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Womyn United:  International Womyns’ Day Marcha & Festival 2010

March begins 11am at Roosevelt Park, continues down Santa Clara and First Street to the Biblioteca Latinoamericana.  Festival from 1 to 4pm with vendors, food, and entertainment.

Participating Organizations: Cihuatl Tlatocan (MAIZ), FOCUS-SV, Silicon Valley
DEBUG, San Jose Peace and Justice Center, Women’s International League for Peace and  Freedom , San Jose CodePink, SJSU WoWi (Womyn on Womyn’s Issues), Santa Clara County’s Office on Women’s Policy,  LGBTQ Youth Spaces, SOMOS Mayfair, Cardea Center for Women, Bay Area Radical Women, SJSU Women’s Studies.

Cihuatl Tlatocan  is a women’s based mass organization whose vision seeks the liberation of Mexican womyn at an individual and community level, in a collective struggle towards social change and is a member organization of the MAIZ Alliance  (Movimiento de Accion, inspirando Servicio). Questions?  Cihuatl.Tlatocan@gmail.com

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Please join us for conversation, games, music and refreshments with faculty and friends of the Women’s Studies program.  We are happy to kick off a full roster of events for Women’s History Month 2010.  In DMH238A from 3-6pm.

Also please see the left column of the blog (click here) for a Main Index of Women’s History Month events, including WOWI, Transexual Awareness Week, and more… let us know if you have events to be added!

Dear Campus Community and Friends of Women’s Studies

On Tuesday, March 2nd, the course I teach on “Gender, Sexuality and Religion” will host Max Dashu, director of the Suppressed History Archives in Oakland.  She will be speaking on the vast legacy of Women Shamans from far-ranging cultural backgrounds, ancient to modern.  We’ve moved to a larger room to accommodate visitors: please feel free to join us.  The class runs from 6:00 to 8:45 pm, in Boccardo Business Classroom 003 (ground floor, accessed from the courtyard).  Click on the links below for more background on Max and the specific talk she is presenting on Tuesday.  Hope to see you there:

Date: Tuesday, March 2nd
Where: Boccardo Business Classroom 003 (BBC 003)
When: 6:00 PM
Who: Max Dashu, Director, Suppressed History Archives
What: Talk on Women Shamans
Hosted: Prof. Jennifer Rycenga, Comparative Religious Studies class on Gender, Sexuality and Religion

http://www.suppressedhistories.net/
http://www.suppressedhistories.net/catalog/womanshaman.html

Jennifer Rycenga
Professor, Comparative Religious Studies and Humanities

Part of the MAIZ series on 40 Years of the Chicano Movement in San Jose

“Mujeres en el Movimiento”

Featuring local activists Elisa Marina Alvarado, Shirley Trevino, Martha Campos, Tamara Alvarado

Moderated by Teresa Castellanos

6-8pm Wednesday, March 3
Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave, SJ

Women have played a major role in the development and leadership of the Chicano movement inSan Jose, even while struggling for their role and recognition in it.  They have challenged gender norms, politics, and the status quo by founding and managing some of the area’s most progressive arts, grassroots and civic organizations.  Share and take part in this multigenerational event honoring the backbone of San jose’s Chicano movement, las mujeres.

Don’t miss Dr. Ruth Wilson’s exhibit, “Realizing the Dream: A Photographic and Memorabilia Exhibit of the 44th Presidential Inauguration of Barack H. Obama” in its last week at the MLK, Jr. Library (thru Sun 2/28).  It is located on the 5th floor and is available for viewing whenever the library is open.

Challenging Power and Privilege in Schools:
Un Encuentro in Applied Chicana/o Studies
Featuring the Work of MAS Graduate Students at SJSU

Monday, December 14, 2009  -  6pm
Cultural Heritage Center ­ Room 525
MLK Library (5th Floor) -  San José State University

This event is the culmination of the Applied Seminar in Chicana/o Studies in the SJSU Master¹s Program in Mexican American Studies.  The students in this class will share our efforts to bring Chicana/o Studies to life in our communities.  In several distinct projects, we focused on developing Chicana/o Studies Methods for Social Justice.  We will share our preliminary insights from individual projects, as well as the collective lessons we have developed together.  Our goals are to share specific strategies that may be applied to other communities and issues, and to dialog about what this work means and where it can go next.  You are invited to join us for the presentations and to share in the dialog.

Students in the class and their projects include:

• Lupe M. Allen, ­ Finding Voice & Creating Safe Spaces: An Analysis of the Experiences of Undocumented University Students
• Elizabeth Caldera, ­ The Impact of Teacher Expectations on the Academic Achievement of Latina/o Students
• Alicia Casas, ­ Understanding the School Disengagement of Fifth Grade Chicano Boys
• Claire González, ­ Latina/o Student Voices: High School Students¹ Insights on the Latina/o Achievement Gap
• Yanira I. Madrigal, ­ Responding to the Internalization and Normalization of Violence in Oakland: Listening to the Voices of Chicana/o Youth
• Margarita Ortiz, ­ Where is Osvaldo?: Confronting the Absence of Latinas/os in US History Textbooks
• Robert Unzueta, ­ Debunking Meritocracy: Understanding Intergenerational Chicano School Experiences

El PAIS, the Queer Latino student organization on campus, is cordially inviting you to attend our panel on the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Transexual) Latin American Community on campus.

WHEN: The panel will be on Monday, November 23rd
from 5:30 to 6:30 in the Pacifica Room (top level of the Student Union).

El PAIS stands for “Estudiantes Latinos y el Proyecto Arco Iris,” which translates to “Latino Students and Project Rainbow.” Our Mission Statement is, “To unite the LGBTQQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Questioning, Intersexed, Ally) Latino community at SJSU and to spread awareness of Queer Latino identities to the campus community, including awareness of the issues that affect LGBTQQIA Latinos.” We will be hosting this event in order to inform the campus community of the diverse experiences of LGBT Latino students, whose lives and identities are often affected by a web of gender, class, and ethnic norms. Most importantly, we want to share how Latino Students on the campus embrace their LGBT identity.

So come support us! We welcome faculty, staff, and students who identify with the LGBT community, support the community as allies, or want to know more about LGBT Latino identities and issues. Please spread the word and let anybody know who may be interested.

“From this day forward, I promise never to commit, condone, or remain silent about violence against women, sexual violence, and dating/intimate partner violence.”

Tuesday thru Thursday, 11/17-11/19

The White Ribbon Campaign is rallying all male-identified students of SJSU to come and sign the pledge to be aware and be a part of the solution.

Pick up your ribbon and sign the pledge at the Campaign table from 10am-2pm on 11/17, 11/18, and 11/19 outside the Student Union in the Art Quad as well as from 5pm-8pm on 11/17 in the Dining Commons!

You can also come to the Office of Student Conduct & Ethical Development at any time from 8am-5pm M-F to get a pledge card and pick up your ribbon!

97% of violence are committed by men.
97% OF MEN ARE NOT ASSAILANTS.
A minority are responsible for the problem.
THE MAJORITY CAN STOP IT.

Sponsored by SJSU Men Creating Change,
Office of Student Conduct, and cool guys everywhere

Don’t miss the upcoming photo exhibit “Mujeres y el Fruto de su Trabajo” / “Women & the Fruit of their Labor”, Friday, November 13 from 7-8:30 at the Biblioteca Latino Americano at 920 S. First Street.  Organized by a local Mexican womyn’s group named Cihuatl Tlatocan, the exhibit is the first part of their new “Hungry for Justice Campaign” focusing on women’s vulnerability in the current economic situation.

The group is also accepting applications for a new scholarship for survivors of gender violence, and seeking submissions for an upcoming zine publication.   For more info, contact cihuatl.tlatocan@gmail.com or call 408.250.9245.  Cihuatl Tlatocan is a member organization of the MAIZ Alliance (Movimiento de Accion, Inspirando Servicio).