Julia Butterfly Hill to Speak at USM

JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL -- FROM REDWOODS TO USM
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 7:30 P.M.

She came to fame in December of 1997 when she climbed a 1,000-year-old redwood tree in California and remained there, 180 feet above the ground, for two years to protest logging practices and to call for permanent protection of the last three percent of the world’s ancient redwood trees.

Her name is Julia Butterfly Hill, an environmental activist and author. She will be speaking Thursday, March 8 at the Sullivan Gymnasium on the USM Portland campus, at 7:30 p.m. Her presentation is titled “The Legacy of Luna.” Luna is what she calls the tree she lived in and the hillside on which it stands.

The lecture is free and open to the public. It is the keynote event in USM’s celebration of Women’s History Month, 2001. There will also be a Women’s History Month dinner and reception with Ms. Hill at 5:00 p.m. March 8th at the Woodbury Campus Center in Portland. Cost is $15 ($10 for students).

In addition to Ms. Hill, USM’s Women’s Studies is sponsoring a series of events on the theme “Remaking the World: Women and the Environment” this spring. Programs include:

• Tues. March 6: A theatrical presentation, “In my head, I’m thin.” Luther Bonney Auditorium, Portland Campus, 8 p.m.
• Sat. March 10: “Tres Vidas.” The Core Ensemble presents the lives of three Latin American women. Corthell Concert Hall, Gorham Campus, 8 p.m.
• Thurs. March 15: “Women & Long Distance Hiking; Adventures on the Appalachian Trail.” With Bev “Maine Rose” Hugo. Luther Bonney Auditorium, Portland Campus, 7 p.m.
• Sunday, April 1: Maine Jewish Film Festival, women’s programming. Panel discussion to follow. Portland Museum of Art, 1-4 p.m.
• Tues. April 10: “A Feminine City? Women, Shopping & the 19th-Century Downtown.” Lecture by Mona Domosh, Dept. of Geography, Dartmouth.
  For more information, contact the USM Women’s Studies Program at 780-4289.