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You’re invited to our 3rd Annual International Women’s Day Celebration! Please join us for an inspiring evening raising awareness for women’s health. Listen to an energizing talk, engage in a panel discussion, and participate in building community! 

The evening opens with our Women’s Expo. Explore resources from career support to housing, health, and more. Support women entrepreneurs by browsing the expo market and lend a hand making free health kits for community use.

Come early to enjoy complimentary food and stay till the end for door prizes!

Cinthia Rodriguez Navin will be this year’s special guest! 

Date
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Time
5:30pm-8pm

Location
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7411 85th Ave N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445

Directions and Parking: Parking is free! Enter the parking lot via 85th Ave N. Helling Hall is located in the ‘Center for Business Technology,’ located on the far end of the complex.

Event Schedule: 

5:30pm: Doors Open, Women’s Expo + Breakout Rooms Begin  
6:00pm: Featured Speaker
6:35-7:15pm: Panel Discussion + Q&A
7:15-8:00pm: Explore Women’s Expo

The event will also feature headshots, great catering from Kowalski's, plus a book raffle and admission is FREE!! 

Keynote Speaker, Cinthia Rodriguez Navin's Bio: 

Cinthia Rodriguez Navin, DNP, is the Nurse Manager for Labor and Delivery at local metro hospital. Striving to uplift equity lessons learned in her previous roles in Public Health as a nurse supervisor and as a community organization lead in the Birth Equity Community Council (BECC). Her life work is around challenging and dismantling inequitable paradigms. She is a staunch supporter of radical inclusivity and working from the margins through the “muddled middle”, as methods of moving racial equity and health equity work forward.  She has experience as a floor nurse in large urban hospitals, as a nursing instructor at a local community college, and as a public health nurse and nursing supervisor in a local public health department. She holds a B.A. from Macalester College in Latin American Studies, Hispanic Studies, and has an Education minor. At Macalester she was a recipient of the Mellon Mays Fellowship, where her thesis focused on uplifting the voices of the women and families of the femicides of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. She received her Master of Nursing from the University of Minnesota, focusing her thesis on Mindfulness-based stress reduction application in elementary school settings. She has earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice in Transcultural Nursing Leadership, from Augsburg University.  Lastly, but most importantly she is the proud mother of three highly talented children, who challenge her to think differently, and work to make a better future for generations to come.

Presentation: Culturally Humble Leadership for Health Equity: Bridging Race, Gender, and Birth Justice

Achieving health equity requires recognizing how gender and race intersect to shape disparities in healthcare access and outcomes, particularly in maternal health and birth equity. True leadership in this space demands humility—acknowledging systemic injustices, listening to marginalized voices, and continuously learning from lived experiences. By centering community-driven solutions and fostering inclusive policies, leaders can help dismantle barriers to equitable care. Embracing humility in leadership ensures that efforts to advance birth equity are not performative but rooted in a genuine commitment to justice and meaningful change.

Donations to Period Kits MN

provides kits that have at least a 30 day supply of period products to those experiencing homelessness, unstable housing and poverty. Donations of unopened boxes of products are now being accepted through March 3 and you will have the chance to make period kits at the event as well! 

• Regular Tampons
• Super Tampons
• Overnight Pads
• Regular Pads
• Flushable Wipe Packs

Drop-off locations

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7411 85th Ave N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445
CARE Center, ES118 

OR

Brooklyn Park City Hall
5200 85th Ave N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
Front Desk

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event possible. We hope to see you on March 6th!