International Women's Day Activities

Send roses to the schools in your district with a copy of the “Bread and Roses” lyrics. Invite the women to spend a recess or noon hour together and share the information about International Women’s Day.
Share the information with students – particularly female students to give a history of the day.
Ask that an announcement be made in the school – along with a brief history of the reason for it.
Write a special diary entry celebrating your own achievements as a woman and what contributions you have made to education.
Consider your own economic security. Do you know the facts about your family economics?
Explore statistical information about women in the workforce with your older students.
Teach a lesson on long term economic planning to your class.
Have students make posters using the symbols “Bread and Roses” to display on International Women’s Day.
Share the information you learn about it with someone you think does not understand the need for an “International Women’s Day”.
Organize a fundraiser and send the proceeds to [Women for Women in Afghanistan, http://www.w4wafghan.ca/] , a Canadian volunteer solidarity group, established in 1996 and committed to raising awareness to the plight of women in Afghanistan.
Breaking Bread for Women in Afghanistan is a fundraising project to support education projects for Afghan women and girls by holding potluck dinners across Canada. More information is available at www.breakingbreadforwomen.com.