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Dear GWAMIT Members,

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Enjoy the week!

*The GWAMIT Board*
Visit us at: http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit
Send your ideas to: gwamit-exec at mit.edu
Send your announcements to: gwamit-sec at mit.edu

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IN BRIEF
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*GWAMIT:*
1. Call for Blog Posts about the Spring Empowerment Conference
2. GWAMIT is accepting Applications for Bloggers
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*MIT Events:**
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3. AMITA: Women Entrepreneur Panel (Thurs, Mar 24, 6-8:30p)
4. WAM! It Yourself Boston Film Festival (Mar 26, various times)
5. MIT150 Leaders in Science and Engineering: The Women of MIT (Mon. Mar 28-
Tues. Mar. 29)

*Outside MIT:*
6. [BU] GCWS Women Take the Reel: Thirteen (Tues Mar 22, 6-9p)
7. [BU] GCWS Women take the Reel Talk: Rethinking the Motherline (Wed. Mar.
23, 4-6p)
*8. [HGWISE] Nerd Nite with HGWISE (Mon. Mar 28 8p)*
9. [BC] Women's Perspective from the Top (Register by Mar 22; Wed. Mar 30,
6-8p)
10. [MAES-Boston] Seeking volunteers for Science Extravaganza (Sat. Apr. 2)

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FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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*********GWAMIT********
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1. Call for Blog Posts about the Spring Empowerment Conference
Submit: gwamit-sec at mit.edu

Did you attend the empowerment conference?  Do you want to let others know
about your experience?  Whether you attended one event or all of them, we
would love to hear about how you participated in the empowerment
conference.  We're looking to do a series of guest blogs about the
conference on http://gwamit.blogspot.com/ , and would love for you to write
one -- anything from a small blurb to a full review.

Submit to gwamit-sec at mit.edu with the subject line "Empowerment Blog"

2. GWAMIT is accepting Applications for Bloggers
Apply: gwamit_exec at mit.edu
Blog:
 http://gwamit.blogspot.com/
As you've noticed, we have been working hard to increase our online
presence. We're looking for a few members to be bloggers for GWAMIT and
write about events, articles, and experiences of interest to the GWAMIT
community.
 To apply, submit a statement of interest and 1-3 samples of blog posts to
gwamit-exec at mit.edu

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*********MIT Events*********
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*3. AMITA: Women Entrepreneur Panel (Thurs, Mar 24, 6-8:30p)*
*When:* Thursday, March 24, 6-8:30pm
*Where:*  IBM, 1001 East Hillsdale Blvd, West Tower, 4th Floor, Foster City,
CA  94404
*Register:*  http://womenentrep.kintera.org
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*Have you ever considered starting a company or joining a start-up? How do
you evaluate opportunities and decide when to take the plunge? How do you
finance your startup?  We'll explore the paths of several women
entrepreneurs who have successfully built bootstrapped and VC-funded
ventures. Come and learn and be inspired by a panel of distinguished women
from a variety of industries who have taken different paths to success.
Light refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP as we have limited space
and must accommodate building security.

Moderator:  Sramana Mitra (Forbes columnist and author)
Panelists:  Amy Pressman (Medallia), Jennifer Gill Roberts (Vivecoach),
Carol Realini (Obopay), Wendy Lung (IBM Venture Capital) and others*
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*4. WAM! It Yourself Boston Film Festival (Mar 26, various times) *
*When: *March 26, various times (several events from 1-8p)
*Where: *Stata Center
*Details: *
http://www.womenactionmedia.org/events/wamit/boston-film-festival/
*Cost:* $5 Donation/Event Requested at Door

The Women, Action, & the Media is having a decentralized conference March
20-27 taking place in multiple cities. (The Boston location is in MIT's
Stata Center!) The director of WAM is Jaclyn Friedman, who spoke on our
Empowerment Conference feminism panel last week.

>From the website:
Do you care about creating gender justice in media? Want to connect with
folks in your area who share your concerns, and join an international
community of activists, journalists, academics, artists and media-makers,
all taking action at the same time?
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*5. MIT150 Leaders in Science and Engineering: The Women of MIT (Mon. Mar
28- Tues. Mar. 29)*
*When:* Monday March 28 and Tuesday, March 29
*Where:* Kresge Auditorium
*Register:* http://mit150.mit.edu/symposia/women-of-MIT

"Leaders in Science and Engineering: The Women of MIT," March 28-29, 2011,
aims to recognize both individual and institutional leadership in the
success of women in science and engineering. MIT has many outstanding women
faculty whose success should encourage more women to enter the pipeline for
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields.

The symposium has two threads. First, progress and current challenges in
encouraging gender equity will be discussed. Second, leaders in science and
engineering, who are women, will address important and exciting research
topics including neurological disease, space and planetary exploration,
chemical synthesis, novel materials, microbes in the sea, and gravitational
waves. The scientific and policy questions addressed here will be
interesting to a broad audience.
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***********Outside MIT**************

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*6. [BU] GCWS Women Take the Reel: Thirteen (Tues Mar 22, 6-9p)*
*When:* Tuesday,  March 22, 6-9pm
*Where:* Boston University; 640 Commonwealth Ave, Room 101
GCWS Women Take the Reel will screen Thirteen by Catherine Hardwicke.  Barbara
Gottfried, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program Co-Director of
Undergraduate Studies and GCWS Board of Directors, will speak briefly before
the film showing
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*7. [BU] GCWS Women take the Reel Talk: Rethinking the Motherline (Wed. Mar.
23, 4-6p)*
*When:* Wednesday March 23, 4-6pm
*Where:* Boston Univeristy, 750 Commonwealth Ave, Room 205

On March 23rd, the BU Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program will host
a discussion led by Kathleen Rowe Karlyn, author of Unruly Girls,
Unrepentant Mothers: Redefining Feminism on Screen at 4PM.

(**Event included in the GCWS co-sponsored month-long event:  Women take the
Reel, a festival of films by women about women. Includes a screening and
discussion of the film "Thirteen" on Tues, 3/22, 6-9 PM)

*8. [HGWISE] Nerd Nite with HGWISE (Mon. Mar 28 8p)
When: Mon, Mar 28, 8 pm
Where: Middlesex Lounge
Cost: cover charge: $5 + cost of drinks
Questions? E-mail Becca: rperry at seas.harvard.edu.
More info: http://www.middlesexlounge.us/ and http://boston.nerdnite.com/

Every month, nerdy research talks are held at bars around the world.
We're lucky enough to live in one of the wonderful cities that participates
is "Nerd Nite." The specific talks won't be announced until closer to the
date, but they are bound to be quirky/nerdy/funny given the list of previous
talks. A group of us will be headed over on the M2 bus at 7:30 PM. Join us
at the bus stop or at the Middlesex.*
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*9. [BC] Women's Perspective from the Top (Register by Mar 22; Wed. Mar 30,
6-8pm)*
*When: *  Wednesday March 30, 6-8pm
*Where: *Boston College, Yawkey Center, Murray Room
*Register: *Space is limited, please RSVP to bostoncollegegwib at gmail.com by
*March 22*

The Graduate Women in Business (GWIB) and the Council for Women of Boston
College will be hosting Women’s Perspective from the Top, a panel and
networking event on March 30, 2011.  This exciting event will feature female
executives and entrepreneurs who will share their experience in building and
leading organizations.  Panel topics will include management style,
leadership strategies, competitive cultural advantages of female-led
organizations and wage parity issues.  A networking session with
refreshments will follow the panel.

Panelists will include: Terri Stanley, CEO Style Boston. BC CSOM 1981; Pat
Hillman, Managing Director of Devonshire Investors, Managing Director of
Technology at Fidelity Investments. BC MBA 1979; Pamela Civins, Executive
Director of Boston Partners in Education; Dr. Elizabeth Pomfret, Chair of
the Lahey Clinic Department of Transplantation, Boston University School of
Medicine. BC A&S 1983; Geri Denterlein, President of Denterlein, a strategic
communications firm

*10. [MAES-Boston] Seeking volunteers for Science Extravaganza (Sat. Apr. 2)
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*When: *Saturday, April 2
*More info*: web.mit.edu/maes/www/extravaganza/index.html

MAES-Boston, the local professional chapter of the Society of Latino
Engineers and Scientists, is looking for volunteers for the 2nd annual
Science Extravaganza, an all-day, hands-on experience for middle and high
school students that introduces them to the science and engineering fields.
This event, which is organized by our student chapter, is taking place on
Saturday, April 2nd.  More information about the Extravaganza and how to
volunteer can be found atweb.mit.edu/maes/www/extravaganza/index.html. Our
organization has a number of different events and activities throughout the
year that are geared towards educational outreach.

For more information about joining the MAES-Boston chapter, please contact
Valerie Avila atvavila at draper.com
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