[gwaMIT] 🌸 gwaMIT Newsletter: November 14 🌸

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Dear gwaMIT members,


Thank you! 💜to those of you who were able to attend our last event with SWIM: ‘Overcoming Perfectionism and Rumination’ with Daena Giardela!

You made the event such a success 🌟and we loved your bravery and willingness to share your stories.

We would love to hear back on your thoughts on the event. Please take a few minutes to fill in this feedback form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcu5SHA0b7iIhZSYSUEcNjzsVplL1E9Y302KJNHyBozObzEw/viewform> to help us ensure the success of our next workshops in our Women Leadership Workshop Series 🌸.


Here are some  announcements and opportunities, the application for our new membership highlights which will be a part of the biweekly newsletter, and an empowering quote to end. Enjoy!


Overview

gwaMIT Announcements

·         🎄Call for Volunteers! Holiday Party Planning Committee 🎄

·         ✨22-23 gwaMIT Leadership Application✨

·         🌟Monthly Member highlights 🌟

General Announcements + Opportunities

·         Women’s Entrepreneurship Day 💪🏽

·         The Women's & Gender Studies Program presents: articulating ABORTION


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gwaMIT Announcements!


🎄Call for Volunteers! Holiday Party Planning Committee 🎄


As the year wraps up, the Graduate Womxn at MIT (gwaMIT) would like to invite our members for an annual celebration with friends and family! In the spirit of Christmas and New Years, we will have activities such as gingerbread house building, cookie decorating, photo booth, etc! 🎄


Time: December 16th (Friday), 6-9pm

Location: TBD (somewhere fun!)

Dinner provided!


Would you like to be a part of the committee making that happen? Click on the link<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zI9OLFuqj1Gddt2R2GqopInRkoW3HSpN_5CJf5WTFIg/edit> to take part!

By joining our team, you will get a free t-shirt 👚, as well as a surprise gift 🎁!

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✨22-23 gwaMIT Leadership Application✨


Get involved in leadership! We’ve received many exciting applications, but are still looking to fill a few key positions (we are currently looking for an Event Chair, Conference Chair, and Membership Chair) as well as representatives for various departments. Apply via our application form<https://forms.gle/RXmdcGTrSMi9U4rx9> and we’ll be in touch!

If you’d like to talk to us before applying or are unsure about any position, feel free to reach out at gwamit-exec at mit.edu<mailto:gwamit-exec at mit.edu>!

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🌟Monthly Member highlights 🌟


Submit your story: Link<https://forms.gle/3Eurepez2CBPqve27>


As a member of the Graduate Womxn at MIT, you have a lot to offer to this amazing community. We want to hear them and learn more about you!



Take a couple minutes to fill out this form so you can be featured in the next gwaMIT Newsletter! It's a great way to connect with like-minded womxn on campus and form meaningful friendships.

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General Announcements + Opportunities


Women’s Entrepreneurship Day 💪🏽


When: Thursday, November 17, 5.30 PM - 7.30 PM

Where: Martin Trust Center

Registration for the event: Link<https://cglink.me/2eJ/r1899713>

Registration for the small group conversations: Link<https://tinyurl.com/3suzs9wt>

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Interested in learning from a panel of women entrepreneurs? Having small-group conversations in your area of interest? Networking with others in the entrepreneurship ecosystem? Come join SWIM, MTC, and the E-Club in celebrating Women’s Entrepreneurship Day.

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The Women's & Gender Studies Program presents:

articulating ABORTION

When: Wednesday, November 16, 4.30 PM

Where: 4-231

Registration: Link<https://forms.gle/SxZpHbCxhCswUMTs8>

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Prof. Khiara Bridges<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgNSJUHxUe8!> will excavate the role of race in the Court's decision in Dobbs to reverse Roe v. Wade as part of the Women’s & Gender Studies Program talk series: Articulating Abortion<https://wgs.mit.edu/articulatingabortion>.



Khiara M. Bridges is a professor of law at UC Berkeley School of Law. She has written many articles concerning race, class, reproductive rights, and the intersection of the three. Her scholarship has appeared in the Harvard Law Review, Stanford Law Review, the Columbia Law Review, the California Law Review, the NYU Law Review, and the Virginia Law Review, among others. She is also the author of three books: Reproducing Race: An Ethnography of Pregnancy as a Site of Racialization (2011), The Poverty of Privacy Rights (2017), and Critical Race Theory: A Primer (2019). She is a coeditor of a reproductive justice book series that is published under the imprint of the University of California Press.

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“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” – Frida Kahlo<https://mymodernmet.com/frida-kahlo-facts/> (20th-century Mexican painter)

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