Teaching Guide for Women's Center Events Spring 2016 Calendar
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1 Teaching Guide for Women’s Center Events Spring 2016 Calendar Potential Discussion Date/Time/Place Event Description Course/Career Projected Outcomes Questions/Activities, Connections Suggested Readings Thursday #SayHerName: Remembering We encourage all 1. Identify how Potential Discussion Black Women and Girls student group #SayHerName serves Questions: January 21st, Killed by Police attendance, to complement the 7.30pm, particularly those #BlackLivesMatter 1. Has Co-sponsored with Unified movement Multicultural Center who focus on #BlackLivesMatter Sisters, the LGBT Center, and 2. Create a wall hanging (2nd floor of Baker, eradicating racism included a discussion the Multicultural Center. in recognition of Black multipurpose room) of women of color? and sexism or women and girls who Black women are killed by police using art to spark have been killed by 2. Is #SayHerName too. In February 2015, the social change police, which will be competing with or African American Policy African American temporarily displayed providing a fuller story Forum engaged the public in a at the Women’s Center Studies to #BlackLivesMatter? discussion acknowledging the 3. Discuss the importance 3. What are the criticisms experiences of policy brutality of including women in Criminal Justice of #AllLivesMatter? against Black women and larger social girls under #SayHerName. This Criminology movements (and how Do those criticisms apply to interactive workshop will Journalism intersectionality provide the opportunity to functions to create a #SayHerName? discuss the importance of Journalism News more accurate picture #SayHerName, learn the names and Information of what is occurring) Suggested Readings: of Black women and girls, 4. Debate the success of Media and Social like Yvette Smith, Alesia online activism African American Policy Change Thomas, and Mya Hall, and Forum, Inc. (2015) create an art display with the Political Science #SayHerName Brief. women's names so others can Pre-Law learn about them as well. There are a number of videos Social Media Last updated on December 21, 2015. Please check the Women’s Center’s website for updates. 2 certificate compiled by the African Sociology American Policy Forum, Inc., Women’s, Gender including a webinar (78 and Sexuality minutes)and Kimberle Studies Crenshaw’s speech on #SayHerName in New York at 1 Billion Rising (8.5 minutes). International Transgender Day of Remembrance. Tuesday Women in STEM Coffee Hour All STEM fields 1. Network with women Suggested Readings: in STEM and their th January 26 Join us on January 26 , February Education allies Bowen, Deirdre M. “Visibly 16th, and March 22nd for our new (including Critical 5-6pm 2. Investigate how Invisible: The Burden of Race “Women in STEM Coffee Studies in stereotypes of and Gender for Female Women’s Center Hour.” This coffee hour is an Educational scientists may prevent Students of Color Striving for opportunity to discuss timely Foundations for some from thinking of an Academic Career in the topics related to gender and the learning how to themselves as scientists Sciences.” Presumed Incompetent: STEM fields. Students, faculty, encourage young (or potential scientists) The Intersections of Race and Class staff, and community members girls and women in 3. Identify female role from all fields and backgrounds STEM) (also, Child models within STEM for Women in Academia. Ed. are welcome to attend. Development Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, courses and Yolanda Flores Niemann, Co-sponsored with Russ College Education – Carmen G. González, and of Engineering and Technology, Middle Childhood) Angela P. Harris. Boulder: AAUW OHIO, and Women in University Press of Colorado, Information and Academic 2012. 116-132. (Available in Telecommunication Systems. Advisors Alden Library) At the beginning of this coffee UC Learning hour, we’ll show “The Myth of Communities Dickey, Megan Rose. the Scientist”, presented by “#ILookLikeAnEngineer Aims Last updated on December 21, 2015. Please check the Women’s Center’s website for updates. 3 Crystal Dilworth at Sociology to Spread Awareness About TEDxYouth@Caltech (4.18 Diversity in Tech.” Women’s, Gender minutes). We’ll discuss our TechCrunch.com. August 3, 2015. and Sexuality role models (invite your role Studies model, bring a picture, or Hill, Catherine, Christianne share a story) and who has Corbett, and Andresse St. Rose. helped disrupt the notion that “Why So Few? Women in a scientist can only look or act Science, Technology, one way. Engineering, and Mathematics.” AAUW. 2010. Wednesday Changing the Face of Power: We strongly 1. Explore innovative Potential Discussion Empowering Young Women to encourage all strategies to develop Questions: January 27 Create Lasting Change on student group and strengthen 4.30-6.30pm Campus and Beyond leadership, participants’ 1. Is there a difference in men’s leadership styles Living Learning Co-sponsored with Margaret particularly for leadership skills those who are 2. Identify how to build versus women’s? If so, Center 130 Boyd Scholars. is this due to working on strong organizations The voices of young women socialization or This program (especially those of color and promoting change 3. Consider the something else? counts towards a LGBT women) are often left on campus and in importance of 2. What is an effective She Leads OHIO out of the conversations that the community. sustainability in civic leader? requirement (the engagement and create and change policies for We encourage all 3. How to you promote Women’s Center’s grassroots organizing sustainable social our communities. Despite that, members of the professional action and change? young women across the Student Union and leadership country are stepping up to lead Student Senate to program). For and are at the forefront of Suggested Readings: attend. more information, social justice movements on please visit our campus and beyond. In this African American Kimball, Gayle. “Why Recent website. interactive workshop session Studies Global Uprisings Are Led By participants will explore Youth.”heathwoodpress.com innovative strategies to develop Business August 4, 2014. and strengthen their own Communication leadership skills; how to build Michigan Women’s Last updated on December 21, 2015. Please check the Women’s Center’s website for updates. 4 strong organizations; and how (Communication Foundation. “11,341 Forgotten to create lasting change and Public Rapes. Enough Said.” through civic engagement and Advocacy) http://enoughsaiddetroit.org/i grassroots organizing. ndex.html Recommended Diversity Studies because our facilitator for Certificate Student groups are encouraged this program is one of the to have several members from Entrepreneurship organizers of Enough Said. their organizations attend. certificate Global Leadership Palacios, L. (Fall 2012) From About the Presenter: Rebecca the Arab Spring to the Maple Certificate Thompson is a non-profit leader Spring: National Student and social justice advocate with Law, Justice & Protests Graduate to over 10 years of Culture Certificate Transnational Social experience in grassroots and Movements. TOPIA: Canadian electoral organizing, advocacy, Media and Social Journal of Cultural Studies, 28, leadership development, and Change 268- 275. community engagement. She has trained young women around Political Science Taft, Jessica K. Rebel Girls: the world to create lasting Social Justice Youth Activism and Social Change change in their communities and Across the Americas. New York: is passionate about changing the Social Work New York University Press. face of political leadership. A Sociology 2010. former student body president, she is the Executive Director of Women’s, Gender Suggested Activities: Good Jobs Now, a grassroots and Sexuality organization that fights for Studies 1. Have students identify economic justice for low-income an issue that they Detroiters and she recently ran would like to change. for State Representative in Create a strategy for Michigan where her race was named the #1 most competitive successful grassroots house democratic primary in the organizing state. 2. Analyze student movements for effectiveness. Examples within the Last updated on December 21, 2015. Please check the Women’s Center’s website for updates. 5 United States could be the Know Your IX campaign , student activism connected to #BlackLivesMatter, election year organizing, or abortion protests (both pro- choice and pro-life). For international examples, view the list at the bottom of Gayle Kimball’s article (noted above). Thursday Brown Bag Lunch and Learn All STEM fields 1. Identify gender Potential Discussion “Engaging Women in STEM” differences in women’s Questions: January 28 Education enrollment in STEM in (learning how to 1. Why have there been 12pm-1pm Presenter: Jody Markley, comparison to men (and Director of Multicultural encourage young differences in women’s consider the rates for Women’s Center Experiences for Russ College girls and women in and men’s enrollment women of color, of Engineering and STEM) in STEM? LGBTQ women, and Technology 2. What can be done to Academic other intersecting encourage more Advisors identities) Brown Bag Lunch and Learns women, and other 2. Consider why as girls are a casual way of learning Honors Tutorial marginalized about gender issues. Typically, age their interest in College individuals, to they are facilitated by one STEM decreases participate in STEM? speaker, and we encourage Q&A University College 3. Analyze strategies for at the end of a presentation.