[GWAMIT] Announcements - Week of 4/8/13

[GWAMIT]

Dear GWAMIT Members,

The 2013 GWAMIT Spring Empowerment Conference starts tomorrow! See details 
below. If you have any events or announcements to share with the GWAMIT 
membership, please email us at gwamit-sec at mit.edu.

*The GWAMIT Board
*Send your ideas to: gwamit-exec at mit.edu
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 IN BRIEF
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GWAMIT:*
1. The 2013 GWAMIT Spring Empowerment Conference (Apr. 9-11)
2. Bowling Social with HGWISE (Fri. Apr. 26, RSVP by Fri. Apr. 19)

*MIT: 
*3. [SAAM] April Tabling (Tuesdays 11am-1pm and 4:30-6:30pm)
4. Grad Gala Dress Sales (Apr. 8-13)
5. [SAAM] Project Unbreakable & Take Back the Night (Thurs. Apr. 11, Photo 
Exhibition 9am-5pm, Reception 5-6pm, TBTN 6pm)
6. [GWIS] Operation Epsilon (Thurs. Apr. 11, 7:30pm)
7. Legatum Lecture - Shahnaz Husain: Pioneer and Entrepreneur (Wed. Apr. 
24, 5:30-6:30pm)
8. [SAAM] Movie Night: “Flirting with Danger” (Wed. Apr. 24, 7-9pm)

*Outside MIT:
*9. Documentary Screening: “It Was Rape” (Mon. Apr. 8, 8pm)
10. [HGWISE] Challenges They Faced: Professors talk about getting through 
grad school (Tues. Apr. 16, 5:15-7:15pm)
11. [HGWISE] Cambridge Coffee Hour with Professor Jennifer Hochschild (Mon. 
Apr. 22, 4:30-5:30pm)

To see more events beyond this week's digest visit 
http://bit.ly/gwamitevents and http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest
 
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FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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**********GWAMIT***********

*1. The 2013 GWAMIT Spring Empowerment Conference (Apr. 9-11)
When:* Tuesday, April 9 – Thursday, April 11
*Where:* MIT Campus
*Register:* http://bit.ly/EmpowermentConf

Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT) is pleased to announce the annual GWAMIT 
Empowerment Conference will be held at MIT from April 9 - 11, 2013. The 
Spring Empowerment Conference, started in Spring 2010, seeks to provide 
resources for and promote discussion of issues relevant to the personal 
development and life choices of graduate women. 

Registration is now open. Come to any or all of our Empowerment Conference 
events at no cost! (Events requiring an RSVP may fill up quickly). Events 
include:

*How to Communicate to Establish Credibility and Authority
When:* Tuesday, April 9, 5-6:30pm, reception to follow.
*Where:* E25-111
*Speaker: *Michele Souda, Founder and President of WORDPOWER Communications 
and Cambridge Communications, LLC

For the best and brightest women scientists -- that's you. How you must 
communicate to establish credibility and authority – whether on the podium, 
in a meeting, or in everyday exchanges with your colleagues.‬ Catered 
reception from 6:30-7:00pm.

*Career Paths, Life Paths
When:* Wednesday, April 10, 12-1pm, lunch reception at 11:30am.
*Where:* 32-D463 (Star conference room)
*Panelists: *Professor Muriel Medard (MIT), Dean Christine Ortiz (MIT), 
Professor Evimaria Terzi (BU), Professor Katrin Wehrheim (MIT)

Four accomplished professors at different stages of their careers and 
personal lives discuss the challenges that women in academia may face in 
their paths to success and share their own stories with the audience. 
Refreshments and light lunch available from 11:30am.

*Why is a Network for Women Scientists Valuable to You?
When:* Wednesday, April 10, 5-6pm, reception to follow.
*Where:* 32-144
*Speakers:* Julia Tartaglia, Christina Tartaglia, Scientista Foundation

Julia and Christina will discuss why you should be in a network for women 
in science and the value of community for female scientists. They will also 
reveal how they came to found their organization, The Scientista 
Foundation. Catered reception from 6:00-6:30pm.

*Keynote: Empowering Yourself and Other Women on the Road to Success
When:* Thursday, April 11, 5-6pm, reception to follow.
*Where:* 46-3310
*Speaker: *Dr. Beth Lange,‬ Mary Kay Chief Scientific Office ‬

We are not born leaders, but must learn how to lead along the road to 
success.  Dr. Beth Lange will discuss the importance of taking 
responsibility for your own career and success, of embracing your 
uniqueness as a female leader, and of being a positive female role model. 
Catered reception from 6:00-6:30pm.

We look forward to seeing you there! 
-The GWAMIT Spring Empowerment Conference Planning Committee


*2. Bowling Social with HGWISE (Fri. Apr. 26, RSVP by Fri. Apr. 19)
When:* Friday, April 26, 5:30-7pm
*Where:* Meet at the Outbound Kendall T Station, 5pm
*RSVP: *http://bit.ly/BowlingSocial

Want to relax and meet graduate women from Harvard and MIT? Join us for 
free candlepin bowling at Sacco’s with HGWISE! No bowling expertise is 
needed, and all grad students and post-docs are welcome. SEATS ARE LIMITED, 
so please let us know if you plan to come! (RSVP by Apr. 19).


***********MIT**********
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*3. [SAAM] April Tabling (Tuesdays 11am-1pm and 4:30-6:30pm)
When:* Tuesdays in April, 11am-1pm and 4:30-6:30pm
*Where:* Lobby 10 (11am-1pm), Z Center Johnson Lobby (4:30-6:30pm)
*Info:* http://whiteelephant.scripts.mit.edu/saam/tabling/

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Stop by the SAAM table in Lobby 10 
for information, materials and friendly faces every Tuesday between 11am – 
1pm or the Johnson Lobby of the Z Center from 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm, every 
Tuesday in April.

Drop by one of our tables to pick up information, talk to committee 
representatives, see the Clothesline Project, pick up a Sexual Assault 
Awareness Month event schedule, get a t-shirt, or send a friend a White 
Ribbon.


*4. Grad Gala Dress Sales (Apr. 8-13)
When:* Monday, April 8 – Saturday, April 13
*Contact:* Whitney Lohmeyer, whitneylohmeyer at gmail.com

Are you planning to attend the Grad Gala, but still don't have something to 
wear? Don't stress! I am selling formal/cocktail dresses sizes 4-10 and 
jewelry that have either never been worn or are in great condition. All 
prices are negotiable, but are from $40-100 depending on the dress. Feel 
free to contact me for more information at whitneylohmeyer at gmail.com.


*5. [SAAM] Project Unbreakable & Take Back the Night (Thurs. Apr. 11, Photo 
Exhibition 9am-5pm, Reception 5-6pm, TBTN 6pm)
When:* Thursday, April 11, 9am-5pm (Project Unbreakable Photo Exhibition), 
5-6pm (Project Unbreakable Reception), 6pm (Take Back the Night)
*Where:* Stata Balconies
*Info:* 
http://whiteelephant.scripts.mit.edu/saam/project-unbreakable-and-tbtn/

We are honored to once again host Grace Brown’s Project Unbreakable at MIT 
for Sexual Assault Awareness Month on April 11th, 2013. Project Unbreakable 
was created in October of 2011 by Grace Brown. Grace works with survivors 
of sexual assault, photographing them holding a poster with a quote from 
their attacker. Grace has photographed over four hundred people and has 
received over a thousand submissions. TIME magazine has also named it one 
of the top 30 Tumblr blogs to follow.

Grace will not be taking photos at MIT this year, but there will be a photo 
exhibition on display April 11th from 9am – 5pm in the Stata Balconies 
followed by a reception from 5pm – 6pm. The evening will end with the 
story-sharing and witnessing of Take Back the Night starting at 6pm.


*6. [GWIS] Operation Epsilon (Thurs. Apr. 11, 7:30pm)
When:* Thursday, April 11, 7:30pm
*Where:* Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
*Tickets:* 
http://www.centralsquaretheater.org/season/12-13/operation-epsilon.html

It’s the close of World War II – the dawn of the atomic age. The Allies 
have captured Germany’s top ten nuclear scientists and sequestered them at 
Farm Hall– a lavish estate in England – keeping them under surveillance to 
learn what they know about the American nuclear program and to gauge how 
close the Nazis are to making an atomic bomb. Nine of these men, including 
Nobel Prize winners Otto Hahn and Werner Heisenberg, are known as Hitler’s 
“Uranium Club.” Based on actual transcripts of secretly recorded 
conversations, playwright Alan Brody illuminates the ethical complexity of 
pursuing scientific discovery at the risk of wreaking catastrophic 
consequences. 

Join GWIS at Operation Epsilon presented by The Nora Theatre Company, a 
project of Catalyst Collaborative at MIT. Following the performance on 
April 11 will be a Post-Performance Talkback with Janet Conrad, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics.


*7. Legatum Lecture - Shahnaz Husain: Pioneer and Entrepreneur (Wed. Apr. 
24, 5:30-6:30pm)
When:* Wednesday, April 24, 5:30-6:30pm
*Where:* E62-223
*Info:* http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1281

Shahnaz Husain's revolutionary business model and marketing approach is 
well-known throughout Asia. On April 24th, Shahnaz Husain will be at MIT to 
share the experiences and views of a female entrepreneur who has seen the 
growth of entrepreneurship in India, the increased role of female 
entrepreneurs, and the changing opportunities for people living at the 
bottom of the pyramid. 

While creating commercial success, Ms. Husain faced and overcame obstacles 
commonly encountered by female entrepreneurs working in low-income 
countries - experiences that provide her with a wealth of advice for female 
entrepreneurs. And in creating her business model, Ms. Husain offered 
employment opportunities to thousands of women who, for the first time, 
experienced the benefits of earning a wage. The empowerment of these women 
demonstrates the broad-based and positive impact of innovative 
entrepreneurship.


*8. [SAAM] Movie Night: “Flirting with Danger” (Wed. Apr. 24, 7-9pm)
When:* Wednesday, April 24, 7-9pm
*Where:* 3-133
*Info:* http://whiteelephant.scripts.mit.edu/saam/big-movie-night/

Social and developmental psychologist and author Lynn Phillips explores the 
line between consent and coercion in this thought-provoking look at popular 
culture and the ways real girls and women navigate their heterosexual 
relationships and hookups. 

Featuring dramatizations of interviews that Phillips conducted with 
hundreds of young women, the film examines how the wider culture’s 
frequently contradictory messages about pleasure, danger, agency, and 
victimization enter into women’s most intimate relationships with men. The 
result is a refreshingly candid, and nuanced, look at how young women are 
forced to grapple with deeply ambivalent cultural attitudes about female 
sexuality.


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*9. Documentary Screening: “It Was Rape” (Mon. Apr. 8, 8pm)
When:* Monday, April 8, 8pm
*Where:* Sever Hall 310, Harvard University, Cambridge
*Trailer: *http://vimeo.com/53027180

Rape is wrong, illegal, reprehensible—and yet still tragically common. In 
this film, eight women tell their diverse personal stories of sexual 
assault, from a Midwestern teenager trying alcohol for the first time to a 
Native American woman gradually coming to terms with her abusive childhood. 

Gripping and emotional, this film is an opportunity to empathize with 
people—not just absorb faceless statistics—and to puncture the silence and 
denial that allow sexual assault to thrive. Ultimately, these stories shed 
light on how this epidemic affects us all.


*10. [HGWISE] Challenges They Faced: Professors talk about getting through 
grad school (Tues. Apr. 16, 5:15-7:15pm)
When:* Tuesday, April 16, 5:15-7:15pm
*Where:* Dudley House Common Room, Harvard University, Cambridge

Graduate school comes with a difficult array of setbacks and hurdles: 
issues with your advisor, getting scooped, applying for funding. This event 
brings together current graduate students with professors who faced similar 
challenges, but got through them and thrived. 

We’ll start with a short panel introducing our panelists and discussing 
some of the problems they encountered in graduate school and the lessons 
they learned. Over dinner, we will break into small groups led by our 
panelists, who are all happy to share their experiences with you. 


*11. [HGWISE] Cambridge Coffee Hour with Professor Jennifer Hochschild 
(Mon. Apr. 22, 4:30-5:30pm)
When:* Monday, April 22, 4:30-5:30pm
*Where:* CGIS-South Room 354, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
*RSVP:* http://bit.ly/Hochschild

Please join us for a Coffee Hour with Jennifer Hochschild, Professor of 
Government at Harvard University, Professor of African and African American 
Studies, and Harvard College Professor. Hochschild currently conducts 
research on the politics and ideology of genomic science, immigrant 
political incorporation, and citizens’ use of factual information in 
political decision-making. She has also served as a consultant or expert 
witness in several school desegregation cases, most importantly Yonkers 
Board of Education v. New York State. 

At the Coffee Hour, Professor Hochschild will discuss her career pathway, 
career choices, issues specific to being a woman in social science, 
work/life balance, or anything else you want to ask. RSVP appreciated (but 
not required). Coffee and pastries will be served.


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