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Roe v. Wade attorney to speak on women and leadership

Sarah Weddington, an attorney, legislator, presidential assistant and professor who successfully argued the winning side of the landmark Roe v. Wade case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973, will deliver the Mullin Welch Lecture at 4 p.m. March 15 in the Rackham Amphitheatre.

Weddington (Photo courtesy Center For The Education Of Women)

Weddington, who practices law and teaches at the University of Texas at Austin, will discuss "Some Women are Born Leaders."

A long-time advocate for women, Weddington was the first woman elected from Austin to be a member of the Texas House of Representatives, where she served three terms before going to Washington, D.C., as U.S. Department of Agriculture general counsel in 1977. As a special assistant to President Jimmy Carter in 1978, Weddington advised the president on women's issues and worked to include women in appointments and decisions of the administration.

She is the author of the best-seller, "A Question of Choice," a memoir of her experience arguing the Roe v. Wade case. A reception will follow the lecture.

Frances Daseler and Marjorie Jackson established the Mullin Welch Lecture Series in 1989 in memory of their sister, Elizabeth Charlotte Mullin Welch. It brings to campus lecturers who exemplify Mullin Welch's characteristics: strength of character, creativity and expansive vision, they say.

The lecture is sponsored by the Center for the Education of Women.

Symposium to focus on U-M and community work

The Edward Ginsberg Center for Learning & Service's Third Annual Symposium on Community-Based Work: Partnerships that Prosper will be held 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. March 15 in the Michigan League.

Ahmed (Photo courtesy Ismael Ahmed)

The free event will recognize the many ways local communities and U-M are working together to create social change.

Representatives from community agencies will join University faculty, staff and students to discuss work that has shaped the community in significant ways, organizers say. Scheduled activities include:

• 9-11:45 a.m.: Workshops for social service agencies and non-profit organizations on how to best utilize University resources;

• Noon: Keynote address by Ismael Ahmed, co-founder and executive director of the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services in Dearborn;

• 1-2:30 p.m.: A campus-wide project fair highlighting community-based work by U-M schools, departments, student organizations and community partners;

• 1:30-4:30 p.m.: Workshop on the essentials of grantwriting by Patricia Miller of Southwest Solutions.

For more information, or to register for workshops, visit http://www.umich.edu/~mserve/news/events/symposium_05.html or call (734) 647-7402.