Announcements

Stand by Alice Paul and the newly revived ERA Amendment

Famed visionary suffragette Alice Paul not only was instrumental in paving the way for woman suffrage, but she also wrote the original Equal Rights Amendment. The ERA came within three states of adoption in the 1970s, yet failed; it was reintroduced in the House and Senate last March. Follow its progress and promote full equality for all citizens. Click here for updates: http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/

Mark your calendars!

The Nokomis Foundation Speakers’ Series presents playwright and activist Eve Ensler: “An Evening with Eve Ensler: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Vagina Monologues” at Fountain Street Church on February 7, 2008.

GRCC’s Diversity Lecture Series features author, screenwriter, and activist Terri Jentz on March 12, 2008, 7 p.m., at Fountain Street Church. Ms. Jentz will present “Hiding in Plain Sight: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in our Society.” Terri’s critically acclaimed memoir, Strange Piece of Paradise, records her journey from violence to hope, examining a culture that glorifies violence, especially against women, and which is complicit in this violence because of passivity.

Gender Studies Learning Circle: education and gender, and responsibility

Professors Katie Kalisz and Mary Lucas are leading Gender Studies Learning Circle for employees, a yearlong look at gender and GRCC corporate culture, and at feminist approaches to content and delivery in courses (supported on the website with GRCC Gender Studies Data and other links). Faculty and staff, please contact Katie or Mary if you’d like to be a part of this dynamic group (kkalisz@grcc.edu , mlucas@grcc.edu ).

Feminist Reading Group for Women’s Studies Activists

The 2007-08 Feminist Reading Group has explored feminism and diversity with bell hooks' Feminist Theory: from Margin to Center; this winter, we will turn to explorations of the work of French Feminists (Julia Kristeva, Helene Cixous, and Luce Irigaray, for starters). Contact David Cope if you’d like to join us (dcope@grcc.edu).

New Course Development

GRCC Women’s Studies received the go-ahead for development of our GRCC Feminist Theory course (WST 205), which will complete the sequence of core courses found in most WST and Gender Studies programs at four-year schools. We will thus have the foundation for our entire curriculum; our hope is that this course will be ready for the students by January of 2009.

Also, we are developing a Special Topics course (WST 201), a 3 credit course whose subject could be determined by student initiatives and professorial guidance, or by a professor's desire for shared professional development with a group of students.

Website Additions

The first WST 200 class (Introduction to Women's Studies) not only surprised and excited the three of us who taught it, but they created two major documents that will contribute to the class and to student-generated principles for our program, serving as initial models for the holistic compassionate curriculum we have envisioned. Please visit the GRCC Gender Data page for their list of women's priorities in this and coming years, and for the discussion of Feminist Families, Relationships, and Identity. Visit this page and scroll down to #6 and #7 for the links.

This page curated by David Cope. Contact: dcope@grcc.edu

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