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GRANTHAM, Pa. (Oct. 23, 2007) — On Nov. 14, Eileen Hudon of the Anishinabe Nation will present a lecture, “A Legacy of Oppression: Native Women’s Journey to Safety from Sexual Violence.” The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. in Frey Hall academic building, room 150, on the college’s Grantham campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Hudon, an experienced speaker and long-standing activist in various native women’s advocacy groups, has served in the past as consultant to the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women and for the Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition, as well as being co-founder of the Native Women’s Advocacy Center, an organization that seeks to address violence against indigenous women living in the United States. Her involvement in many other advocacy groups, as well as her public speaking engagements in connection with issues of indigenous women’s rights, has been instrumental in bringing about justice in her field, and her training abilities have taken her to Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Albania, providing instruction for others who seek to advocate for native women’s issues.

Messiah College, a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences, enrolls 2,800 undergraduate students in 55 majors. Established in 1909, the primary campus is located in Grantham, Pa., near the state capital of Harrisburg. A satellite campus affiliated with Temple University is located in Philadelphia.