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Good morning, Cedar Valley! It's Monday, Feb. 2, 2015.

Today's forecast: Mostly sunny, with a high near 12. Wind chill values as low as -15. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 5. Wind chill values as low as -5. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight.

Today in the Cedar Valley:

-- With Sunday's snowstorm, there are plenty of school delays and closings. For the list, go to http://wcfcourier.com/weather/weather_closings/

--- Join the UNI Womens and Gender Studies program for the CROW (Current Research on Women and Gender) Forum today at noon in the Center for Multicultural Education (CME) on the UNI campus. Dr. Lisa Jepsen will present Women and Law School where she will discuss the factors that influence success in the first year of law school with a special emphasis on race and gender. Jepsen will also provide aggregate statistics about UNI students who take the LSAT and apply to school.

--- The Waterloo City Council meets at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall.

--- The Cedar Falls City Council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

--- Tim Wise, anti-racist essayist, educator and author, will speak at the University of Northern Iowa at 7 p.m. in the Great Hall at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. Wise is the author of six books and has contributed essays to more than 25 additional books. He is internationally known for his knowledge on issues of comparative racism, race and education, racism and religion, and race in the labor market.

--- John Mueller's Winter Dance Party will be 7:30 p.m. at Neumann Auditorium, Wartburg College, Waverly. This is part of the Wartburg Artist Series. This is a tribute to the music of Buddy Holly, Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens. For tickets, call 352-8691 or go to http://www.wartburg.edu/artist.

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All programs are free and open to the public

Combating Racism: From Ferguson to the Voting Booth to the Border Session: Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Reception: Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, 12:30 2 p.m. Showalter Auditorium

Tim Wise is among the nations most prominent anti-racist essayists and educators. He is the author of a number of books addressing race and culture including White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son. This event is being sponsored by the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Social Work, American Indian Studies, Chicano Education Program, Africana Education, the Presidents Advisory Committee on Diversity, the Provosts Office, Communications Studies, School of Social Work, Sociology/Justice Studies and Womens and Gender Studies.

Black Womens Strength, Resilience and Dedication Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, 3-5 p.m. 205 Monroe Hall Conversations with a panel of three generations of Spokane Black women moderated by Fetlewoyni Gebreziabher. Cosponsored by Africana Studies and the Womens Studies Center.

The Gift of Safe Sex Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, 12-1 p.m. 207 Monroe Hall With Valentines Day just around the corner what better to talk about than how to put on a condom. Give your partner the gift of safe sex for Valentines Day! Join us as the staff from Planned Parenthood GWNI give a not so typical demonstration of how to put on a condom and other safe sex advice. Those who come will be entered into a raffle for a safe and sexy gift basket.

Women Musicians in the South African Freedom Struggle Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, 1-3 p.m. 205 Monroe Hall Through a vivid multimedia presentation offering striking video and audio examples, native South African Sheila Woodward, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Music; Associate Professor and Director of Music Education, will take participants through an emotional journey tracing the voice of South African women fighting their struggle for freedom through song. Cosponsored by Africana Studies and the Womens Studies Center.

AiR Workshop II: Criminal Justice Reform in Spokane: Our Smart Justice Vision Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, 3:30 5:30 p.m. 205 Monroe Hall Panelists will discuss alternatives to mass incarceration. Smart Justice Spokane is calling for racial equity, non-arrest & non-jail solutions, culturally appropriate mental health and chemical dependency treatment, restructuring the system and providing employment solutions.

Queer Latin American Filmmaking Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, 1-2 p.m. 207 Monroe Hall While queer issues can be found throughout the history of Latin American film, a specifically queer-marked Latin American filmmaking dates from the 1980s, and includes the Oscar-winning performance of William Hurt in the Brazilian 1985 film in English, Kiss of the Spider Woman. The dynamics of queer issues and the parameters of queer lives differ significantly from one country to the other in Latin America. In this lecture David William Foster, Ph.D., Arizona State University Regents Professor of Spanish and Women and Gender Studies, will examine the most important representatives of this production, with special emphasis on country-specific inflections of queer matters. Cosponsored by Modern Languages and Literatures, Womens and Gender Studies, Womens Studies Center, The Pride Center, Film Studies, and Chicano Education.

Black is Beautiful: Afrocentric Hair and Fashion Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, 3-4 p.m. 205 Monroe Hall Rachel Doleal, MA, Africana Studies will discuss the strength and power of cultural and social expression through hair. Six EWU students will model African-centered hair from ancient times to todays Black fashion trends. Cosponsored by Africana Studies and the Womens Studies Center.

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