<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="Clarissa"><!--StartFragment--></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Dear Graduate Women,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Enjoy the Week!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">The GWAMIT Board<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Visit us at: <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit">http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Send your ideas to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Send your announcements
to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">========<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">IN BRIEF<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">========<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">1. Leadership and Ethics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">2. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">GWIS: How to land a Position in a Tough Economy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">3. Film Screening: "Chain of Love”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">4. “</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Women and
Entrepreneurship," Lunch #3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">5. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Women's Leadership Series:
Prof. Sangeeta Bhatia, HST/EECS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">6. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Film Screening: "Made in L.A./Hecho En Los Angeles"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">7. Finding Balance: Pursuing your Passions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">=====================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">=====================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">1. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Leadership and Ethics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">When: </span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Monday
March 8, 12 – 2 pm<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Where: </span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica">E51-335<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Speaker:</span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica">
BJ Hess, </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Vice Chairman of Opportunity International</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Lunch will be
provided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Open to all students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">More than ever, the topic of "Leadership and
Ethics" is relevant to all students. Come hear from a successful corporate
executive who is the protagonist in the HBS case on Arrow Electronics and has
spoken around the world on the issue of ethics.</span><span style="font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Speaker Bio: BJ Hess was Senior Vice President of
Global Operations for Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE), the world's largest
distributor of electronic components, until her retirement in mid-2004. She is
now Vice Chairman of Opportunity International, a faith-based microfinance
institution that provides small business loans, savings, insurance, and
training to people living in poverty in 25 developing countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Sponsored by the MIT Leadership Center in
association with Sloan Women in Management.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">2. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">GWIS: How to land a Position in a Tough Economy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">When: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Monday March 8, 6 – 7 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Where: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">114 Mugar Hall, Northeastern University,
Boston, MA 02115<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Speaker: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Sarah Cardozo Duncan (Career Strategist)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">RSVP: </span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><a href="mailto:teng.h@neu.edu"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">teng.h@neu.edu</span></a></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In an economic downturn, some people do better than
others at navigating the job market. The winners usually have something in
common: They find innovative ways to stand out, carefully construct a plan for
success, and take advantage of the value of networking.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">We will discuss how to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">- Craft a compelling value proposition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">- Create an effective marketing plan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">- Develop a workable networking plan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">- Land and conduct informational interviews<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Sarah Cardozo Duncan, based in Boston,
Massachusetts, is a career strategist with an established national and
international client base. Sarah runs her own consulting firm, Career
Strategist, and draws upon over twenty years of recruitment and career
development experience to help clients define new or existing career paths, or
to help them navigate successfully in their current companies. She previously
served as president of the Alliance, an umbrella group of women's associations
that collectively claim about 13,000 members in greater Boston. In 2003, Sarah
was recognized by Boston Magazine as one of the 100 most powerful women in
Boston.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Sarah is an accomplished and highly regarded
speaker and workshop leader. She conducts hands-on training and workshops for
companies, trade organizations, and associations, who want to help their teams
develop individual value propositions, navigate internal career building paths,
communicate better up, down and with different styles, and deal with
uncomfortable conversations, including negotiations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">3. Film Screening: "Chain of Love"<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">When: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Monday March 8, 7 – 8 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Where: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">4-237, wheel chair accessibility
available by taking the elevators in bldg 10 to the second floor and following
the corridors to bldg 4.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Free and open to the public.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">International Women’s Day Film Screening of: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">“Chain of Love,” a film by Marije Meerman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">CHAIN OF LOVE is a film about the Philippines'
second largest export product - maternal love - and how this export of domestic
labor affects the women involved, their families in the Philippines, and
families in the West.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">"An excellent documentary for anyone trying to
understand the current processes of globalization."-Asian Educational
Media Service's 'News and Reviews<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Q&A to follow with WGS Professor A. Sur<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Cosponsored by MIT Center for International Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">4. “</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma">Women and Entrepreneurship," Lunch #3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma">When: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Tuesday March 9, 11:45 – 1 pm <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma">Where: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">E51-061<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma">RSVP: </span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><a href="http://bit.ly/bjZ61U"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma">http://bit.ly/bjZ61U</span></a></span><u style="text-underline:#2650AA"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma;color:#2650AA"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="Clarissa"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2650AA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></font></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Lunch will be
provided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Open to all students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma">Topic:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Exits and Next Steps
– how to build an exit plan, identify acquirers, and work through a staff
transition plan. Exits require looking beyond the first business to see if
there is a second and working through work / life balance choices.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma">Speaker Bio: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Janet Kraus – Janet is a
serial entrepreneur who co-founded and sold Circles, the largest provider of
concierge services, to Sodexo in 2007. Spire, an online lifestyle resource
spun-out from Circles, was recently sold to Perfect Escapes.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma">About the Founders Lunch Series:
</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">MIT and the
surrounding area is one of the most successful ecosystems for entrepreneurship
in the world, but women are consistently underrepresented. This interactive
lunch series will allow the MIT graduate women’s community to hear first hand
from female entrepreneurs about the process and experience of starting,
funding, and growing a business.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Questions? Contact </span><span style="font-family:
Helvetica"><a href="mailto:veenaj@mit.edu"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#2650AA">veenaj@mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma">5. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Women's Leadership Series: Prof. Sangeeta Bhatia, HST/EECS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">When: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Thursday March 11, 5:30 – 7 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Where: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">W20 3rd Floor Coffeehouse<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">RSVP: </span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><a href="mailto:ecy@mit.edu"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">ecy@mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">6. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Film Screening: "Made in L.A./Hecho En Los
Angeles"<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">When: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Thursday March 11, 7 – 8:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Where: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">6-120, wheel chair accessibility
available through the Infinite Corridor in building 8 or through the ramp at
Building 14.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Free and open to the public.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Film Screening of Emmy award-winning feature
documentary:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">“Made in L.A. / Hecho En Los Angeles,” a film by
Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Synopsis: Made in L.A. follows the remarkable story
of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they
embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from trendy
clothing retailer Forever 21. Compelling, humorous, deeply human, Made in L.A.
is a story about immigration, the power of unity, and the courage it takes to
find your voice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">*Accessible to English and Spanish audiences:
dialogue is in Spanish and English with bilingual subtitles*<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Q&A with History/WGS Professor C. Capozzola<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Cosponsored by MIT Latino Cultural Center and MIT
Foreign Languages & Literatures<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">7. Finding Balance: Pursuing your Passions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">When: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Friday March 12, 12 – 2 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Where: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">E14, 6th Floor, Silverman Skyline Room<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">RVSP: </span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEc1WmxFSGczZkptVW1ZY3ZIRkZvenc6MA"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEc1WmxFSGczZkptVW1ZY3ZIRkZvenc6MA</span></a></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Lunch will be served.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Featuring speakers: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Katherine Bicer, General Electric, MIT Alumna
Materials Science and Engineering, yogaHope Board Member <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Sue Jones, Founder and Executive Director of
yogaHope<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In making career and life decisions, MIT graduate
students rarely have the opportunity to speak with alumni about work-life
balance issues. This session provides an opportunity to discuss making work and
life, service and career choices to find balance and fulfillment. MIT Alumna
Katherine Bicer (MSc, Course 3) and Sue Jones (founder of yogaHope) will speak
about finding balance in their lives and careers by pursuing their passions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Katherine
Bicer will speak about her path towards balance from her time as a graduate
student at MIT where she first discovered yoga as a tool in her own life to her
experiences working at GE and serving as a board member of yogaHope, an
organization dedicated to bringing rehabilitative yoga programs to substance
abuse rehabilitation centers, domestic abuse safe houses and homeless shelters
for women, located in and around the Boston Metro area. Katherine will
introduce Sue Jones. An inspirational speaker, Sue is the entrepreneurial
founder of yogaHope who pursued her passion in service by founding yogaHope
after managing her own business for many years. (</span><span style="font-family:
Helvetica"><a href="http://www.yogahope.org/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica;color:#2650AA">http://www.yogahope.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"> )<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Brought to you by a Graduate Student Life Grant
from the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education, with additional support
from the MIT Media Lab Student and Diversity Committees!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><u style="text-underline:#2650AA"><span style="font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#2650AA"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/odge/community/gslg">http://web.mit.edu/odge/community/gslg</a></span></u><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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