DeKalb Area Women's Center

10/21/2026

***We are still accepting your gently used winter outerwear***

Distribution day is fast approaching, see flyer for more details.

Drop off your donations by November 20th at the DeKalb Area Women's Center. Please place the items in a plastic bag and leave them on the top step, beneath the covered entrance.

Thank you for your generosity and support! We truly appreciate your contribution.

10/21/2026

DAWC is housed in Majakka Finnish Temperance Society Meeting Hall built by immigrants from Finland in 1917.

10/17/2026

Save the Dates!
The DeKalb Women’s Center is putting together a quarterly discussion group starting in 2027.
We would love to see you there! Come out and join us - it’s a great opportunity to connect with new people in the community.
This meeting is taking place at our Women’s Center located at 1021 State Street in DeKalb.

10/08/2026

Women in Art

10/08/2026

Women in Art

Katie Shaffer, "Change", Glass, wire, lead, 2026, $325

There are moments when life untethers us: when loss, grief, or change pull us from familiar ground. She falls not because she’s broken, but because she’s becoming something new. Reaching for something already gone, the current carries her onward, whether she chooses it or not. Life moves on, whether we are ready or not.

Visit or purchase artwork at https://100moments.americanmosaics.org/gallery/katie-shaffer/

Season VII of the One Hundred Moments Project, founded by the Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA) as a non-juried collection of work capturing a moment in time created by SAMA’s diverse and richly creative membership.

This season, SAMA invited partnering organizations to the open call to create 6″ x 6″ works using materials of the artists’ choice, using their original designs. The work of seasoned professionals is displayed here alongside enthusiastic newcomers to the mosaic, mixed media, stained glass, glass bead, and fused glass-making processes, culminating in 100+ moments of life rendered by artists from all over the world.

Thank you to our sponsors and partners in helping us create this special exhibition WitsEnd Mosaic & Smalti.com, Corning Glass Museum, Stained Glass Association of America, Glass Art Society, Wissmach Glass, Youghiogheny Glass, International Society of Glass Bead Makers, and Pittsburgh Glass Center

10/08/2026

Women in Sports

Let us take a moment to honor the Queen of the Court, Althea Gibson. From her roots in South Carolina to global stardom, she showed the world what resilience looks like.🎾🌟

10/08/2026

Women in Society

10/08/2026

Women in STEAM
Women in Nobel Prizes

10/08/2026

Women in Business

10/08/2026

Women in Literature
Women in Nobel Prizes

Anne Carson Awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

Canadian poet, essayist, classicist, and translator Anne Carson has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature for her inventive writing and profound engagement with the classical tradition.

Carson’s work moves freely between poetry, criticism, translation, and narrative. Drawing on ancient texts and Greek mythology, she explores universal experiences such as desire, grief, identity, solitude, and human connection.

Among her best-known works are:

- Glass, Irony, and God
- If Not, Winter—her celebrated translation of Sappho
- Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
- Float
- Wrong Norma

Her writing continually challenges traditional literary forms. She has also collaborated with visual artists, choreographers, theatre directors, and opera companies, bringing literature into conversation with other art forms.

Through her poetry, translations, and experimental prose, Anne Carson has made classical literature feel immediate and alive for contemporary readers.

Congratulations to Anne Carson on this remarkable achievement.