[GWAMIT] Announcements - Week of March 7, 2016

Mon Mar 7 15:43:51 EST 2016

Dear GW at MIT Members,

Have a great first week of March! This is my first newsletter as your
Secretary. We are so excited to carry on the torch of the last Executive
Board, and we are so grateful to them for their past year’s hard work!

The GWAMIT 2016 Empowerment Conference is coming soon. Please check the
following newsletter for more information and opportunities to volunteer.

The GWAMIT Board

*Send your ideas to: **gwamit-exec at mit.edu* <gwamit-exec at mit.edu>

*Send your announcements to: **gwamit-sec at mit.edu* <gwamit-sec at mit.edu>

*Visit us: **http://gwamit.org* <http://gwamit.org/>

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*IN BRIEF*

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*GW at MIT:*

1. Come to the GWAMIT Spring 2016 General Board Meeting! (Mar. 15th)

2. Join the GWAMIT 2016 Empowerment Conference Team! (Apr. 11th – Apr. 15th)

3. Apply to be GWAMIT Department Representatives!

*MIT:*

4. Women Take the Reel: Film Festival Celebrating Women's History Month
(Mar. 1st – Mar. 30th)

5. A Conversation with Dr. Monique Morris on the Criminalization of Black
Girls In Schools (Mar. 8th)

6. Black Women's Week: Dinner with Violence Prevention & Response (Mar. 10th
)

7. Reimaging Your Life - Discussion Group (Mar. 10th – Mar. 31st)

8. MIT women's club ice hockey team: Ice Hockey Clinic (Mar. 11th)

9. Recognizing and Mitigating Unconscious Bias (March 17th)

10. MIT Random Acts of Kindness Week (Mar. 28th – Apr. 1st)

11 MIT Work-Life Center Spring 2016 Seminar Series (Feb - May)

12. MIT Scaling Development Ventures Conference (Apr. 1st)

13. Legatum Fellowship & Seed Grant Applications Now Open

*Outside MIT:*

14. Feminist Strategies in the Classroom and Beyond (Apr. 9th)

15. [MASS AWIS] Crafting Your Story for Career Transition (Mar. 23rd)

16. [MASS AWIS] Member Scholarship

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*FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS*

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************** GW at MIT **************

*1. Come to the GWAMIT Spring 2016 General Board Meeting!*

*When: *Tuesday, Mar. 15th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

*Where:* MIT Building 32-144 <http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=32>

*RSVP: *link
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jy7uz_EEW-C6xewCCJQfIBvGCvN00N0wxicoyTDRET0/viewform?fbzx=405224873055049540>

Please join us for the GWAMIT Spring 2016 General Board Meeting!

We welcome everyone to this meeting: members, departmental representatives,
anyone wanting to know more about GWAMIT and discuss personal, professional
as well as academic issues relevant to our community.

Please RSVP at the link above so we can have a sense of numbers (and order
enough food! :-))

*2. Join the GWAMIT 2016 Empowerment Conference Team!*

*When: *Monday, Apr. 11th – Friday, Apr. 15th

*Info:* link <http://gwamit.org/spring-empowerment-conference/>

*Apply: *link
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QhXw3dL4CHCOvxVMMlZNUkjgqHJ7fRTW3TpjaFnlghg/edit?usp=sharing>

GWAMIT is currently recruiting event leads and committee members for the
annual Spring Empowerment Conference to be held in April 2016. This is a
great opportunity to be a part of the 2016 organizing team!

There are many different ways you can get involved depending on your
interests and schedule. Please contact the GWAMIT Executive Board at
gwamit-exec at mit.edu if you have questions. We also encourage you to read
more about previous leaders and events on our website
<http://gwamit.org/spring-empowerment-conference/>.

*3. Apply to be GWAMIT Department Representatives!*

*Info:* link <https://sites.google.com/site/gwamitweb/about/gwamit-leaders>

Department representatives serve as a liaison between GWAMIT and members in
their home department.

Semesterly funding is available for active Department Representatives to
hold an event for GWAMIT members in their home departments. Please contact
gwamit-exec at mit.edu for more information.

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

*4. Women Take the Reel: Film Festival Celebrating Women's History Month*

*When:* Throughout March; Kickoff Event Thursday, March 3, 4:00pm - 9:30pm

*Where: *Various

*Info:* link <http://web.mit.edu/gcws/news+events/2016women-reel.html>

The WGS/GCWS's annual collaboratively-produced Women Take the Reel film
festival now has its own Facebook page
<https://www.facebook.com/womentakethereel/>!

This annual film festival is a collaborative effort among Women's and
Gender Studies departments involved in the Graduate Consortium in Women's
Studies (as well as select institutions/universities aligned with its
mission) that features films about issues relating to gender, race,
sexuality, class and/or feminism. The theme of this year’s festival is A
*ctivism*.

The focus is on the intellectual investigation of these issues, so every
film is accompanied by a Q&A and discussion with the film director,
producer, local activists and practitioners, and/or faculty members from
the host institution for each film.

*All films are free and open to the public.*

More information about each film screening and associated events are below.

FILMS and SCREENING DATES:

   - 3/8: They Call Me a Muslim at Lesley University
   - 3/9: Speed Sisters at MIT
   - 3/10: Half the History: Tell Her Story and Half the History: Belinda’s
   Petition at Tufts University
   - 3/15: Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism at Simmons College
   - 3/16: Her Story at Tufts University
   - 3/17: Regarding Susan Sontag at MIT
   - 3/22: Rebel at Emerson College
   - 3/26: An Open Secret at Emerson College
   - 3/30:The Price of Sex at Boston College

Please visit our website for complete details!

http://web.mit.edu/gcws/news+events/2016women-reel.html

WOMEN TAKE THE REEL is a FREE roaming film festival SPONSORED BY: MIT
Program in Women's and Gender Studies; the Graduate Consortium in Women's
Studies; Boston College Women's and Gender Studies Program; Boston
University Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program; Brandeis
University Women's and Gender Studies Program; Northeastern University
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program; Simmons College Department
of Women's and Gender Studies; Tufts University Women's, Gender, and
Sexuality Studies Program; UMass Boston Women's and Gender Studies
Department; Emerson College Department of Visual and Media Arts; and Lesley
University.

*5. A Conversation with Dr. Monique Morris on the Criminalization of Black
Girls In Schools*

*When:* Tuesday, Mar. 8th, 5:00pm

*Where:* Walker Memorial Bldg BSU Lounge, MIT Building 50-105

*RSVP:* link
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1x2N4Fyliu5gJ2kWktUBsuw32FhYg4Lt01DSilSyjQ7E/viewform?c=0&w=1>

Monique W. Morris, Ed.D., is an author and social justice scholar with
expertise in the areas of education, civil rights, juvenile and social
justice. Dr. Morris is the author of "Pushout: The Criminalization of Black
Girls in Schools"(The New Press, 2016), a new and critically-acclaimed book
on the criminalization of Black girls in schools, and "Black Stats: African
Americans by the Numbers in the Twenty-First Century" (The New Press,
2014). Also, Dr. Morris is the Co-Founder and President of The National
Black Women’s Justice Institute. Previously, she served as the Vice
President for Economic Programs, Advocacy and Research at the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and as the
Director of Research for the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
at the UC Berkeley Law School.

Dinner will be served. Open to the entire MIT community.

*6. Black Women's Week: Dinner with Violence Prevention & Response*

*When:* Thursday, Mar. 10th, 7:30pm - 9:00pm

*Where:* Walker Memorial Bldg BSU Lounge, MIT Building 50-105

*Info:* link <http://bwa.mit.edu/events.html>

Please join us for a conversation with Violence Prevention & Response's
educations specialists Amanda Hankins and Duane de Four. The event will be
held Thursday, March 10th, 7:30-9PM in the BSU Lounge (Walker 50-105) as
part of Black Women's Week. Conversation will include findings from their
climate survey done at MIT, and discussion surrounding relationships,
party-safe practices, resources for helping a friend, and more.

*Dinner will be served.*

To submit anonymous questions or topics of interest, see survey:

http://goo.gl/forms/bWuUNINP71

Learn more about Violence Prevention & Response here:

https://medical.mit.edu/community/violence-prevention

*7. Reimaging Your Life - Discussion Group*

*When:* Thursdays, Mar. 10, 17, 24 and 31, 11:15am (Attendance at all 4
sessions is highly encouraged.)

*Where:* MIT Building E23-364 (E23-319 on Mar. 31)

*Register:* email <reck at med.mit.edu>

Frustrated by your inability to work in the US? Struggling to figure out
what to do next? Want to spend your time in Boston productively, but you’re
just not sure how? Join others to explore how to tap into your passions or
long forgotten interests and make your time at MIT meaningful, regardless
of your visa status or length of stay in Boston.

Led by MS&PC Program Manager, Jennifer Recklet Tassi, we will read and
discuss essays from Martha Beck’s collection “Essays for Creating a Right
Life” – pick up the reading packet from our office (E23-441) or at our
weekly Wednesday gatherings.

   - March 10: How to Deal with Major Life Changes
   - March 17: Four Steps to Find Your Life’s Path
   - March 24: Why You Need to Embrace Imperfection
   - March 31: How to Tap into Your Power

Email Jennifer at reck at med.mit.edu to let her know you will attend.

*8. MIT women's club ice hockey team: Ice Hockey Clinic*

*When:* Friday, Mar 11th, 7:00pm – 9:00pm

*Where: *Johnson Ice Rink, Z-Center (membership or day pass required)

*Register: *link
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12V58Oerx2Lf10q7ejj1gcQ98yO7j6JKU02qjDUmfuXs/viewform>

Wish you had a little more ice time to practice, and some tips to develop
your skills? Here's your opportunity to get world-class coaching and some
extra ice time. You will do drills to work on basic skills, team play, and
develop game situational awareness. For more on Reggie and his coaching
staff, check out our website
<http://web.mit.edu/club-hockey/www/index.shtml>.

The excellent coaching staff from the MIT Women’s Ice Hockey Club runs
clinics for the MIT community each year. It's a great opportunity for
individuals and teams to get focused developmental time.

Cost: $20/person

Discounts: Pre-register with a friend for the same clinic, pay $30 for 2

For more information, please contact the MIT Women's Ice Hockey Club:
club-hockey-officers at mit.edu

*9. Recognizing and Mitigating Unconscious Bias*

*When:* Thursday, Mar. 17th, 11:00am – 1:00pm

*Where: *Stratton Student Center, MIT Building W20-307

*RSVP:* link <http://bit.ly/1piNzjJ>

*Contact:* kenezra at mit.edu

Intuitive decision-making is subject to unconscious bias — the automatic
cognitive reliance on a stereotype. Stereotypes are often suboptimal and
reinforce group inequities, with implications for hiring/promotion, as well
as student-faculty relationships.

This two-hour workshop is open to all of MIT, and will help participants
recognize unconscious bias and develop strategies to mitigate it.

Each attendee will receive lunch and a copy of "Blindspot: Hidden Biases of
Good People," by Mazharin R. Banaji and Anthony Greenwald.

*10. MIT Random Acts of Kindness Week*

*When:* Monday, Mar. 28th – Friday, Apr. 1st

*Where:* Various

RAK (Random Acts of Kindness) week is a time for the members of the MIT
community (undergrads, grads, faculty, staff, alumni, associates, etc.) to
connect through Random Acts of Kindness (RAK).  We hope these little acts
of kindness will remind people that they are not invisible. We mainly want
to make everyone's day a little brighter during one of the toughest times
of the academic year. Each day comes with an overarching theme

   - Monday: Introduction to RAK Week. We will introduce the 20 RAK Week
   challenges and have wooden clothing pins with kind words on them to clip
   onto people. At the entrance of the main entrances of MIT, we will also
   have volunteers with bubble guns.
   - Tuesday: Peer-to-Peer resources in Lobby 10. Flowers will be passed
   out.
   - Wednesday: Institutional resources in Lobby 10 and goody bags with a
   card of the MIT resources on them will be passed out.
   - Thursday: Miscellaneous acts of kindness. Use #MITRAK to tag an act of
   kindness you’ve seen.
   - Friday: Let's Talk About It Open Mic Event (3rd Floor Media Lab). The
   open mic night will be on the last day of RAK Week (4/1/16). We want it to
   be a time for members of the community to come together and share their
   stories, give advice, rant, read poems, and so on.

Other things going on during the week: Handing out colored pencils, therapy
dogs, sending notes, sending serenades, RAK wristbands and RAK HACKS.

If anyone has questions or have an idea on how they want to participate in
RAK week, they can either email the RAK committee at RAK-committee at mit.edu or
directly email me at trangluu at mit.edu.

*11. MIT Work-Life Center Spring 2016 Seminar Series*

*When:* March - May

*Info:* link <http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars/>

*Register:* link <http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars/>

We are pleased to announce the launch of the MIT Work-Life Center’s Spring
2016 Seminar Series. Our presenters, who are experts in their fields, will
share research-based strategies, tips, and information on more than 25
topics, including changing how you respond to stress; supporting your
child’s emotional and intellectual development; understanding the U.S.
college admissions process; navigating life as a young professional; and
learning how to help an aging family member.

All seminars are free of charge and open to the entire MIT community and
their families; however, registration is required.

We believe these seminars and workshops will help MIT community members
find better balance in their professional and personal lives, and
appreciate your help in communicating this information to the broader MIT
community.

*12. MIT Scaling Development Ventures Conference*

*When: *Friday, Apr. 1st

*Where: *Wiesner Building, MIT Building E15

*Register:* link <http://sdvinfo.wix.com/mitsdv>

Join us for a day of conversation on innovative solutions to international
development challenges. Hear from leading entrepreneurs and practitioners -
from within and outside MIT - as well as representatives from industry,
government agencies, and NGOs.

For more information and a complete conference program please visit our
website
<http://mit.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0c8398b9e230494e88139437a&id=170896c8c5&e=2c4e11ac4f>
.

*13. Legatum Fellowship & Seed Grant Applications Now Open*

*Info:* link <http://legatum.mit.edu/>

The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT seeks
entrepreneurial leaders who demonstrate the potential and passion for
creating innovative, sustainable ventures that promote prosperity and
accelerate progress in developing countries.

The one-year Fellowship supports venture development through a specialized
leadership curriculum, networking activities, and a mentorship program.

In addition to the Fellowship, The Legatum Center administers a Seed Grant
program that supports early-stage MIT entrepreneurs in constructing
prototypes or conducting primary market research in developing countries.

To find out more visit us at: http://legatum.mit.edu/

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*14. Feminist Strategies in the Classroom and Beyond*

*When:* Saturday, Apr. 9th, 8:30am – 5:00pm

*Where:* Mandel Center for the Humanities, Brandeis University, 415 South
Street, MS 092, Waltham, MA 02453

*Info:* link
<http://web.mit.edu/gcws/news+events/2016FeministClassroom.html>

*RSVP:* gcws at mit.edu

This symposium seeks to elicit practical advice from faculty members and
graduate students across the disciplines - as well as writers and activists
- about feminist, hands-on approaches to learning, teaching, knowledge
production, and publishing. It will take place at the Mandel Center for the
Humanities at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. The symposium will
include four 90-minute roundtable discussions:

   - How to do Feminist Scholarship Anywhere
   - How to Teach Feminism Today
   - How to Start New Feminist Research
   - How to Publish Feminist Scholarship Everywhere

The roundtable discussion topics and presenters, listed below and on our
website <http://web.mit.edu/gcws/news+events/2016FeministClassroom.html>,
were chosen specifically to unite theory and practice from a variety of
disciplines and institutions—providing the opportunity to build skills and
discuss strategies in feminist pedagogy, research, and praxis.

This event is free. Space is limited and RSVP is required. RSVP to
gcws at mit.edu.

*15. [MASS AWIS] Crafting Your Story for Career Transition*

*When:* Wednesday, March 23rd, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

*Where:* Cannon Room, Building C, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood
Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

*Register:* link <http://www.massawis.org/CraftingYourStory2016>

With James Gould, Ph.D. Director, HMS/HSDM Office for Postdoctoral Fellow

A critical part of transitioning careers is letting others know that you
are capable of doing it successfully. Effectively communicating your career
story is an often forgotten step in career exploration and the job search.
This workshop will provide tips and tricks on crafting a career story,
effective communication, and developing lasting professional relationships.

Register at http://www.massawis.org/CraftingYourStory2016

MASS AWIS members, HMS/HSDM and BSC postdoc** $8

Non-members $15

(**Must bring valid ID to event)

*Register before March 15th for a chance to win a Starbucks gift card*

*16. [MASS AWIS] Member Scholarship*

*Deadline:* Friday, March 25th, 5:00pm

*Info:* link <http://www.massawis.org/mass-awis-member-scholarship/>

*Apply:* email <scholarship at massawis.org>

MASS AWIS has created a scholarship fund to help offset the cost of
membership.

If awarded a scholarship, MASS AWIS will supplement 80% of the National
membership and 50% of the Chapter membership (and provide help with event
costs).

Scholarship is for qualified unemployed or underemployed individuals
seeking Professional, Junior or Student memberships.

*Graduate Students/Post-Doctoral Fellows and those in transition are
encouraged to apply.*

For further details about the award and the application process, visit
www.massawis.org/mass-awis-member-scholarship/

Applicants should submit all the materials by March 25th, 2016 – Friday –
5pm EST in a single correspondence to: scholarship at massawis.org

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