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International Women's Day 2008

KFAI celebrated International Women's Day with 24 hours of programming by and about women on Saturday, March 8th. We called it Super Saturday '08: Women Represent!

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3/8/2008 International Women's Day 2008
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Sonic Visions (10-11am)
Hosted by Dixie Treichel
Music and sounds by women who compose, score, orchestrate and design for film, theater and dance.

3/8/2008 International Women's Day 2008
International Women's Day 2008
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Native Women in Minneapolis: Catalysts for Change (11am-Noon)
Hosted by Rhiana Yazzie
A discussion about the work strong Native women are doing to positively impact the Twin Cities community.

3/8/2008 International Women's Day 2008
International Women's Day 2008
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Hmong Heroines (Noon–1pm)
Hosted by Kathy Mouachepao
Recognizing the untold contributions of Hmong women through stories, interviews and music by Hmong women.

3/8/2008 International Women's Day 2008
International Women's Day 2008
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This Little Girl’s Gone Honky-Tonk (1–2pm)
Hosted by Mick Novak
An hour-long tribute to the godmothers of country and honky-tonk music.

3/8/2008 International Women's Day 2008
International Women's Day 2008
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Women’s Songs of Protest and Social Change (2–3pm)
Hosted by Diane Wanner
A her-story of U.S. women crafting and performing songs about peace, civil rights, women’s issues, labor, and the environment.

3/8/2008 International Women's Day 2008
International Women's Day 2008
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Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking (3-4pm)
Hosted by Soroptimist International of Greater Minneapolis
State Senator Sandy Pappas joins Soroptimist International to present a program to increase awareness of human trafficking nationally and in Minnesota.

3/8/2008 International Women's Day 2008
International Women's Day 2008
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My War: From Bismarck to Britain and Back (4–5pm)
Klatch Productions
Three generations of family describe and discover WWII as service, loss, return and recovery.

3/8/2008 International Women's Day 2008
International Women's Day 2008
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Bandit Queens Bollywood (5–6pm)
Hosted by Shashi Gupta
A program celebrating the diversity and accomplishments of South Asian women in the Twin Cities.

3/8/2008 International Women's Day 2008
International Women's Day 2008
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Jagorito Nari: Enlightened Women of Bangladesh (6–7pm)
Hosted by Irina Hossain
Interviews with women who contributed to the struggle to liberate women from the bondage of social malaises in Bangladesh.

3/8/2008 International Women's Day 2008
International Women's Day 2008
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Fujiyama Mamas (7-8pm)
Fujiyama Mamas showcases the women rockabilly artists who rebelled against the traditional female roles of housewives and mothers during the ’50s including: Cordell Jackson, who toiled as a Rosie the Riveter during the war in an aircraft factory before launching her own record label in 1956; Little Miss Dynamite Brenda Lee; Janis Martin, aka The Female Elvis; and rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson.

DJs: 
Dixie Treichel
Stephen Manuszak

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