[GWAMIT] Announcements - Week of 8/19/13

Mon Aug 19 14:54:39 EDT 2013

Dear GWAMIT Members,

We are currently recruiting a Membership Chair for Fall 2013 – 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. Application Open for GWAMIT Membership Chair (Apply now)

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. 20, 6-7pm)
5. ASPIRE Speaker Series: Asian American Women in Startups (Tues. Aug. 20, 6-8pm)
6. [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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FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. Application Open for GWAMIT Membership Chair (Apply now)
Apply: http://bit.ly/GWAMITMembChair
Contact: gwamit-exec at mit.edu

Interested in being more involved in GWAMIT? Have you attended or helped plan a past GWAMIT activity and would like to become a member of the Executive Board? We are currently recruiting for a Membership Chair for Fall Semester, from August to December 2013!

Before applying, please review the description and responsibilities of the Membership Chair position on the GWAMIT website. Apply at: http://bit.ly/GWAMITMembChair. Additionally, after submitting your application, please email gwamit-exec at mit.edu to schedule a brief interview with a current Executive Board member.

If you have any questions about the application or selection process, please do not hesitate to reach out to gwamit-exec at mit.edu.

**********MIT**********

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.

**********Outside MIT**********

4. Free Zumba Class at the Esplanade Hatch Shell (Tues. Aug. 20, 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. 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.

6. [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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