<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">​<img src="cid:ii_iligg9sx0_15352d1e9ec49859" width="292" height="209" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">Dear GW@MIT Members,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Have a great first week of March! This is my first newsletter as your Secretary. We are so excited to carry on the torch of the last Executive Board, and we are so grateful to them for their past year’s hard work!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">The </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">GWAMIT 2016 Empowerment Conference </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">is coming soon. Please check the following newsletter for more information and opportunities to volunteer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">The GWAMIT Board</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Send your ideas to: </span></b><a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Send your announcements to: </span></b><a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Visit us: </span></b><a href="http://gwamit.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">http://gwamit.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">========</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">IN BRIEF</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">========</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">GW@MIT:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">1. Come to the GWAMIT Spring 2016 General Board Meeting! (Mar. 15^th)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">2. Join the GWAMIT 2016 Empowerment Conference Team! (Apr. 11^th – Apr. 15^th)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">3. Apply to be GWAMIT Department Representatives!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">MIT:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">4. Women Take the Reel: Film Festival Celebrating Women&#39;s History Month (Mar. 1^st – Mar. 30^th)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">5. A Conversation with Dr. Monique Morris on the Criminalization of Black Girls In Schools (Mar. 8^th)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">6. Black Women&#39;s Week: Dinner with Violence Prevention &amp; Response (Mar. 10^th)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">7. Reimaging Your Life - Discussion Group (Mar. 10^th – Mar. 31^st)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">8. MIT women&#39;s club ice hockey team: Ice Hockey Clinic (Mar. 11^th)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">9. Recognizing and Mitigating Unconscious Bias (March 17^th)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">10. MIT Random Acts of Kindness Week (Mar. 28^th – Apr. 1^st)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">11 MIT Work-Life Center Spring 2016 Seminar Series (Feb - May)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">12. MIT Scaling Development Ventures Conference (Apr. 1^st)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">13. Legatum Fellowship &amp; Seed Grant Applications Now Open</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Outside MIT:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">14. Feminist Strategies in the Classroom and Beyond (Apr. 9^th)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">15. [MASS AWIS] Crafting Your Story for Career Transition (Mar. 23^rd)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">16. [MASS AWIS] Member Scholarship</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">====================</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">====================</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">************* GW@MIT *************</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">1. Come to the GWAMIT Spring 2016 General Board Meeting!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">When: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Tuesday, Mar. 15th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm<b></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> MIT Building </span><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=32" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">32-144</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">RSVP: </span></b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jy7uz_EEW-C6xewCCJQfIBvGCvN00N0wxicoyTDRET0/viewform?fbzx=405224873055049540" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Please join us for the GWAMIT Spring 2016 General Board Meeting!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">We welcome everyone to this meeting: members, departmental representatives, anyone wanting to know more about GWAMIT and discuss personal, professional as well as academic issues relevant to our community.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Please RSVP at the link above so we can have a sense of numbers (and order enough food! :-))</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">2. Join the GWAMIT 2016 Empowerment Conference Team!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">When: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Monday, Apr. 11th – Friday, Apr. 15th<b></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Info:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="http://gwamit.org/spring-empowerment-conference/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Apply: </span></b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QhXw3dL4CHCOvxVMMlZNUkjgqHJ7fRTW3TpjaFnlghg/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">GWAMIT is currently recruiting event leads and committee members for the annual Spring Empowerment Conference to be held in April 2016. This is a great opportunity to be a part of the 2016 organizing team!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">There are many different ways you can get involved depending on your interests and schedule. Please contact the GWAMIT Executive Board at </span><a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> if you have questions. We also encourage you to read more about previous leaders and events on our </span><a href="http://gwamit.org/spring-empowerment-conference/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">website</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">3. Apply to be GWAMIT Department Representatives!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Info:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/gwamitweb/about/gwamit-leaders" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Department representatives serve as a liaison between GWAMIT and members in their home department.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Semesterly funding is available for active Department Representatives to hold an event for GWAMIT members in their home departments. Please contact </span><a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> for more information.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">************* MIT *************</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">4. Women Take the Reel: Film Festival Celebrating Women&#39;s History Month</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Throughout March; Kickoff Event Thursday, March 3, 4:00pm - 9:30pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Where: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Various</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Info:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="http://web.mit.edu/gcws/news+events/2016women-reel.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">The WGS/GCWS&#39;s annual collaboratively-produced Women Take the Reel film festival now has its own </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/womentakethereel/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">This annual film festival is a collaborative effort among Women&#39;s and Gender Studies departments involved in the Graduate Consortium in Women&#39;s Studies (as well as select institutions/universities aligned with its mission) that features films about issues relating to gender, race, sexuality, class and/or feminism. The theme of this year’s festival is A<b>ctivism</b>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">The focus is on the intellectual investigation of these issues, so every film is accompanied by a Q&amp;A and discussion with the film director, producer, local activists and practitioners, and/or faculty members from the host institution for each film.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">All films are free and open to the public.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">More information about each film screening and associated events are below.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">FILMS and SCREENING DATES:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></p><ul style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">3/8: They Call Me a Muslim at Lesley University</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">3/9: Speed Sisters at MIT</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">3/10: Half the History: Tell Her Story and Half the History: Belinda’s Petition at Tufts University</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">3/15: Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism at Simmons College</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">3/16: Her Story at Tufts University</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">3/17: Regarding Susan Sontag at MIT</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">3/22: Rebel at Emerson College</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">3/26: An Open Secret at Emerson College</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">3/30:The Price of Sex at Boston College</span><br></li></ul><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Please visit our website for complete details!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/gcws/news+events/2016women-reel.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">http://web.mit.edu/gcws/news+events/2016women-reel.html</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">WOMEN TAKE THE REEL is a FREE roaming film festival SPONSORED BY: MIT Program in Women&#39;s and Gender Studies; the Graduate Consortium in Women&#39;s Studies; Boston College Women&#39;s and Gender Studies Program; Boston University Women&#39;s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program; Brandeis University Women&#39;s and Gender Studies Program; Northeastern University Women&#39;s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program; Simmons College Department of Women&#39;s and Gender Studies; Tufts University Women&#39;s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program; UMass Boston Women&#39;s and Gender Studies Department; Emerson College Department of Visual and Media Arts; and Lesley University.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">5. A Conversation with Dr. Monique Morris on the Criminalization of Black Girls In Schools</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Tuesday, Mar. 8th, 5:00pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Walker Memorial Bldg BSU Lounge, MIT Building 50-105</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">RSVP:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1x2N4Fyliu5gJ2kWktUBsuw32FhYg4Lt01DSilSyjQ7E/viewform?c=0&amp;w=1" target="_blank">link</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Monique W. Morris, Ed.D., is an author and social justice scholar with expertise in the areas of education, civil rights, juvenile and social justice. Dr. Morris is the author of &quot;Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools&quot;(The New Press, 2016), a new and critically-acclaimed book on the criminalization of Black girls in schools, and &quot;Black Stats: African Americans by the Numbers in the Twenty-First Century&quot; (The New Press, 2014). Also, Dr. Morris is the Co-Founder and President of The National Black Women’s Justice Institute. Previously, she served as the Vice President for Economic Programs, Advocacy and Research at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and as the Director of Research for the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at the UC Berkeley Law School.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Dinner will be served. Open to the entire MIT community.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">6. Black Women&#39;s Week: Dinner with Violence Prevention &amp; Response</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Thursday, Mar. 10th, 7:30pm - 9:00pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Walker Memorial Bldg BSU Lounge, MIT Building 50-105</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Info:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="http://bwa.mit.edu/events.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Please join us for a conversation with Violence Prevention &amp; Response&#39;s educations specialists Amanda Hankins and Duane de Four. The event will be held Thursday, March 10th, 7:30-9PM in the BSU Lounge (Walker 50-105) as part of Black Women&#39;s Week. Conversation will include findings from their climate survey done at MIT, and discussion surrounding relationships, party-safe practices, resources for helping a friend, and more.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Dinner will be served.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">To submit anonymous questions or topics of interest, see survey:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><a href="http://goo.gl/forms/bWuUNINP71" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">http://goo.gl/forms/bWuUNINP71</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Learn more about Violence Prevention &amp; Response here:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><a href="https://medical.mit.edu/community/violence-prevention" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">https://medical.mit.edu/community/violence-prevention</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">7. Reimaging Your Life - Discussion Group</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Thursdays, Mar. 10, 17, 24 and 31, 11:15am (Attendance at all 4 sessions is highly encouraged.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> MIT Building E23-364 (E23-319 on Mar. 31)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Register:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="mailto:reck@med.mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">email</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Frustrated by your inability to work in the US? Struggling to figure out what to do next? Want to spend your time in Boston productively, but you’re just not sure how? Join others to explore how to tap into your passions or long forgotten interests and make your time at MIT meaningful, regardless of your visa status or length of stay in Boston.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Led by MS&amp;PC Program Manager, Jennifer Recklet Tassi, we will read and discuss essays from Martha Beck’s collection “Essays for Creating a Right Life” – pick up the reading packet from our office (E23-441) or at our weekly Wednesday gatherings.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></p><ul style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">March 10: How to Deal with Major Life Changes</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">March 17: Four Steps to Find Your Life’s Path</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">March 24: Why You Need to Embrace Imperfection</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">March 31: How to Tap into Your Power</span><br></li></ul><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Email Jennifer at </span><a href="mailto:reck@med.mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">reck@med.mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> to let her know you will attend.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">8. MIT women&#39;s club ice hockey team: Ice Hockey Clinic</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Friday, Mar 11th, 7:00pm – 9:00pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Where: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Johnson Ice Rink, Z-Center (membership or day pass required)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Register: </span></b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12V58Oerx2Lf10q7ejj1gcQ98yO7j6JKU02qjDUmfuXs/viewform" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Wish you had a little more ice time to practice, and some tips to develop your skills? Here&#39;s your opportunity to get world-class coaching and some extra ice time. You will do drills to work on basic skills, team play, and develop game situational awareness. For more on Reggie and his coaching staff, check out our </span><a href="http://web.mit.edu/club-hockey/www/index.shtml" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">website</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">The excellent coaching staff from the MIT Women’s Ice Hockey Club runs clinics for the MIT community each year. It&#39;s a great opportunity for individuals and teams to get focused developmental time.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Cost: $20/person</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Discounts: Pre-register with a friend for the same clinic, pay $30 for 2</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">For more information, please contact the MIT Women&#39;s Ice Hockey Club: </span><a href="mailto:club-hockey-officers@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">club-hockey-officers@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">9. Recognizing and Mitigating Unconscious Bias</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Thursday, Mar. 17th, 11:00am – 1:00pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Where: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Stratton Student Center, MIT Building W20-307</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">RSVP:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1piNzjJ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="mailto:kenezra@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">kenezra@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Intuitive decision-making is subject to unconscious bias — the automatic cognitive reliance on a stereotype. Stereotypes are often suboptimal and reinforce group inequities, with implications for hiring/promotion, as well as student-faculty relationships.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">This two-hour workshop is open to all of MIT, and will help participants recognize unconscious bias and develop strategies to mitigate it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Each attendee will receive lunch and a copy of &quot;Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People,&quot; by Mazharin R. Banaji and Anthony Greenwald.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">10. MIT Random Acts of Kindness Week</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Monday, Mar. 28th – Friday, Apr. 1st</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Various</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">RAK (Random Acts of Kindness) week is a time for the members of the MIT community (undergrads, grads, faculty, staff, alumni, associates, etc.) to connect through Random Acts of Kindness (RAK).  We hope these little acts of kindness will remind people that they are not invisible. We mainly want to make everyone&#39;s day a little brighter during one of the toughest times of the academic year. Each day comes with an overarching theme</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></p><ul style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">Monday: Introduction to RAK Week. We will introduce the 20 RAK Week challenges and have wooden clothing pins with kind words on them to clip onto people. At the entrance of the main entrances of MIT, we will also have volunteers with bubble guns.</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">Tuesday: Peer-to-Peer resources in Lobby 10. Flowers will be passed out.</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">Wednesday: Institutional resources in Lobby 10 and goody bags with a card of the MIT resources on them will be passed out.</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">Thursday: Miscellaneous acts of kindness. Use #MITRAK to tag an act of kindness you’ve seen.</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">Friday: Let&#39;s Talk About It Open Mic Event (3rd Floor Media Lab). The open mic night will be on the last day of RAK Week (4/1/16). We want it to be a time for members of the community to come together and share their stories, give advice, rant, read poems, and so on.</span><br></li></ul><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Other things going on during the week: Handing out colored pencils, therapy dogs, sending notes, sending serenades, RAK wristbands and RAK HACKS.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">If anyone has questions or have an idea on how they want to participate in RAK week, they can either email the RAK committee at </span><a href="mailto:RAK-committee@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">RAK-committee@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> or directly email me at </span><a href="mailto:trangluu@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">trangluu@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">11. MIT Work-Life Center Spring 2016 Seminar Series</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> March - May</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Info:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Register:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">We are pleased to announce the launch of the MIT Work-Life Center’s Spring 2016 Seminar Series. Our presenters, who are experts in their fields, will share research-based strategies, tips, and information on more than 25 topics, including changing how you respond to stress; supporting your child’s emotional and intellectual development; understanding the U.S. college admissions process; navigating life as a young professional; and learning how to help an aging family member.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">All seminars are free of charge and open to the entire MIT community and their families; however, registration is required.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">We believe these seminars and workshops will help MIT community members find better balance in their professional and personal lives, and appreciate your help in communicating this information to the broader MIT community.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">12. MIT Scaling Development Ventures Conference</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">When: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Friday, Apr. 1st<b></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Where: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Wiesner Building, MIT Building E15</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Register:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="http://sdvinfo.wix.com/mitsdv" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Join us for a day of conversation on innovative solutions to international development challenges. Hear from leading entrepreneurs and practitioners - from within and outside MIT - as well as representatives from industry, government agencies, and NGOs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">For more information and a complete conference program please visit our </span><a href="http://mit.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0c8398b9e230494e88139437a&amp;id=170896c8c5&amp;e=2c4e11ac4f" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">website</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">13. Legatum Fellowship &amp; Seed Grant Applications Now Open</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Info:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT seeks entrepreneurial leaders who demonstrate the potential and passion for creating innovative, sustainable ventures that promote prosperity and accelerate progress in developing countries.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">The one-year Fellowship supports venture development through a specialized leadership curriculum, networking activities, and a mentorship program.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">In addition to the Fellowship, The Legatum Center administers a Seed Grant program that supports early-stage MIT entrepreneurs in constructing prototypes or conducting primary market research in developing countries.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">To find out more visit us at: </span><a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">http://legatum.mit.edu/</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">************* Outside MIT *************</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">14. Feminist Strategies in the Classroom and Beyond</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Saturday, Apr. 9th, 8:30am – 5:00pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Mandel Center for the Humanities, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, MS 092, Waltham, MA 02453</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Info:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="http://web.mit.edu/gcws/news+events/2016FeministClassroom.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">RSVP:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="mailto:gcws@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">gcws@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">This symposium seeks to elicit practical advice from faculty members and graduate students across the disciplines - as well as writers and activists - about feminist, hands-on approaches to learning, teaching, knowledge production, and publishing. It will take place at the Mandel Center for the Humanities at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. The symposium will include four 90-minute roundtable discussions:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></p><ul style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">How to do Feminist Scholarship Anywhere</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">How to Teach Feminism Today</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">How to Start New Feminist Research</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;font-size:10pt">How to Publish Feminist Scholarship Everywhere</span><br></li></ul><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">The roundtable discussion topics and presenters, listed below and on our </span><a href="http://web.mit.edu/gcws/news+events/2016FeministClassroom.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">website</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">, were chosen specifically to unite theory and practice from a variety of disciplines and institutions—providing the opportunity to build skills and discuss strategies in feminist pedagogy, research, and praxis.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">This event is free. Space is limited and RSVP is required. RSVP to </span><a href="mailto:gcws@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">gcws@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">15. [MASS AWIS] Crafting Your Story for Career Transition</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Wednesday, March 23rd, 5:30pm - 7:30pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Cannon Room, Building C, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Register:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="http://www.massawis.org/CraftingYourStory2016" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">With James Gould, Ph.D. Director, HMS/HSDM Office for Postdoctoral Fellow</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">A critical part of transitioning careers is letting others know that you are capable of doing it successfully. Effectively communicating your career story is an often forgotten step in career exploration and the job search. This workshop will provide tips and tricks on crafting a career story, effective communication, and developing lasting professional relationships. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Register at </span><a href="http://www.massawis.org/CraftingYourStory2016" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">http://www.massawis.org/CraftingYourStory2016</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">MASS AWIS members, HMS/HSDM and BSC postdoc** $8</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Non-members $15</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">(**Must bring valid ID to event)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">*Register before March 15th for a chance to win a Starbucks gift card*</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">16. [MASS AWIS] Member Scholarship</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Deadline:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> Friday, March 25th, 5:00pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Info:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="http://www.massawis.org/mass-awis-member-scholarship/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">link</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Apply:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span><a href="mailto:scholarship@massawis.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">email</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">MASS AWIS has created a scholarship fund to help offset the cost of membership.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">If awarded a scholarship, MASS AWIS will supplement 80% of the National membership and 50% of the Chapter membership (and provide help with event costs).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Scholarship is for qualified unemployed or underemployed individuals seeking Professional, Junior or Student memberships.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">*Graduate Students/Post-Doctoral Fellows and those in transition are encouraged to apply.*</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">For further details about the award and the application process, visit <a href="http://www.massawis.org/mass-awis-member-scholarship/" target="_blank">www.massawis.org/mass-awis-member-scholarship/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Applicants should submit all the materials by March 25th, 2016 – Friday – 5pm EST in a single correspondence to: <a href="mailto:scholarship@massawis.org" target="_blank">scholarship@massawis.org</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">**************************</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Join GWAMIT on the web to get the latest updates:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Visit us: </span></b><a href="http://gwamit.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">http://gwamit.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Blog: </span></b><a href="http://gwamit.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">http://gwamit.blogspot.com</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black">Twitter: </span></b><a href="http://twitter.com/gwamitweb" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif">http://twitter.com/gwamitweb</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,serif;color:black"></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