Women's Empowerment

Interested in planning Women's History Month? Want to help with Sexual Responsibility Week? Excited to Take Back the Night? Have a great suggestion for another program you'd like to see? Come to the WI General Meeting on Sunday, January 27 at 8pm in MGC 200 and get involved in all the events we have planned for spring semester. Bring your ideas and we'll bring cookies. See you there!

There is still time to sign up for RAD classes! Rape Aggression Defense is a course for women that provides information, tactics, and considerations which RAD Systems believes may be useful to counter various types of violence perpetrated against women. The course is taught by certified RAD instructors who work for AU University Police. To sign up for a section, please e-mail RAD@american.edu.

SECTION B
February 2nd, 3rd, 9th and 10th, 2008
Day: Saturdays and Sundays
Time: 10:00AM – 1:00PM
Location: McDowell Formal Lounge

SECTION C
February 11th, 14th, 18th, and 21st, 2008

Discover how women continue to blast through the glass ceiling in the scientific fields! Come hear the personal and professional experiences and challenges of seven women at the top of their disciplines on Tuesday, January 22 at 8pm in MGC 245. Refreshments will be provided. Panelists include:
- Dr. Pamela Marcum, Discipline Scientist, NASA HQ Astrophysics Division
- Debra Amato, Engineer, Goddard Space Flight Center
- Dr. Maureen Long, Post Doctorial Researcher, Carnegie Institution of Washington (GL)

Do you know a young woman on campus who should run for Student Government? This is an opportunity to tell a woman you respect that you think she's a leader and has what it takes to make a difference in Student Government.

Please join us at a reception on Friday, Jan. 18th from 2 -3 in MGC 200 for the newly created web site for the Virtual Women's Center. The exciting part about the web site is the sexual assault resource site. Laura Kovach from the Wellness Center was instrumental in developing the sexual assault resources and I'm grateful for her work in getting this important project completed. This website is hopefully only the first step toward a real Women's Resource Center here at AU! Check it out at http://www.american.edu/ocl/womenscenter/index.html.

The Student Government Undergraduate Senate passed a bill (07-08-009) supporting our proposal for a Women's Resource Center during their last session. Make sure to contact your representative and tell him or her that we need a Women's Resource Center on our campus and that you appreciate their vote! Also, stop by our office in MGC 262 at any time to sign the petition to show your support.

You can read a copy of the bill in the "public records" section of the website (under branches, then under senate). You can also read a copy of the proposal in the "documents" section of the website.

Join the Republican Women at AU and Women's Initiative for our Professional Development Panel on Thursday, December 6 at 7:30 PM in the Butler Board Room. Listen to representatives from the Independent Women's Forum, the State Department, and our very own Career Center discuss women in the workplace, balancing family life, and what you should be doing now to advance your career! Refreshments will be provided.

On December 4 at 7pm in Ward 2, women in business will talk about breaking through the glass ceiling in today's male-dominated business world. This panel discussion features Erin Fuller, Executive Director of the National Association of Women Business Owners, and Vanessa Ali, President of "All-U-Need" personnel, who will discuss her personal contact with Mayor Fenty regarding small business legislation and women.

Free Subway and Soda to be served after! Bring a friend!

Sponsored by the SPA Council and Women's Initiative

Join Peace and Empowerment Project and Women’s Initiative for this film by Tania Kamal-Eldin on Nov. 15 at 8:30pm in the Hughes Formal Lounge. Kamal-Eldin explores the organization of gender, race, and sexuality in Hollywood's portrayal of the exotic east an indiscriminate fusion of things Arab, Persian, Chinese and Indian. A discussion will follow the movie. There is a suggested donation of $3.

Don't forget to check out Dollars and Sense on Tuesday, November 13 at 8pm in Ward 5. Financial professional (and radio personality) Ernest Burley will teach you where to find money you didn't know you had and show you tricks on how to save for goals and invest it for the future.

It will really amaze you how quickly it can add up! You can't afford to miss this!