Women and girls 12yrs+

1.00pm DelicataSue Warren hosts our Open Mic incl. spoken word by Empowered Women of Women’s Work, Somaiyeh Mohammadian, Fay Price, Jo Blackwood & young grime artist Radio Raheem. Come to the stage if you’d like to perform or speak! Reading of the Girl Declaration

Scratching the surface – the hidden HERstory of Alice Wheeldon Chloë Mason & Deirdre Mason. At the Centenary of the wrongful imprisonment of Derby Suffragist & pacifist Alice Wheeldon, her great granddaughters share the story of the only woman in Derby to be recognised with a historical blue plaque. Discover the story of activism, injustice and the campaign to set the historical record straight. Who for: Everyone

2.00pm Steps for the future performing arts academy Let’s dance! Join in the inclusive disability-positive dance-alongDrama Incorporated Allenton’s upbeat intergenerational drama group celebrates HERstory & HERoes Kathryn Mitchell, Vice Chancellor, University of Derby - IWD Message

Reclaiming Our Feminine PowerEmerciana Desouza. As women, now more than ever, it really is time for us to take up space: to celebrate ourselves, to be seen & to be heard. This will be a relaxed, interactive & creative space to do just that, as an antidote to a culture which often fears our true feminine power and its liberation. Who for: Women and girls 16yrs+

3.00pm IWD Normanton Women’s Choir with songs to ‘Celebrate our HERstory’. Choir leaders Jo Lewis & Beth de Lange, thanks to University of Derby Community Fund.IWD Derby Committee & Raffle drawDeosil & Black Peacock Tribal-style Bellydance tribes partner to perform a set of improvised dances using this feminine and powerful global art form. With audience dance-along finale.

Writing HER Story Allison Prince & Jet Black. 'Bird' - a new spoken word performance, being showcased for IWD, written and performed by Allison Prince, based on her life story. Followed by an invitation to each woman to explore writing her own story, facilitated by Jet and Allison. Who for: Women

>>> * AFTER PARTY * 7pm, Carnero Lounge, St Peters Street, Derby DE1 1SH thanks to Ruth gfgfgfgfgfgfgfgfgfRichardson. A night of music, dance & laughter

Children can also enjoy the Busy Bees crèche yurt and Scallywags Playbus. And don’t miss our HERstory exhibition – 100 years of IWD in Derby & Derbyshire supported by the Heritage Lottery FundMarch is Women’s History Month – see Vox Feminarum facebook page for info