[GWAMIT] GWAMIT Newsletter - Week of April 3, 2017

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 GWAMIT Newsletter - Week of April 3, 2017
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April 3, 2017
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*IN BRIEF*

*GW at MIT:*
1. Fill out GWAMIT Graduate Student Childcare Survey (now)
2. Come to GWAMIT Empowerment Conference 2017: Be Bold, Be Heard!
(Apr. 10-14)
3. Apply to the next GWAMIT Executive Board 2017! (now)

*MIT:*
4. Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2017 (Apr.)
5. MIT Transgender/Gender-Queer/Gender Non-Conforming Support Group forming
now
6. Making It All Add Up – Part II: The Big Financial Decisions (Apr. 4)
7. [MITWGS] Diversifying Barbie & Mortal Kombat symposium (Apr. 6)
8. MIT Sloan Africa Innovate Conference 2017 (Apr. 8)
9. MIT Innovation Initiative Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Bengt
Holmström (Apr. 13)
10. [MITWGS] The Louis Kampf Writing Prize in Women's and Gender Studies
(Apr. 14)
11. MIT April 18: Day of Engagement, Day of Action (Apr. 18)
12. Think Big: Identify Goals and Set Priorities for Success (Apr. 19)
13. Developing Your Emotional Intelligence: Improving Personal and
Professional Relationships (Apr. 25)

*Outside MIT:*
14. MOTHER TONGUE: Pan-Asian Boston-Area Women Artists BHCC Art Gallery
(now-Apr. 14)
15. New England Future Faculty Workshop at Northeastern University (May 23)
Dear GW at MIT Members,

Welcome back from Spring break!

Graduate Women at MIT is hosting our annual Spring Empowerment Conference
April 10-14, 2017! This year, the theme is Be Bold, Be Heard
<https://gwamitempowerment2017.wordpress.com/>, and we’ll be hosting events
centered around helping you find and amplify your unique voice.

GWAMIT has also started a Graduate Student Childcare Survey
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMVyhVVfDwp8I6ZWiF790UIGFZ0u27VOh1Nb8ZdLWgKHX9qQ/viewform?c=0&w=1>
to better understand the needs of graduate students with children.

The GWAMIT Board
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*FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS*
************ GW at MIT ************

*1. **Fill out GWAMIT Graduate Student Childcare Survey*
*When:* now
*Link:* link
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMVyhVVfDwp8I6ZWiF790UIGFZ0u27VOh1Nb8ZdLWgKHX9qQ/viewform?c=0&w=1>
GWAMIT has been working with the administration to provide better support
for graduate students with children. If you have children or want to have
children in grad school, please fill out this survey to give us more
information.
The survey is designed for any MIT grad student or their spouses and
partners.
*2. Come to GWAMIT Empowerment Conference 2017: Be Bold, Be Heard!*
*When:* April 10-14
*Where: *various
*Info*: link <https://gwamitempowerment2017.wordpress.com/>
“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.” -Virginia Woolf
It’s time for us to stop being anonymous. Graduate Women at MIT is hosting
our annual Spring Empowerment Conference April 10-14, 2017! This year, the
theme is “Be Bold, Be Heard”, and we’ll be hosting events centered around
helping you find and amplify your unique voice. Whether that’s about
improving your written communication, learning the best way to handle
confrontations or tricky conversations, or becoming more politically
involved – the world needs your voice, and we want to hear it.

A quick look to some of our events are:
*Keynote Speech by Victoria Kennedy*
When: Monday, April 10, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: MIT Building 32-141
RSVP: link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keynote-speech-by-victoria-kennedy-tickets-33128168243>
Victoria Reggie (Vicki) Kennedy is both an accomplished attorney and a
non-profit leader. She is senior counsel in the corporate and securities
practice group at Greenberg Traurig LLP, as well as President of the Board
and co-founder of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States
Senate, a non-partisan, non-profit organization in Boston that educates the
public about the unique role of the United States Senate in our democracy.
The Kennedy Institute has won international awards for its innovative and
interactive design and approach to encouraging participatory democracy,
invigorating civil discourse and inspiring the next generation of citizens
and leaders to engage in the civic life of their communities.
In addition to her law practice, board service and non-profit leadership
roles, Kennedy has been a leading voice on the empowerment of women and
girls in our society and is an advocate for expanding medical research and
for access to health care to all Americans.

*Effective Communication In Your Hardest Conversations - Workshop*
When: Tuesday, April 11, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Where: MIT Building W20-206
RSVP: link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/effective-communication-in-your-hardest-conversations-workshop-tickets-33127593524>
Survey: link
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwLLEJvPUl2apygEMTAiSnKQgnIXxPBvpwjG1IV6eBSzC3QA/viewform?c=0&w=1>

*“Improv” your boldness and communication skills*
When: Thursday, April 13th, 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Where: MIT Building W20-307
RSVP: link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-your-boldness-and-communication-skills-tickets-33309870720>

*Women in Comedy Night  at the Thirsty Ear*
When: Thursday, April 13th, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Where: Thirsty Ear, Ashdown
RSVP: link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-in-comedy-night-at-the-thirsty-ear-tickets-33160587209>
*3. Apply to the next GWAMIT Executive Board 2017!*
*When:* now
*Apply:* link
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZcyeeUisIjh_4yDlKIcAjLnwKCIdaaZqTywA1nrwh49Nj9A/viewform?usp=sf_link>
Interested in being more involved in GWAMIT?
Have you attended or helped plan a past GWAMIT activity, and would you like
to become a member of the Executive Board?
Would you like to be active in supporting graduate women and engaging with
the Institute?
Apply now for a GWAMIT Executive Board position!
Before applying, please take a look at our website, and email
gwamit-exec at mit.edu to schedule a brief, 1:1 interview with a current
Executive Board member.
************** MIT **************

*4. Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2017 Info*: link
<http://whiteelephant.scripts.mit.edu/saam/>
*5. Transgender/Gender-Queer/Gender Non-Conforming Support Group*
*Contact: *Jenny O’Brien obri at med.mit.edu, Audra Bartz bara at med.mit.edu
<http://obri@med.mit.edu>
The transgender support group is a place for people to share experiences,
thoughts, feelings, and questions regarding gender identity in a safe,
confidential setting. It is open to both undergrad and grad students who
are seeking support around aspects of transgender/gender identity.
Students who are interested in finding out more about the group can contact
Jenny O’Brien obri at med.mit.edu or Audra Bartz bara at med.mit.edu.
*6. Making It All Add Up – Part II: The Big Financial Decisions*
*When:* Tuesday, April 4, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
*Where:* MIT Building 46-3189
*Register:* link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-it-all-add-up-part-ii-the-big-financial-decisions-registration-31289628120>
Presenters –
Steven Dimitriou, B.A., AIF, PRP; Co-Founder and Managing Partner,
Mayflower Advisors
Lawrence Glazer, AAMS; Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Mayflower Advisors
Dinner will be available beginning at 5:00 p.m. and the seminar
presentation will run from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Do you feel like your finances control the decisions you make, instead of
the other way around? Do you ever wonder how you’ll manage to pay your
loans, your rent, and your bills, and live your life on your salary?
Steve Dimitriou and Larry Glazer will continue their conversation from this
fall’s Making It All Add Up-Part I seminar and will address important
financial decisions and essential factors to consider when making them.
This session will focus on life’s big investments, including the decision
to go back to graduate school, buy a home, or start a family. Come learn
about the small decisions that can add up to make a big impact. It is never
too early to start being prepared.
*7. [MITWGS] Diversifying Barbie & Mortal Kombat symposium*
*When: *April 6th
*Where:* MIT
*Register:* link <http://www.equityingaming.com/dbmk.html>
You can join for one or all of the panels.
Please register at http://www.equityingaming.com/dbmk.html by April 3rd.
This symposium is organized by our fabulous MLK Visiting Scholar Kishonna
Gray.
It is co-sponsored by WGS and CMS/W.
*8. MIT Sloan Africa Innovate Conference 2017*
*When: *Saturday, April 8th, 8:00 AM – 6:30 PM
*Where:* MIT Media Lab | 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
*Register*: link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-sloan-africa-innovate-conference-2017-tickets-32279109686>
The annual MIT Sloan Africa Innovate Conference is a unique forum that
brings together the strengths of MIT and leading entrepreneurs and
change-agents from across the African continent. The conference attracts
over 400 business leaders, entrepreneurs, students, professors, and alumni,
all with strong interests in Africa. The theme for this year's conference
is “Africa Innovate Conference: Ideas to Impact” and discussions will focus
on how to transform promising ideas into sustainable businesses in Africa.
Our closing keynote speaker this year will be Her Excellency Dr. Ameenah
Gurib-Fakim, President of the Republic of Mauritius.
*9. MIT Innovation Initiative Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Bengt
Holmström*
*When: *Thursday, April 13th, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
*Where: *Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship | 1 Amherst Street,
Cambridge, MA 02142
*Register*: link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/is-innovation-overrated-how-the-world-needs-to-spend-more-time-focused-on-imitation-tickets-31647474448>
Join us for a discussion with Professor Bengt Holmstrom. He will be
answering the question “Is Innovation Overrated? – How the world needs to
spend more time focused on imitation”.
Begnt's bio:
Bengt Robert Holmström, born 1949 in Helsinki, Finland.
Bengt Robert Holmström is the Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was head of the Economics
Department from 2003-2006. He holds a joint appointment with MIT’s Sloan
School of Management.
Holmström received his doctoral degree from Stanford University in 1978.
Before joining MIT in 1994, he was the Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of
Management at Yale University’s School of Management (1983-94) and
associate professor at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at
Northwestern University (1979-82).
Holmström is a microeconomic theorist, best known for his research on the
theory of contracting and incentives especially as applied to the theory of
the firm, to corporate governance and to liquidity problems in financial
crises.
He was awarded the 2016 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in
Memory of Alfred Nobel.
He is a member of the board of Aalto University (Finland) and the Finnish
Business and Policy Forum (EVA). He was a board member of the Nokia
Corporation 1999-2012.
*10. [MITWGS] The Louis Kampf Writing Prize in Women's and Gender Studies*
*Deadline: *Friday, April 14th, 5:00PM
*Info:* link <https://wgs.mit.edu/kampf-prize/>
The $500 prize, sponsored by The Program in Women's and Gender Studies
(WGS), was started in 1995-96 to honor Louis Kampf, distinguished professor
emeritus of Literature and Women's Studies, and to reward high quality
undergraduate writing in women's and gender studies. The Prize is judged by
faculty from WGS. It also includes a luncheon in May with committee members
and a guest of your choosing.

*11. MIT April 18: Day of Engagement, Day of Action*
*When:* Tuesday, April 18
*Where: *various
*Info*: link <http://dayofaction.mit.edu/>
On April 18, 2017, members of MIT and the broader local community will
pause our everyday activities and devote the day to engaging with the
political, economic, and social challenges facing us today. We intend this
day of action to be open to all, representing the full diversity of our
community. Please join us in making this a day where your voice is heard
and where you hear the voices of others. HOW?
A full list of proposed sessions and more information about this day
long event can be found at: http://dayofaction.mit.edu
- If you can join in for all or just part of the day, please sign the call
for participation, and disseminate widely! We will also be following up
with a more detailed participation form by Monday, April 3rd.
- If you would like to help with organizing or on the day of the event,
volunteer to help!
MIT April 18: Day of Engagement, Day of Action is open to all, and hopes to
represent the full diversity of our community. We are made stronger by
open, respectful dialogue and the exchange of ideas from the widest variety
of intellectual, religious, class, cultural, and political perspectives.
We look forward to seeing you on April 18!
*12. **Think Big: Identify Goals and Set Priorities for Success*
*When:* Wednesday, April 19, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
*Where: *MIT Building NE49-5000
*RSVP*: link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/think-big-identify-goals-and-set-priorities-for-success-registration-31296889840>
Presenter – Anna Robinson, M.A., WLCP®; Work-Life Projects Administrator,
MIT Work-Life Center
In this workshop, you will gain knowledge and insight to help you set goals
for success in work and life. You will have the opportunity to define and
explore the core values that motivate you. Working together with others,
you will start to prioritize and set goals for the next steps in your
successful and enriching career and life.
*13. **Developing Your Emotional Intelligence: Improving Personal and
Professional Relationships*
*When:* Tuesday, April 25, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
*Where:* MIT Building 46-3189
*Register:* link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/developing-your-emotional-intelligence-improving-personal-and-professional-relationships-registration-31289770546>
Presenter – Wendy Wollner, M.S., M.B.A.; Founder and CEO, Balancing Life’s
Issues
Dinner will be available beginning at 5:00 p.m. and the seminar
presentation will run from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is one of the many kinds of intelligence we use
every day. One difference is that we can actually improve our EQ, which
research has shown can enhance our careers and relationships. Learn how
identifying, understanding, and actively using our own and others’ emotions
can help make or break interactions with others, professionally and
personally. This seminar provides skills, tools, and interactive exercises
to give you a sense of why self-awareness and awareness of others have huge
value in all areas of your life.
************** Outside MIT **************

*14. MOTHER TONGUE: Pan-Asian Boston-Area Women Artists BHCC Art Gallery*
*When: *March 9 – April 14
*Where*: 250 New Rutherford Ave., Boston, MA  02129
Experience this multi-media group exhibit that explores the complex
relationship between personal identity, storytelling and cultural
expectation.
With special featured screenings of videos from the Media Literacy Course,
Asian American Studies Program/UMass Boston
The Mary L. Fifield Art Gallery at Bunker Hill Community College is free
and open to the public.
Gallery hours: M/W/F 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; T/Th 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.
– 2 p.m.
*15. New England Future Faculty Workshop at Northeastern University*
*Deadline:* May 26
*Register:* link
<http://www.northeastern.edu/advance/recruitment/future-faculty-workshop/>
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