Event planning students to host International Women's Day event

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The Fanshawe run International Women's Day event will take place on March 8 at Bertoldi's Trattoria at 6 p.m.

On March 8, three Fanshawe event planning students will be hosting an International Women’s Day event at Bertoldi’s Trattoria starting at 6 p.m. The event, titled “The Future is Female”, will feature an evening of appetizers, drinks and a talk from guest speaker Dr. Carlen Costa.

“The event is to promote being an everyday goddess and how we as women should empower each other and not put each other down,” said Shauna Van Osch, one of the three event planning students that will be hosting the event.

Dr. Carlen Costa is a sexologist and relationship psychotherapist that inspires others to live powerful and healthy lives. She is also a graduate of Fanshawe College and Western University. According to Van Osch, Costa will be speaking for an hour regarding how to be an everyday goddess.

The event is open to the public and a total of 40 tickets will be sold (price to be determined). “It was nice that we could put together an event that would bring in our teachers and alumni as well as engage ourselves with downtown businesses and [local] female entrepreneurs,” Van Osch said.

Van Osch explained that all proceeds from the event will go towards Anova, formally known as the Women’s Community House and Sexual Assault Centre London. According to the Anova website, the London-based organization is committed to providing support counselling, shelter and resources for individuals who have been abused.

“The Future is Female” event is part of Van Osch, Megan Dunn and Brooke Satchelle’s second year event planning assignment, where students have to put on an event involving at least 20 people and a maximum of 300.

According to Van Osch, the students wanted to host an event that would empower women. In addition, Van Osch explained that the group noticed a lack of events in the London area on International Women’s Day this year, which influenced their decision to host the event on March 8. The location to purchase tickets has yet to be determined. For more information, please visit The Future is Female via Facebook.