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Courtney Becker | Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Notre Dames is asking students to help pad boxes with feminine hygiene products for the next two weeks in an initiative — the Code Red Collection — to donate the products to patients at the Sister Maura Brannick, C.S.C., Health Center who cannot afford these items. Senior Alison Leddy, founder and president of Notre Dames,
Nicole Caratas | Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Two members of Notre Dames, a female empowerment club, senior Alison Leddy and senior Bri Prusakowski, led a discussion about street harassment as part of Saint Mary’s Safety Week on Tuesday. Leddy posed the question of why men think they are invited to call out to women on the streets and why they are quick
Aline Irihamye | Friday, September 25, 2015
Notre Dames Club and ND Women Connect will co-host a Campus to Career panel discussion and networking event featuring six Notre Dame alumnae in the Morris Inn Ballroom on Friday afternoon. Senior Alison Leddy, founder and president of Notre Dames, said the event will help the club promote its mission by providing women on campus
Gabriela Malespin | Tuesday, March 31, 2015
The Hesburgh Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship hosted its first ever Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon to highlight the gap between male and female contributors on the site and to shed light on the historical impact of South Bend women. The Edit-a-Thon, an event open to Notre Dame as well as the wider South Bend community, taught participants how to edit
Martha Reilly | Tuesday, March 31, 2015
The Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame communities will gather Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Stapleton Lounge, Le Mans Hall to discuss women in athletics. Notre Dame senior Alison Leddy, founder of the female empowerment club Notre Dames, said she hopes this week’s “Talk it Out Tuesday” event will strengthen the relationship between the two schools. “I recognize
Greg Hadley | Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Cooperation, civility and compromise: The words at the core of BridgeND’s mission statement formed the basis for an open debate on immigration Wednesday night between several student groups in the LaFortune Ballroom. The club, which strives to promote dialogue between students of different political philosophies on campus, and Women in Politics invited five student leaders
Megan Valley | Monday, March 23, 2015
This week, the Gender Relations Center (GRC) partnered with Shades of Ebony, a club that recognizes the University’s African-American women, to celebrate the third annual Women’s Week. The theme is “Weaving the Stories of Notre Dame’s History.” Junior Chizo Ekechukwu, vice president of Shades of Ebony, said the annual event started as a celebration of the 40th
Emily McConville | Monday, September 1, 2014
A new club aims to create a space for women in the Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College communities to discuss issues in daily college life and beyond. Senior Alison Leddy said she started the club, Notre Dames, after seeing a need to solidify the sisterhood between both campuses and foster a dialogue across students’ normal