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Pro-Choice Week 2013, Student Women's Association

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Promotional flyer for Pro-Choice Week hosted by the Student Women's Association, Jan. 22 through 24, 2013. The flyer includes dates and times of various sponsored activities.

Equal Pay Day Bake Sale, Student Women's Association

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Promotional piece for the Student Women's Association Equal Pay Day Bake Sale fundraiser. Pricing of baked goods pointed to pay discrepancies between male and female American workers. Suggested donations for women, $.77 per item. Suggested donation for men, $1 per item.

Defying Borders: Transforming Learning Through Collaborative Feminist Organizing And Interdisciplinary, Transnational Pedagogy, Terri Carney, Margaretha Geertsema Sligh, Ann M. Savage, Ageeth Sluis

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The authors provide a case study of how a group of faculty members was able to initiate a transformation in student learning and institutional structures at a small university in the Midwestern U.S. through the introduction of collaborative feminist organizing and pedagogy. It details faculty-led initiatives that set the stage for innovative teaching and learning, and it describes the authors' experience in the face of resistance when introducing a global women's human rights course into the university's new core curriculum. Because of its divers, interdisciplinary and transnational content, this course challenged deeply ingrained disciplinary and pedagogical borders of both traditional …

How Porous Are The Walls That Separate Us?: Transformative Service-Learning, Women’S Incarceration, And The Unsettled Self, Coralynn V. Davis

Faculty Journal Articles

In this article, we refine a politics of thinking from the margins by exploring a pedagogical model that advances transformative notions of service learning as social justice teaching. Drawing on a recent course we taught involving both incarcerated women and traditional college students, we contend that when communication among differentiated and stratified parties occurs, one possible result is not just a view of the other but also a transformation of the self and other. More specifically, we suggest that an engaged feminist praxis of teaching incarcerated women together with college students helps illuminate the porous nature of fixed markers that …

Equality And The Miss Usa Pageant, Rhiannon Sawtelle

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Here is my embarrassing admission for the week: I watched the Miss USA pageant last Sunday. My roommate and I criticized the women, picked our favorites and hoped one of them would trip on stage. We made it through the swimsuit competition, the evening gown walk and held our breaths when the time came for questioning. Miss California, a blonde Barbie® look-alike, took the stage and by the luck of the draw was questioned by Perez Hilton, a gay gossip-queen blogger. He asked her if she believed same-sex marriage should be legalized in every state.

Women's Studies At Umass Boston: Celebrates 25 Years 1973-1998, Sherry H. Penney, Jean Mcmahon Humez, Women's Studies Program, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Women’s and Gender Studies Faculty Publication Series

What follows is an impressionistic overview of our program's first twenty five years, derived in part from our archives and in part from our collective recollections, and written by the current program director. As with any celebratory institutional history, it makes no claim to objectivity. Our aim is to look back at the main lines of our growth and development, and in so doing to acknowledge many of the individuals who have contributed to the building of the program over time.

We gratefully acknowledge the work of our first archivist, UMass Women's Studies / Sociology graduate dian fitzpatrick who, in …

Women's Resource Center Fundraising Poster, Women's Resource Center

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Poster promoting fundraising efforts by the Women's Resource Center at UMaine, 1995.

Women's Resource Center Fundraising Flyer, Women's Resource Center

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Flyer promoting fundraising efforts by the Women's Resource Center at UMaine, 1995.

Women's Resource Center Fundraising Poster, Women's Resource Center

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Poster promoting fundraising efforts by the Women's Resource Center, WRC, at UMaine, 1995. The poster asks, "What can the WRC do for you???" and lists services offered by the Women's Resource Center including promoting healthy relationships, provide asylum from sexual violence, and provide stigma-free sexual health information.

Women's Resource Center Fundraising Poster, Women's Resource Center

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Graphic-heavy poster promoting the Women's Resource Center located in the Memorial Union at the University of Maine. Clip art images include a condom wrapper, a sanitary pad, a stethoscope, a heart with a super-imposed EKG line tracing, an open book, a card of birth control pills, and a set of disembodied breasts. The poster is recruiting donations to support the Women's Resource Center.

Maine Perspective: Women's Initiatives At The University Of Maine, Maine Perspective

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

When it comes to initiatives for women on the University of Maine campus, Women in the Curriculum is where it all began a decade ago. The program was established to facilitate curriculum revision to allow for more inclusion of women.

Afrotc Woman Selected For Pilot School, Suzanna Mitchell Donovan

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The first woman from UMO's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps to have been offered a pilot's school position has decided she will attend the school after she graduates from UMO in 1986. Elizabeth "Libby" Bizier, a junior in both AFROTC and her major, international affairs, will be attending Undergraduate Pilot Training upon graduation and commissioning as an officer in the Air Force.

Emerging From Women's Studies: A New World View And A New Goal For Educators, Nancy Topping Bazin

Women's & Gender Studies Faculty Publications

A new world view, emerging from the women's movement and women's studies, emphasizes the interdependence of all people and the interdependence of people and nature. This feminist world view could provide the philosophical framework necessary for transforming the curriculum to help bring about greater social, economic, and political equality and greater respect for life.

Women's Center Work-Study Cut, Josephine Swan

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The Student Senate cut the Women's Center $200 of work-study funds in Tuesday night's Senate meeting. Donnie Oakes, vice-president of the student government said, "There is some movement suggesting that no clubs receive work-study funding. The argument is that is not a practice to get into. The people against it feel that if a club has voluntary membership, they should do the duties and not a work-study student."

Nude Exhibit Beautiful, Sensitive, Elizabeth Cherneski Howard

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

After reading the Campus for four years, something has finally irked me enough to make a response. For a supposedly intellectual community such as our student body, the amount of close-minded, un-liberal opinions that keep surfacing is appalling.

Where Are The Male Nudes, Annie Hayes

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

There's nothing obscene about naked human beings, but the comment I have regarding Church's photographer exhibit is that is stereotypically … of the naked female body.

Women's Center Work-Study Cut, Josephine Swan

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The Student Senate cut the Women's Center $200 of work-study funds in the Tuesday night's senate meeting.

Swa Rocks For Women's Rights, Tony Reaves

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

When it comes to rocking out for a good cause, the University of Maine Student Women's Association knows where it's at.

The Illusion Of Equality, Marshall Dury

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Gender equality does not exist and it may never exist. To get a few things straight before the "Letters To the Editor" start pouring in, I am not sexist and I do not look down upon women or, for that matter, men. As I see it, we are equal. Despite some minor physical technicalities, men and women are essentially the same.

Wic Honors Diverse Groups Of Women, Kristin Saunders

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The 2002-03 Maryann Hartman Awards were given to four outstanding women of distinction Thursday. In their 17th year, the Maryann Hartman Awards are sponsored by Women in the Curriculum [WIC] and women's studies at the University of Maine.

Nude Art Photographs Displayed In Union, Tim Rice

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Nudity in art is not uncommon, but this month's exhibit in the Memorial Union of the work of Maine Photographer C. C. Church has raised some questions, and a few eyebrows.

Feminist Analyzes Women Poets, Richard Mulhern

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The study of the works of 18th century women poets can help lead to an understanding of the type of lives they led, feminist author Germaine Greer told 250 persons in 101 English/Math Friday night.

Rape: The Myths And The Realities, Jeff Harper

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The first months at UMO had gone well for Mary, a freshman. She met Robert one night while drinking at a fraternity party. They talked for a few hours and Robert asked her if she wanted a pizza. He was an attractive, pleasant upperclassman and Mary was flattered. They went for pizza and Mary enjoyed herself. On the the way back to the dormitories, Robert drove to a secluded spot off the road. He kissed Mary, which was about as far as she wanted to go. He had no intentions of stopping there. After just a kiss he proceeded to …

Health Center Warns Again Birth Control Ad, Stacy Viles

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The director of the Cutler Health Center said Tuesday that an advertisement for a new contraceptive is misleading. Dr. Robert Graves said the ads for Encare Oval, a vaginal suppository, were not accurate. Graves said the contraceptive was no more effective than any other suppositories on the market.

Sex Equity Dealt With In Stages, Richard Mulhern

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Most institutions in this country are addressing sex equity problems resulting from the way in which men and women have been socialized, said JoAnn Fritsche, UMO's director of equal employment opportunity.

Coordinator Enthusiastic About Job: Women's Services Aid Both Men And Women, Nancy Mccallum

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The sign, printed on a small sheet of paper, says "Feminism is not a dirty word." It is just one of may posters, flyers and pamphlets about women adorning the walls of Ellen Weissman's office in Fernald Hall. It is the best indication of her philosophy.

Coed Seen As Leading Force In Rotc Winning Squad, The Maine Campus

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A sophomore coed was the driving force behind the ROTC cadet squad that placed highest in the recent ROTC drill competition. Suzanne Johnson, a 20-year-old Lincoln native, thinks her squad's victory in the competition may have been part of the "novelty" aura that follows a female cadet leader. "They may have overrated me because of seeing a woman so forceful out on the field--which isn't seen too often," she said.

Explaining The Anti-Pageant Petition, Louise M. Velletri

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

I would respectfully like to respond to Ms. Jane K. Bailey and her remarks on the petition being circulated concerning the Miss U.M.O. Pageant.

Rape Lecturer's Suggestions Could Deter Attack, Barb Manuel

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

"When a woman is hitchhiking, she wants to be raped, right?" asked Frederick Storaska in his lecture about rape Monday night. "Wrong--but this is one of the many myths of our society propagates today. It's myths like these and other silly fears that will kill people."

Ideal Women' Standards Are Arbitrary, Jane K. Bailey

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

In response to an article published in your newspaper, dated March 8, 1974, concerned with the meeting of the Women in Maine group.