[GWAMIT] Announcements - Week of 8/12/13

[GWAMIT]

Dear GWAMIT Members,

The “Dear Kate” advice column is now accepting question submissions for the
August edition – 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
Send your announcements to: gwamit-sec at mit.edu
Visit us: http://gwamit.org

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GWAMIT:*
1. Submit Questions for “Dear Kate” (Respond by Thurs. Aug. 15)

*MIT: *
2. Volunteer for VPR Consent Campaign (Sign up now)
3. [WGS] Wonder Woman Photo Shoot and Reg Day Film Screening (Tues. Sept.
3, 11am-4pm Photo Shoot, 7pm Film)

*Outside MIT:*
4. Free Zumba Class at the Esplanade Hatch Shell (Tues. Aug. 13, 6-7pm)
5. [MASS-AWIS] Annual Summer Picnic (Sun. Aug. 18, 11am-3pm)
6. ASPIRE Speaker Series: Asian American Women in Startups (Tues. Aug. 20,
6-8pm)
7. [HGWISE] Centered Leadership -- A Dialogue on Leadership for Women
(Thurs. Sept. 12, 5:30-7:30pm)

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

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1. Submit Questions for “Dear Kate” (Respond by Thurs. Aug. 15)
Link for question submissions:* http://tinyurl.com/ah49j5b

Please submit your questions for Dear Kate, the GWAMIT Mentoring
Committee's advice blog. Each month, the GWAMIT mentors answers questions
posed by students. The most recent edition be found at:
http://www.gwamit.blogspot.com/2013/08/dear-kate-july-2013-edition.html

Now is the time to submit your questions for next month's edition -- they
can be submitted at: http://tinyurl.com/ah49j5b. Questions for next month's
column are due on Thursday, August 15th!


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*2. Volunteer for VPR Consent Campaign (Sign up now)
Sign up:* http://bit.ly/ConsentCampaign

The Violence Prevention & Response (VPR) program is interested in launching
a consent campaign for the MIT community in response to increasing numbers
of hotline calls and office visits. VPR is looking to produce a series of
posters meant to educate the MIT student body about consent. Our hope is to
find student volunteers willing to be featured in the campaign. We're
looking for a diverse group of students. If you choose to volunteer, you
will be given a list of possible scenarios in advance of your photo shoot
and asked to let us know which ones you are not comfortable with. You have
the right to decline any pose or volunteer pairing. You will be shown any
photos you're in before they are put to use. At any time before or after
the posters are produced you will have the right and ability to decline
your image being used in the campaign.

We believe this campaign has the potential to not only reduce the number of
assaults that occur on campus, but also to help MIT students achieve
happier and healthier interpersonal relationships. By volunteering to model
for this poster campaign, you are helping to create a better and safer MIT
community for us all. To volunteer as a model, please provide your contact
info here: http://bit.ly/ConsentCampaign


*3. [WGS] Wonder Woman Photo Shoot and Reg Day Film Screening (Tues. Sept.
3, 11am-4pm Photo Shoot, 7pm Film)
When:* Tuesday, September 3, 11am-4pm
*Where:* Lobby 10 (Photo Shoot), 6-120 (Film)

Please join WGS in celebrating ALL Wonder Women on REG DAY Tuesday -
September 3, 2013. WGS will host a Wonder Woman photo shoot from 11AM - 4PM
in LOBBY 10 and a film screening of the acclaimed documentary Wonder Women!
The Untold Story of American Superheroines at 7PM. Both events are free and
open to the public.

Photo Shoot: The Wonder Woman costume -- lasso of truth, tiaras, T-shirts
and skirts for children and adults of all sizes – is provided at the photo
shoot. Free Wonder Woman swag for all participants!

Film Screening: MIT Women's and Gender Studies Program and Student
Activities Office present a REG DAY film screening. WONDER WOMEN! THE
UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN SUPERHEROINES traces the fascinating evolution and
legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book superheroine in
the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, WONDER WOMEN! looks at how popular
representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about
women’s liberation. WONDER WOMEN! goes behind the scenes with Lynda Carter,
Lindsay Wagner, comic writers and artists, and real-life superheroines such
as Gloria Steinem, Kathleen Hanna and others, who offer an enlightening and
entertaining counterpoint to the male-dominated superhero genre. Discussion
with WGS Professor A. Walsh to follow.


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*4. Free Zumba Class at the Esplanade Hatch Shell (Tues. Aug. 13, 6-7pm)
When:* Tuesdays, July 16 – August 27, 6-7pm
*Where:* The Boston Esplanade Hatch Shell
*Register:* http://healthworkszumba-es2.eventbrite.com/

Back by popular demand, Healthworks Fitness Centers for Women and The
Esplanade Association are teaming up to bring you FREE Zumba classes
outdoors at the Esplanade Hatch Shell on Tuesday nights at 6pm this summer!
Come join the party for one, two or even all eight nights (Tuesdays July
16th – August 27th). These 1-hour classes led by Healthworks Zumba
instructors are open to the public!

Bring your friends, families, coworkers, boyfriends, girlfriends, and
neighbors, and come ready to get your Zumba on all summer long!


*5. [MASS-AWIS] Annual Summer Picnic (Sun. Aug. 18, 11am-3pm)
When:* Sunday, August 18, 11am-3pm
*Where:* Sennott Park, Norfolk and Broadway, Cambridge
*Register:* http://goo.gl/oYdlj

Please join MASS AWIS for the annual FREE summer picnic. Friends and family
are welcome to attend! Please bring a food dish to share and chairs and/or
blankets for you and your guests.

We’ll be providing beverages and tableware. If you have any fun lawn games
(croquet, Bocce ball Frisbees, etc.) please bring them with you! The event
is free, but please register to help us plan accordingly.


*6. ASPIRE Speaker Series: Asian American Women in Startups (Tues. Aug. 20,
6-8pm)
When:* Tuesday, August 20, 6-8pm
*Where:* Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
*Register:* http://aspirestartups-es2.eventbrite.com/

The ASPIRE Speaker Series, a free lecture series, explores topics impacting
Asian American girls and women, and gives exposure to Asian American women
leaders. It promotes candid conversations, encourages networking, and
fosters mentoring relationships among Asian American women.

Since September 2010, ASPIRE has held nine Speaker Series panels on such
topics as women in politics, entrepreneurship, STEM (science, technology,
engineering, and math) fields, mental health, work/life balance, performing
arts, and public sector, and attracted 40 to 60 attendees on average. The
Speaker Series is catered toward Asian American women who are high school
students, college students, graduate students, and working professionals.
Free and open to the public.


*7. [HGWISE] Centered Leadership -- A Dialogue on Leadership for Women
(Thurs. Sept. 12, 5:30-7:30pm)
When:* Thursday, September 12, 5:30-7:30pm
*Where:* Harvard Geological Museum, Haller Hall 102, Cambridge
*RSVP:* http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HGWISE2013

You are invited to a dialogue on leadership for women that the Harvard
Graduate Women in Science and Engineering is co-hosting with McKinsey.

All women graduate students and post-docs are invited and encouraged to
attend, whether pursuing an academic, industry, or consulting career.
Attire is casual – come as you are!


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