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Dear GW at MIT Members,

We encourage you to join GSC representatives and your fellow students to
call members of Congress and protest the proposed tax reform that will
significantly increase taxes for graduate students. The phone bank is
happening *TODAY* in *66-144 between 11AM and 3PM*. Every voice matters!

Stay warm, and make sure to follow us on the links above.
- The GW at MIT Board
Events In Brief
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*GW at MIT:*
1. NextGen Summit (Nov 11)
2. Fall 2017 General Board Meeting (Nov 16)
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*MIT:*
3. Movie screening: Moonlight (Nov 11)
4. Holiday Bazaar (Dec 1)
5. GLBTQ Support Group (Mondays)
6. GCWS Spring 2018 Courses
7. Work-Life Center Fall Seminar Series (Fall '17)
8. Fellowship Opportunity (Fall '17)
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*Outside MIT:*
9. SWE Workshop: Building Your Leadership Skills (Nov 14)
10. Point Foundation’s scholarship for LGBTQ students (now)
11. Horizons Fellowship Applications Open (now)
Women in History Elizabeth Blackwell
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*Elizabeth Blackwell* (1821-1910) was a British-born physician, notable as
the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well
as the first woman on the UK Medical Register. She was the first woman to
graduate from medical school with an MD, a pioneer in promoting the
education of women in medicine, and a social and moral reformer.
GWAMIT Events

*1. NextGen Summit*
*When: *Saturday, November 11th
*Where:* Harvard University
We are excited to announce that GW at MIT will be partnering with NGS at Harvard
<https://www.ngsummit.com/ngs-harvard> - a one-day event designed to bring
together an invite-only cohort of the most talented student entrepreneurial
leaders from the Boston area.

*Why come to NGS at Harvard?*

●   Pitch your startup to a panel of leading investors and VC firms for
funding. (Previous participating firms include DFJ, Bessemer, StarVest, and
dozens more)

●   Connect and network with executives and recruiters from billion-dollar
brands. (Previous partners include Facebook, Google, Walmart, and
Blackrock).

●   Get mentored 1:1 by industry thought leaders, hear from inspiring
keynote speakers, and meet up with fellow leaders.

We are happy to share that all members of your organization are invited to
attend. You simply have to fill out the short application
<https://ngscampus.typeform.com/to/ufCThI>and mention your group. Make sure
to act fast before the spots are filled!
*2. GWAMIT Fall 2017 General Board Meeting!*
*When: *Thursday, November 16th, 5 PM
*Where:* MIT Building 32-144

Please join us for the GWAMIT Fall 2017 General Board Meeting!
We welcome everyone to this meeting: members, departmental representatives,
and anyone wanting to know more about GWAMIT to discuss personal,
professional, and academic issues relevant to our community.
MIT Events

*3. Moonlight movie screening! *
*When:* Nov 11, 7 PM
*Where:* 6-120

Join Mind Hand Heart tonight for a free dinner and movie, Moonlight!
6-120 at 7:00pm Wed 11/8
All are welcome to join.
*4. Holiday Bazaar*
*When: *Friday, December 1, 6-8pm
*Where: *Eastgate Penthouse
*5. GLBTQ Support Group*
*When:* Mondays, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
*Where: *Mental Health and Counseling Conference Room, 3rd floor, MIT
Medical

This group is a safe space for students who want to come together to talk
about their identities, the intersections of such identities on campus and
in the world, and being themselves. It’s an opportunity to share things
that they are comfortable with and gain support. Prior to joining the
group, we encourage students to meet with one of the co-leaders first so
they can ask any question they might have.

The group is open so students might come once or as often as they want

MEET:  Mondays (first meeting, Monday, October 23, 2017)
Snacks will be served!
*6. GCWS Spring 2018 Courses *
*Deadline to register:* January 3, 2018

*Women in Contemporary U.S. Science*
Tuesdays, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
January 30, 2018 – May 8, 2018
MIT Course Number: WGS.645

Using a variety of disciplinary lenses (history, psychology, sociology),
this course explores the factors that impede women from successful
participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
careers in the United States. A look into history will reveal that in
different times and places, science, or at least certain branches of
science, has been considered an entirely appropriate arena for women and
that the advancement of women in the sciences does not follow a linear
progressive trend. The course will also cover a variety of sociological and
psychological mechanisms (including critical mass, accumulation of
disadvantages, stereotype threat, implicit association, and attribution
theory) that currently tend to distance women from scientific pursuits. Our
investigation will range from what happens in the educational system to the
situation of women scientists in the workplace. Furthermore, we will
examine programs and interventions that are designed to support and promote
women in STEM. Particular attention will be paid to how gender intersects
with other powerful mechanisms of stratification, such as sexuality,
race/ethnicity, and class.

*Resistance in Feminist Queer Theater/Theory*
Wednesdays, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
January 29, 2018 – May 7, 2018
MIT Course Number: WGS.700

There is something “spectacular” about revolutions: the drama of barriers
being broken, the emotion of the crowd. And for feminist and queer activism
in particular, the nature of visibility, spectacle and protest has been
integral to gains made by groups such as ACT UP! or the Combahee Women’s
Collective. This course, however, moves beyond the relationship between
social movements and theater to hone in on a critical theory of
performance: why and how is theater so important to feminist and queer
thought? From Judith Butler’s sense of “performatively” constructed gender
to José Estaban Munoz’ theory of “disidentification” in queer of color
critique, theatricality and performance studies have lent robust paradigms
to queer and feminist theory. In other words, one aspect of this course
will examine what theater and queer theory share: troubling the nature of
representation, investigating mimesis and secondariness, spectacle and
masochism. However, another aspect of this course will look at how queer
and feminist thought can put pressure on the theater (and vice-versa); how
do the theater’s exigencies of action (drama) oppose theories of neutral or
passive (minimal, bored) resistance? What type of spectatorship does queer
and feminist theater elicit? Can the theater stand as realm of change, or
is there a sense in which the “revolution can not be televised?”—that is to
say, when the powerful sentiments of the disgruntled, disenfranchised, or
dispossessed are captured in aesthetic form, does it lend legibility, or
does it domesticate such affects? The course presents a genealogy of
performativity and performance and its relationship to feminist theories
and queer critique. Interweaving political philosophy, theater studies, and
literary analysis, the course asks students to think speculatively and
creatively about the poetics and politics of theatricality, sex, race, and
gender.

*Feminist Inquiry*
Tuesdays, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
January 28, 2018 – May 6, 2018
MIT Course Number: WGS.615

This course aims to offer a grounding in the rich field of scholarship
theorizing feminism, gender and sexuality. Our purpose is to engage
thoughtfully and critically with several foundational and vibrantly
contested conversations within feminist theory. The course is organized
around several “keywords”, each of which is a central concept within
feminist theory. Keywords include patriarchy, woman, gender,
difference/equality, intersectionality/transnationalism,
postcolonial/decolonial, solidarity, and human rights. The readings
included in this syllabus reflect a range of academic disciplinary
perspectives, methodologies, cross-cultural assumptions, and discursive
styles so that we can consider a variety of feminist discourses. We will
reflect as well on the politics and practices of location, methods, form,
and interdisciplinarity.
*7. MIT Work-Life Center Fall Seminar Series*
*When:* Various dates, Fall 2017
*Where: *Koch Institute
*Event link: *link <http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars>
The MIT Work-Life Center’s popular Seminar Series provides research-based
strategies, tips, and information to help you deal with a diverse array of
work-life issues.


Registration <http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars> is required for all
seminars, briefings, and discussion groups. All programs are free of charge
and open to all members of the MIT community, including students, staff,
faculty, and their partners and families.
*8. MIT List Visual Arts Center: Fellowship Opportunity*
*When:* Now
Apply: eagarner at mit.edu

The List Visual Arts Center, MIT’s contemporary art museum, collects,
commissions, and presents rigorous, provocative, and artist-centric
projects that engage MIT and the global art community. The Center is
pleased to offer a fellowship position to assist with all details in
organizing a two-day symposium.

The working topic for the *2018 Wasserman Forum* will be *Future Genders*
and looking at how gender identity is being addressed by artists today. The
List Center is seeking a candidate that has a demonstrated interest in
gender issues as they are presented through contemporary visual arts.  The
Wasserman Forum Assistant will work in conjunction with the List Center
Staff in conceptualizing the panels for the Forum, and undertake
organizational duties such as and not limited to speaker contracts,
obtaining and editing speaker bios, handling travel needs, assisting in all
aspects of hospitality for Forum participants, preparing press materials,
coordinating volunteers for the Forum, and determining and ordering all
amenities for the event. The Wasserman Forum Assistant will also be
expected to be on hand for the entire duration of the forum planned for
November 2018.

*Job Requirements*
Applicants must possess a bachelor’s degree in art history, women’s and
gender studies, or a related field with a preference of being enrolled in a
graduate degree program. Applicants also must be authorized to work in the
US. To apply, please submit a letter of interest, a resume, and the names
of two professional and/or academic references to Emily A. Garner,
eagarner at mit.edu.
Events Outside MIT

*9. Building Your Leadership Skills: How to Influence without Authority*
*Website:* link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/november-2017-pd-event-building-your-leadership-skills-how-to-influence-without-authority-tickets-39105540725?aff=erelexpmlt>
*Deadline:* Tuesday, Nov 14, 6-8 PM
Where: Analog Devices, Inc., 804 Woburn Street Wilmington, MA

Society for Women Engineers Boston invites all members to attend the
November Professional Development event hosted by Analog Devices. Our
speaker will be Dr. Mary Adams Viola, Director of Engineering Management
programs and Professor of Practice in Leadership and Innovation at the
Gordon Institute at Tufts University. Dr. Viola designs and delivers
transformative courses in leadership, with an emphasis on innovation and
working across cultures. She will deliver an engaging presentation on
leadership skills and how to influence without authority. Participants will
engage in a ‘hands-on’ exercise to experience the principles of influence
and acquire some new knowledge and strategies that can be applied
immediately to influence challenges in their work.

*Agenda:*
6:00- 6:30 Registration and Networking
6:30- 7:00 Dinner
7:00- 7:15 ADI and SWE Introduction
7:15- 8:00 Main Presentation
*10. Point Foundation’s scholarship for LGBTQ students*
*Website:* link <https://pointfoundation.org/>
*Deadline:* Jan 29, 2018
Point Foundation (Point) empowers the next generation of lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) leaders to reach their full
leadership and academic potential. Point provides its scholars with the
financial ability to attend the higher education institution of their
choice. In addition, Point provides mentorship, leadership development, and
community service training.

Applicants are evaluated on academic accomplishment, financial need,
leadership within school and community, and goals for the future. Point
Scholars agree to maintain a high level of academic performance and
complete an annual community service project. Interested students can start
an application here <https://pointfoundation.org/point-apply/apply-now/>!
*11. The Horizons Fellowship *
*When:* Now
*Website:* link <http://www.joinhorizons.com/fellowship>
The Horizons Fellowship supports 200 outstanding university students on a
fully-funded experience in San Francisco, in their pursuit to become
leaders in technology. Our programs provide immersive software engineering
and web/mobile development courses geared towards high-achieving college
students. Students need not have a computer science background!

Horizons students have gone on to receive offers from firms such as Google,
Slack, Yelp, Amazon, BCG, Visa, J.P. Morgan, and more. Past Horizonites
have come from a variety of schools and backgrounds. Applicants have hailed
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, Princeton, Yale,
UPenn/Wharton, Columbia, Northwestern, Brown, Michigan and more.

Interested students can start an application here
<http://www.joinhorizons.com/fellowship>!

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