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Dear GWAMIT Members,
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<div>Happy Monday! Please, find all the information regarding this week's events below.
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<div>If you have any events or announcements to share with the GWAMIT membership, please email us at <a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</a>.<br>
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<b>The GWAMIT Board</b><br>
<b>Send your ideas to:</b> <a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</a><br>
<b>Send your announcements to:</b> <a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</a><br>
<b>Visit us: </b><a href="http://gwamit.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://gwamit.org</a><br>
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<b>MIT:</b></div>
1. MIT Spouses&Partners: Volunteer for Orientation and Fall Events<br>
2. A community self-portrait – photography exhibition (May 7th - June 30th)<br>
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3. Scientista: a Celebration of Women in Science (April-September)<br>
4. Volunteer Opportunity: Big Sisters<br>
5. Boston Pride (June 14th, 9am-1pm)<br>
6. [GWIS] National Conference: Building Bridges: Practicing Science in the Modern Era (June 26th-29th)<br>
7. DESERT LIFE: Field Studies of Art+Nature in the Southwest (August 9th-16th)
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<div><b><font color="#660000">1. MIT Spouses&Partners: Volunteer for Orientation and Fall Events</font></b><br>
<b>Info:</b> <a href="mailto:heeeun.kim@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">heeeun.kim@gmail.com</a> and <a href="mailto:poppy.jindal@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">poppy.jindal@gmail.com</a><br>
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Can you believe we are already thinking about Orientation? The Orientation Committee has begun to plan events for the end of August and the beginning of September, and I am thinking about Wednesday meeting topics for the fall. If you want to help us make new
spouses feel welcome at MIT, join us and learn more! We are looking for volunteers to plan and lead our Orientation events, as well as volunteers to host our weekly Wednesday meetings in the fall. Contact our <a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Orientation
Chairs Nari</a> and <a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Mansi</a> to get involved.
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<div><b><font color="#660000">2. A community self-portrait – photography exhibition</font></b><br>
<b>When:</b> May 7th - June 30th<br>
<b>Where: </b>MIT Wiesner Student Art Gallery, Stratton Student Center, 2nd floor<br>
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“A community self-portrait” is a photography project exploring the personal adventures of being an academic spouse or partner. Individual portraits along with personal stories will navigate you through social expectations, cultural differences, and above all,
to meet with astonishing personalities.<br>
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The exhibit is on display at the MIT Wiesner Student Art Gallery, Stratton Student Center, 2nd floor. It will run from May 7th to June 30th 2014. The exhibit is supported by MIT spouses&partners.<br>
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More of Christelle's work can be seen on her photography blog, <a href="http://unenotedeblue.wordpress.com/" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">unenotedeblue.wordpress.com</a> <br>
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<div><font color="#660000"><b>3. Scientista: a Celebration of Women in Science</b></font></div>
<div><b>When:</b> ongoing April-September</div>
<div><b>Where:</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/1igJJ3k" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://bit.ly/1igJJ3k</a></div>
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<div>To celebrate the accomplishments of women in science and to inspire other women to follow in their footstep, the Scientista Foundation has partnered with Mettler Toledo and LabX Media to conduct a series of six interviews with influential North American
scientists to highlight their achievements and contributions, and to ask them what advice they have for the next generation of scientific pioneers. The interviews are hosted by "I F★cking Love Science" founder Elise Andrew, and will air the second week of
every month from April through September. </div>
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<div><b><font color="#660000">4. Volunteer Opportunity: Big Sisters</font></b><br>
<b>More info:</b> <a href="http://www.bigsister.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"> http://www.bigsister.<wbr>org/</a><br>
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Big Sister is looking for awesome women mentors for our Little Sisters. Mentors must be at least 20 years old and able to make our minimum one-year commitment, which entails meeting with their Little Sisters once/week 3-4 hours each for the first three months
and at least twice a month after that. (Once matches reach a year together, they can decide how frequently they see each other.) A Big Sister's role is to be an adult friend (not a tutor, baby-sitter, parent figure, etc) to her Little Sister and to decide
on many different fun activities to do with her. Visits are 1 to 1.<br>
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In order for a Big Sister to become ready to be matched, she must clink this link to apply: <a href="http://www.bigsister.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://www.bigsister.<wbr>org/</a>. Here is what the enrollment process looks like:
once she has a pre-screening with recruitment and they think she might be a good fit, she is scheduled for an interview. Additionally, she must provide four references, and we run a background check on her. Then, she attends volunteer training. If all her
materials come back looking good and she feels able to make that commitment, then she is ready to be matched!</div>
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<div><b><font color="#660000">5. Boston Pride</font></b><br>
<b>When:</b> Saturday June 14th, 9am-1pm<br>
<b>Where: </b>From Boylston Street to the Boston City Hall Plaza<br>
<b>RSVP: </b><a href="mailto:tokmcc@mit.edu" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">tokmcc@mit.edu</a><br>
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Celebrate with MIT at Boston Pride!<br>
Saturday June 14, 2014<br>
Start time b/t 9 - 10am (along Boylston St) through about 1pm (Boston City Hall Plaza)<br>
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This June MIT will have a group marching in the Boston PRIDE Parade, and YOU are invited to join in! Show your MIT pride at this year's annual parade. All MIT students, staff, faculty, and alumni are welcome! RSVP Required at <a href="mailto:tokmcc@med.mit.edu" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">tokmcc@med.mit.edu</a><br>
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The march is 2.7 miles from Copley Square to Boston City Hall Plaza. If you are unable to walk but would still like to participate, there is a trolley that will be a part of the parade (please RSVP trolley needs to arran at <a href="mailto:afran@mit.edu" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">afran@mit.edu</a>.<br>
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Not up for Marching?<br>
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You are also more than welcome to come cheer us on from the sidelines (there will be a small group meeting with an MIT sign with the You Are Welcome Here logo at the corner of Charles St and Beacon, on the Boston Commons side).<br>
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We have FREE T-Shirts available (the same as last year's design so please recycle) and would really like to have everyone get one who is marching, so please email Kate McCarthy at <a href="mailto:kmcc@med.mit.edu" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">kmcc@med.mit.edu</a> on
or before 5pm on June 9th with the subject line "Pride Parade RSVP and T-Shirt Size" and provide the following information: <br>
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1) Your name<br>
2) MIT Affiliation<br>
3) Your email address<br>
4) "Female cut" or "Male cut" style - so sorry this is labeled in a binary way!<br>
5) Size<br>
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If you have any questions, please send us an email and we would be glad to help you! <br>
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<b><font color="#660000">6. [GWIS] National Conference: Building Bridges: Practicing Science in the Modern Era</font></b><br>
<b>When:</b> June 26th-29th<br>
<b>Where:</b> University of Minnesota, Southeast
Minneapolis<br>
<b>Registration:</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/1ny44Vm" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://bit.ly/<wbr>1ny44Vm</a><br>
<b>Info:</b> <a href="mailto:gwised@mac.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">gwised@mac.com</a><br>
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The Xi Chapter is hosting the Annual Conference. the Keynote speaker will be Dr. Jorge Cham, the cartoonist of Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD), a popular newspaper and web comic strip and he will speak on the science gap. <br>
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The conference will be exploring various areas of 'soft skills' that are needed to become a great scientist, such as communication to the public and exploring new ways to teach biology, science in a political arena.<br>
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<b><font color="#660000">7. DESERT LIFE: Field Studies of Art+Nature in the Southwest</font></b></div>
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<b>When:</b> August 9th-16th</div>
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<b>Deadline: </b>July 21st </div>
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I<b>nfo and registration:</b> <a href="http://www.artbiocollaborative.com/desert-life" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://www.<wbr>artbiocollaborative.com/<wbr>desert-life</a><br>
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Discover the unique beauty of the desert in this one-of-a-kind artistic journey through white sand dunes, black lava rock, underground caverns, and mountain and landscapes of West Texas and New Mexico.<br>
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