National Women of Color Day:
Awards Luncheon March 4

The National Institute for Women of Color (NIWC) has designated the first day of Women’s History Month as National Women of Color Day. For the 18th consecutive year, the University of Pennsylvania and the Health System (HUP, Presbyterian, and Pennsylvania Hospitals) seek to increase our awareness of the talents and achievements of women of color by hosting an Awards Luncheon. We hope you will join us for this uplifting and inspirational celebration.

The 2005 Awards Luncheon will take place Friday, March 4, 2005 , noon-3 p.m., Bodek Lounge and Hall of Flags, Houston Hall. Tickets are $25 per person. A limited number of scholarship tickets will be available. To order tickets, please contact Constance Gordon, cagordon@pobox.upenn.edu.

Additional free activities are being held in Houston Hall in conjunction with the luncheon:

• Craft Fair: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

• Book Signing: 1:30 p.m.-2 p.m.

• Health & Resource Fair: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

If you would like to nominate someone from Penn, HUP, Presbyterian, or Pennsylvania Hospital for this distinction, please visit the Women of Color at Penn website, www.upenn.edu/ccp/WOCAP. For more information, call (215) 898-0104.

—Women of Color at Penn Committee