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SWS Network News Network News I N S I D E T H I S ISSUE: VOLUME XXIX, ISSUE 4 DECEMBER 2012 Looking 3 Ahead to 2013 Upcoming Winter Meeting in Tamaya! Thanks for an 3 Amazing When Denise Segura persuaded some dates and times to keep in politics of gender and sexualities in Year! me to run for SWS President, I did mind. contemporary African con- Gender Equal- 5 not wholly appreciate the joys of texts. Our plenary speaker, Marga- working with a feminist group. ity: Utopian & We will have an opening recep- ret Abraham, will be talking about We went through some major Realistic changes this year; Pat has de- tion, 5-7 p.m., on Thursday, the social justice.. And, yes, Cecelia 7th of February, 2013. The or- Ridgeway, ASA President, will be From the Ex- 6 scribed these in her column. It ganized sessions, plenaries, and joining us for the Sunday plenary. ecutive Office has been a truly amazing opportu- nity to work on SWS matters this business meetings are scheduled THANKS to Kate Berheide for mak- year. Election 8 for Friday, Saturday, Sunday; the ing this possible. I have been enjoying the privilege meeting ends at 11.45 on Sunday Results of being an SWS-er at every turn (Feb 10th). this year. Each time I asked peo- “Critique Me” 9 ple for help, they stepped up and took on responsibilities cheerfully, View of Hyatt Local chapters 10 in the midst of ever-increasing Regency Tamaya work loads, stress and anxiety Resort & Spa about elections, challenges in the Award calls 12 midst of Sandy. I hope we can come together during our meet- Building SWS 15 ings to collectively celebrate our- (Please note, I am membership selves. planning an orienta- We are getting closer to our Win- tion for newly elected Members’ 22 ter Meetings in Tamaya, New and current officers Bookshelf Mexico, Feb. 7-10, 2013. Many of different commit- SWS-ers are busily putting to- tees from 2-5 p.m. on Thursday, The Program Committee-- New Social 24 gether parts of the confer- Feb 7th; the Budget and Execu- ShobhaHamalGurung (University of Media Rep. ence. We are all sure to have a tive Council members have meet- Southern Utah), VrushaliPatil G&S Press 25 great time. You can catch up ings all day Thursday. I will con- (Florida international university), tact each one of you separately). and Ronnie Tichenor (SUNY Utica) Releases with friends, develop and strengthen your networks, learn —have done an amazing job in UN statement 26 about the latest trends in teach- Program updates: weaving your proposals together. ing, activism, cutting edge re- As you know, we will enjoy the This program will not only focus on Announce- 28 search. Be sure to leave some pleasure of listening to several big ideas, it will serve as a platform ments time for yourself—to breathe, to renowned international plenary to exchange ideas and models for Upcoming 29 go for a walk, to watch the sun speakers. Our plenary speaker, sustaining our feminist base. As Events rise or set. Amina Mama, will be talking about the recent elections demonstrated, the challenges facing feminist ideas and world views matter; we New Network 30 Here are brief updates on the researchers and publishing based have to keep building feminist News Editor Winter meeting: on her experiences with Feminist imaginations among our under- As you plan your travel, here are Africa. Our plenary speaker, Jane graduate students as they go forth Bennett, will speak about the (continue on page 2) P A G E 2 Tamaya continued: to different jobs around the Many of you know that other or- Ore, is our auctioneer, back by nation. We have to continue to ganizations often say "SWS has popular demand. support strong graduate stu- money." We have successfully dents— make sure they are built up some reserves, thanks to While we have some money, we well supported by feminist the endless time, commitment, are very prudent fiscally. Could networks--so they can take up and effort of our members. We you help SWS to keep the costs feminist challenges throughout spend this money mostly on our of the meeting down by asking their careers. These Winter membership. Our registration your publishers to advertise your meetings have served as THE fees for our meetings never cover work in the program? Perhaps gathering place for us to build our expenses; our reimburse- you want to tell us about your and sustain strong feminist ments cost a lot of additional academic program? Jazmyne networks, for early career, mid money. Thanks to our out- Washington, our wonderful AO, is career and senior SWS-ers to standing journal and the sheer coordinating the ads. The rates build networks and get re- number of people hours you put in are $100 for a full page and $50 energized.. This Winter meet- --your expertise, your volunteer for a half page. The program is ing will be no different. The gradu- time on countless tasks, your printed in black and white. ate students are busy organizing the kindness, caring and support--we breakfast with Scholars. I hope you are able to keep SWS vibrant and And, yes, we will need volunteers will support their efforts. I’ll an- strong. I feel very honored to be for the registration desk. Please nounce the details in a couple of part of an organization that turns contact Jazmyne Washington, to weeks, but it will be a program with the money back to all of us, so we volunteer. sessions that are back by popular can come to the meeting, get a lot demand and many new ones. There out of it, and leave refreshed. The summer program arrange- ments are also in process. I have will be some time for you to go and a program committee for the explore the area too. To-do list: summer meetings in Please book your rooms. The link NYC. Thanks to Kristy Kelly, Let me introduce our local arrange- will appear on our website as long Julie Winterrich, DaniJauk, ments committee: Jane Hood as there are rooms available. The Shweta Adur and Barret Katuna (University of New Mexico), a long sooner you book your rooms, the for volunteering. Shirley, Jaz- time member of SWS is joining the better your chances of getting myne and I, with a lot of help local arrangements committee along rooms. There are very few hotel from SWS-ers in NYC, are busy with Ophra Leyer-Whalen options in Bernalillo where Ta- arranging our banquet site as I (University of Texas El Paso) and maya Hyatt is located, so we want write this. (continued on page 3, Barbara Gurr (University of Con- to make sure you are able to get with Looking Ahead) necticut). They have put together a rooms in the hotel. packet of very important information to make your trip to Tamaya very The silent auction com- enjoyable. mittee is busy. We already have Arlene Please renew your membership and Kaplan Daniels’ hats register for the conference. Our and books, a beautiful (interim) EO, Shirley Jackson, has designed a new form that combines Native American pot (thanks to Gaye your meeting registration and mem- Tuchman’s expertise on bership. This appears on our up- this subject). We are dated website. THANKS looking for other items Shirley! Our membership commit- tee has come up with letters you can from you. Please con- tact Miho Iwata use to help recruit people. You will (Miho.Iwata notice our membership rates are @uconn.edu) or one of very reasonable. As in other years the other co-chairs will send out we have various levels of registra- tion fees for the conference. another announcement. Tracy NETWORK NEWS VOLUME XXIX, ISSUE 4 P A G E 3 Looking ahead to 2013-2014: involvement; next year will bring us even to reflect on the guidelines we use to more visibility. engage with other activists—for instance, those who stand up for labor or other We are all experiencing the structural human rights. How are we to position changes in our academic institutions. The ourselves as an organization? How are 2012 elections and the we positioned relative to a variety of po- feminist issues that were litical issues that come up. As an individ- supported and contested “. we ual I know where I stand politically but we have reminded me that we need to discuss our directions as an or- have to continue to build ganization. These discussions will help Dr. Bandana Purkayashtha and inspire our base. Our have to our future presidents guide our organiza- undergraduate students tional decision-making on meeting sites, who move into a variety of statements we send out, and resources I see us continuing as a dynamic organization continue to jobs and careers in different we direct to one cause or another. that is able to meet the challenges we face parts of the country: How today. If you read the upcoming meeting do we actively engage their build and Our Task Force has been working for announcements, you already know that we feminist sociological imagi- over a year on our mission, by-laws, and will enjoy listening to several international nation? Are we conveying inspire our long term vision. Thanks to them and all scholar activists at Tamaya. While we are core feminist principles in a of you who continue to volunteer for the increasingly connected to scholars elsewhere, language they understand, countless tasks as we continue to build I know from my own experience in other coun- using the technology that is base.
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