[GWAMIT] GWAMIT Newsletter - Week of Aug 7, 2017

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 GWAMIT Newsletter - Week of Aug 7, 2017
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*August 7, 2017*
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*FROM THE BOARD*

Dear GW at MIT Members,

GW at MIT is actively seeking a *Publicity Chair* - so if you're interested,
reach out to us and join the vibrant community of women that is GW at MIT!
More details included in the description below.

Join us for the *Inaugural Retreat for Graduate Women* in science and
engineering in the New England area! A fun-filled day of food,
networking, scavenger hunts and BBQ await! (details provided below)
- The GW at MIT Board
*IN BRIEF*

*GW at MIT:*
1. NE GWiSE Women's Inaugural Retreat (Aug 19)
2. Apply to organize Orientation Women's Welcome Lunch (now)
3. Apply to be GW at MIT publicity chair! (now)
*MIT:*
4. MIT List Visual Arts Center: Civil Disobedience (July 18 - Oct 29)
5. Me(dia) Response - Self-Awareness And Activism Through Art-Making (Aug
18)
6. MIT Ballroom Dance Team: Social Dance Class (Aug 10)
*Outside MIT:*
7. Wonder Women of Boston networking event (Aug 16)
8. Boston Landmarks Orchestra : Anthems of the World (Aug 9)
9. J-WAFS Grant for Water and Food Projects (Sept 18)
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*FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS*
************** GW at MIT ************* *

*1. NE GWiSE Women's Inaugural Retreat*
*When:* August 19, 12 PM - 7 PM
*Where:* BU College of Graduate Arts and Sciences building and BU Beach
*Register: *Link
<https://ne-gwise-inaugural-retreat-tickets.eventbrite.com/>

New England Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (“N-E-G-wise”) is a
new alliance between groups of graduate women in STEM from universities in
Boston and across New England. We’re joining forces to address the issues
facing graduate women in STEM.

Join us for our first event, the *NE GWiSE Inaugural Retreat*, for a day of
connecting with graduate women from different universities and
collaborating to help make NE GWiSE an organization that can effectively
address the issues we face and create change within our community. For more
details, go to the Eventbrite link above or check out our website,
https://negwise.wordpress.com

*Registration closes August 16th* at 5pm so sign up now!
*2. Apply to organize the Orientation Women's Welcome Lunch! *
*When: *Now
*Apply: *link
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdri-KIdPAIR8KrDbn3IC_5fMX-oVh2LRaRSHCp8BnX2MiQ9Q/viewform>

Welcome the incoming graduate women at MIT with a fun and food-filled
women's lunch! GW at MIT is currently recruiting (up to) 2 Co-Chairs for our
annual Orientation Women’s Welcome Lunch to be held in September 2016. This
is a low time commitment and fun opportunity to get involved with the
existing as well as future graduate women at MIT! Click to APPLY using the
link provided above and reach out to us at gwamit-exec at mit.edu if you have
any questions!
*3. Apply to be GW at MIT Publicity Chair*
*When:* Now
*Apply:* gwamit-exec at mit.edu <gwamit-mentor at mit.edu>
Are you passionate about social-media engagement? Are hashtags, snaps and
insta your jam? Do you have creative marketing and communication skills? Do
you want to apply these skills at an organizational scale? Join GW at MIT as a
Publicity Chair!

The responsibilities of the Publicity Chair will include:
- Managing and updating GW at MIT's social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook,
Instagram as well as blog and website)
- Designing promotional materials (such as posters, flyers, banners) for
official GW at MIT events and conferences
- Attend weekly board meetings and have fun with the rest of the awesome
board members!

If you're excited about helping GW at MIT become social-media savvy and gain
greater visibility on campus, please email us at gwamit-exec at mit.edu
<gwamit-mentor at mit.edu> with a short description of who you are (name,
year, department) and if you any experience  with publicity, marketing, or
digital content (even if it is personal!) :)
************** MIT **************

*4. MIT List Visual Arts Center: Civil Disobedience*
*When:* July 18 - October 29, 2017
*Website:* link
<https://listart.mit.edu/exhibitions/list-projects-civil-disobedience>
*List Projects: Civil Disobedience* is a program of documentaries, news
footage, citizen journalism, artist’s films and videos focusing on moments
of political resistance and public demonstration from the early 20th
century through today. Presenting records from the historical Civil Rights
and women’s movements, gay liberation and AIDS activism, the Black Lives
Matter movement, and recent Women’s Marches recognize the history of
resistance, and considers the role that artists and documentarians play in
chronicling and confronting abuses of power and social injustice.

Thursday evening film program:

*Stonewall Uprising (*2010) Directed by David Heilbroner and Kate Davis. 82
min.


*August 10, 6 pm  August 17, 6 PM August 31, 6PM*

*Stonewall Uprising* documents the police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a
popular gay bar in Greenwich Village of New York City, in 1969. Sparking
six days of violent protests, the Stonewall rebellion was a turning point
in the gay liberation movement and modern fight of LGBTQ rights in the
United States.

All programs are free and open to the general public. RSVP
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-stonewall-uprising-2010-dir-david-heilbroner-and-kate-davis-tickets-35432090336>
required.
*5. MIT List Visual Arts Center: Me(dia) Response - Self-Awareness And
Activism Through Art-Making*
*When:* Aug 18 (Part 1), Sept 15 (Part 2), TBD (Part 3), 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
*Website:* link
<https://listart.mit.edu/events-programs/public-program-media-response-self-awareness-and-activism-through-art-making-part-1>

Join artist Kate Gilbert in a participatory workshop infusing tools of
meditation with media imagery to create an accumulative work of art or
artifact that represents a personal, balanced response to violent imagery.
This workshop, the first in a three-part series will begin with guided
meditation focused on finding ones inner voice. Once centered, participants
will incorporate photojournalistic imagery to create a small 3D artifact,
representative of the political or social concern of their choice.
Participants will leave their artifact for the next workshop participants
to use and are encouraged to attend each workshop to deepen their practice
of defining self and activism in a media-saturated world.

This workshop series will lead participants through the acceptance of
violent imagery in media as a necessary catalyst for change, defining one’s
response to violence and will culminate in a civically-engaged creative
action.  Participants are encouraged to attend each consecutive workshop to
deepen their practice of defining self and activism in a media-saturated
world.

All programs are free and open to the general public. Lunch will be
served. RSVP here
to register for Part 1
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/media-response-self-awareness-and-activism-through-art-making-part-1-making-a-statement-tickets-35433061240>
(Aug
18) and Part 2
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/media-response-self-awareness-and-activism-through-art-making-part-2-building-an-understanding-tickets-35433206675>
(Sept
15).
*6. MIT Ballroom Dance Team: Social Dance Class*
*When:* Aug 10 (Mambo), Aug 17 & Aug 24 (Tango) 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
*Where: *Sidney-Pacific Multipurpose Room
*Event link: *link <https://www.facebook.com/events/122964488310778>
MITBDT will be teaching social classes for MIT and Wellesley Affiliates
over the summer! Come dance and make new friends, no partner required!

You can come to one or both classes in the series, so don't worry if you
miss the first one, you can still come to the second! Thursdays from 8-9pm
in the Multipurpose Room of Sidney-Pacific Grad Dorm! MIT/Wellesley ID will
be checked.

Schedule:
8/10 - *Mambo*
8/17 & 8/24 - *Tango*
************** Outside MIT **************

*7. Wonder Women of Boston Bi-Annual Networking Event*
*When:* August 16, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
*Where*: Back Bay Social Club, 867 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02199
*Register:* link <http://wonderwomenboston.com/event-2586030>

Mix and mingle with over 100 ambitious, accomplished women of all ages and
backgrounds at our largest event of the year! Whether you work in the
corporate or non-profit world, are a community leader, entrepreneur,
job-seeker, student, or someone simply looking for inspiration, you’re
bound to make a few great new connections.

Come find new friends, catch up with old friends, make new professional
connections, and enter to win a raffle item or two. We encourage you to
think of three or five exceptional women you know and send invitations
their way.

This event is open to the public with a small entry fee. A portion of the
proceeds from this event will benefit Haley House. Register
<http://wonderwomenboston.com/event-2586030> here.

Member Tickets – $4.00
Non-member Tickets – $8.00
*8. Boston Landmarks Orchestra : Anthems of the World*
*When:* August 9, 7:00 PM
*Where*: DCR Hatch Memorial Shell, Charles River Esplanade, Boston
*Website:* link
<https://www.landmarksorchestra.org/concerts/current-season/>
Fired by local pride, some of Western music’s most passionate works are
closely identified with their cultures of origin. At its premiere,
Finlandia was heard to symbolize Finnish independence. It is now considered
a second Finnish national anthem. Dvořák urged American composers to borrow
from the spirituals, much as he had employed Czech folk songs in his own
writing. Márquez’s Danzón No. 2 has become one of the most popular of all
orchestral dances. The young musicians of ZUMiX are featured in a
Landmarks-commissioned work they have created with composer Gonzalo Grau.

All concerts are free to the public.
*Rain date: August 10 at Hatch Shell. If it is raining on the 10th, the
concert will be moved indoors to Kresge Auditorium at MIT.*
*9. J-WAFS Grant for Water and Food Projects in India  *
*Deadline:* September 18, 2017
*Apply:* link
<https://jwafs.mit.edu/sites/default/files/images/J-WAFS.India.call.for.proposals.FINAL.pdf>
The J-WAFS Grant for Water and Food Projects in India is a funding
opportunity for current members of the MIT community interested in
addressing a water or food challenge in India. Up to three grants, totaling
$15,000, will be awarded. The grants are intended to further work being
pursued by individuals as part of their MIT research, innovation &
entrepreneurship initiatives, coursework, or related activities, or support
a relevant new activity.

The grant is for development projects or projects benefiting low-income
populations. Examples of relevant challenges may include but are not
limited to:
- Economically appropriate water purification technologies, esp. for rural
areas
- Water distribution and management strategies, esp. for rural areas
- Other water quality issues, e.g. sanitation, monitoring, etc.
- Food safety issues
- Food preservation and waste reduction
- Water for agriculture, especially smallholder farms
- Agricultural innovations and improvements

Interested applicants should read the J-WAFS Water and Food Projects in
India call for proposals
<https://jwafs.mit.edu/sites/default/files/images/J-WAFS.India.call.for.proposals.FINAL.pdf>
for instructions and application requirements. Eligible applicants should
submit a proposal to Andi Sutton, J-WAFS communications and program manager
(arsutton [at] mit.edu).
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