Category — Miscellaneous
Wed noon: Men & gender violence, Thurs: Cruz Reynoso!
March 16, 2011 Engaging Men’s Capacity to End Gender Violence
12 noon Pacifica Room, Student Union
What role do men and masculinity play in discussions of gender violence? How do we constructively engage men as we envision a violence-free future? Come hear Dr. Jason Laker (Office of the President) address this important issue.
March 17, 2011 Sowing the Seeds of Justice: The Story of Cruz Reynoso
6 pm Morris Dailey Hall
Come watch a film about lawyer/activist/former Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, followed by discussion with Reynoso and film maker Abby Ginzberg. Suggested donation $5 for students and $10 general admission. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
March 15, 2011 No Comments
Fall 2011 Offering of WOMS 169
Spread the word….
FALL 2011
WOMS 169: Sexualities and the Body
M/W 1:30-2:45pm
Taught by Dr. Tanya Bakhru
- Learn about the politics of sexuality and the body from a feminist perspective
- Explore various aspects of sexuality and gendered bodies including identity, community, and social movements
For more information email Dr. Bakhru at Tanya.Bakhru@sjsu.edu
February 28, 2011 No Comments
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH!!!
San Jose State University
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
March 2011
March 3, 2011 WOWI Word Night
5:00 pm in the Student Cafe
Women On Women’s Issues (WOWI) hosts a spoken word open mic night.
March 5, 2011 Womyn United: 2nd Annual Womyn’s History March
10:30 am – 2:00pm from Roosevelt Park to San Jose City Hall
Presented by South Bay International Womyn’s Day Network. March from Roosevelt Park (East Santa Clara and 19th Streets) to San Jose City Hall (5th and Santa Clara Streets). Drum circle and dance rally to follow. For more info and to get involved email iwdsouthbay@gmail.com
March 7, 2011 Women in Local Politics: Councilmember Rose Herrera
1:30 – 2:30pm in the Pacifica Room, Student Union
San Jose City Councilmember Rose Herrera speaks for Women’s History Month.
March 7, 2011 Women’s Studies Open House
2:30 – 4:30 pm in the Pacifica Room, Student Union
This event is an opportunity for friends of the Women’s Studies Program to mix, mingle, and celebrate! Refreshments will be provided.
March 8, 2011 Womyn’s Vision for San Jose
1:30 pm at City Hall of San Jose
Womyn United presents Womyn’s Vision for San Jose, during the City of San Jose’s City Council Meeting.
March 10, 2011 Save Ethnic Studies Tour
4:00 pm in Engineering Room 189
CFA Latina/o Caucus Presents Save Ethnic Studies Tour. Guest speakers will include teachers from the Tucson Unified School District and members of “Save Ethnic Studies”. The tour addresses Arizona’s recently passed House Bill 2281, which outlaws the teaching of Ethnic Studies in school.
March 10 at 6:00 pm Vagina Monologues
and March 11-12 at 8:00 pm at Morris Dailey Auditorium
V-Day SJSU Presents Eve Ensler’s play The Vagina Monologues. The proceeds of the V-Day SJSU 2011 will benefit women and children in Haiti and local nonprofit organizations. Admission is $8 for students and $10 general admission.
March 16, 2011 Engaging Men’s Capacity to End Gender Violence
12:00 pm in the Pacifica Room, Student Union
Dr. Jason Laker will speak to attendees about the components of masculine gender roles, how these connect to violence, and how to apply this knowledge toward achieving a positive and violence free future together.
March 17, 2011 Sowing the Seeds of Justice: The Story of Cruz Reynoso
6:00 pm at Morris Dailey Hall
A screening of the film “Sowing the Seeds of Justice” followed by a conversation with Cruz Reynoso and film maker Abby Ginzberg. Suggested donation $5 for students and $10 general admission. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
March 22, 2011 Working for Reproductive Justice
2:00 pm in MLK 255/257
Allana Moore, “Why Midwifery Matters”
Pati Garcia, “A History of Self-Help Reproductive Movements”
March 22, 2011 Know your Own: A Smart Sex Workshop
6:00 pm in the Guadalupe Room, Student Union
With Doula/Sexuality educator Pati Garcia
All events are open to the public.
February 23, 2011 No Comments
Women’s Circle
2/23: Self vs. other-care
3/2: Communicate our needs
3/9: Juggle multiple roles
3/16: Manage emotions
Wednesdays, 1:30 – 2:50 pm
Admin, Rm 201
Contact Ellen or Neda (924-5910) to RSVP. Space is limited.
February 3, 2011 No Comments
Students perform “Love Letter to Albuquerque Public Schools”
This is an amazing performance by four Albuquerque students on the quality of their education, at the Brave New Voices poetry slam. Enjoy!
November 16, 2010 1 Comment
Scholarships that Don’t Require Social Security Numbers
Please circulate this 29-page pdf (click to download) to students and friends!
November 2, 2010 No Comments
Register to vote!
Just a reminder that the voter registration deadline is approaching. Please be sure your students, friends, and colleagues are registered! Here’s a handy link to a nonpartisan voter registration site….

October 7, 2010 No Comments
Dolores Huerta Event Student Special
CCCAC has now opened a will call list for SJSU student who would like to attend the event. Student on the will call list will receive a free ticket to the event at the door.
Students looking have their names placed on the will call list should email cccac@as.sjsu.edu subject “Dolores Huerta Will Call” and include their name, phone number, and SJSU ID.
September 12, 2010 No Comments
Interview with Elaine Villasper, Gabriela USA
From “The Feministing Five: Elaine Villasper” at Feministing blog.
“When I first got involved with GABRIELA, I was in college. I was really shocked by the issue of sex trafficking and how Filipinos are affected by sex trafficking. When I first started college, I didn’t know that Filipino women were affected by so many issues. I had grown up in the US undocumented, so I didn’t have a lot of access to information or even just basic history of Filipinos and Filipino-Americans, until I got to college. It was the first time I was learning a lot of these things, that there was a sex trade, and that people were making money off of it, off of the bodies of women. And it really struck me because at the time I was thinking, “that could be me.” These women, they’re me. They’re my age, they could be my cousins, my family. Any of us could easily have fallen into the sex trade or been victimized in the same way, because I lived in the same conditions that these women are living in right now. So when those realizations came to me, that was when I decided that I had to do something.
Elaine Villasper is the Vice Chair of Education for GABRIELA USA, the North American chapter of the Filipino women’s rights organization. …Villasper helps to teach basic organizing skills, trains young leaders and helps to educate the local community about issues that affect Filipino and Filipino-American women. GABRIELA USA runs a number of cultural and artistic programs here in the US, as well as the Back to the Motherland program, which enables Filipino-Americans to travel to the Philippines to gain a better grasp of the pressing political, socioeconomic and human rights issues on the ground there. Here in the US, the organization works on issues like domestic violence, workers’ rights, immigrants’ rights and political representation for the Filipino-American population.
July 19, 2010 No Comments
ColorLines’ Fantasy Supreme Court
I thought this was a wonderful exercise in dreaming out loud for civil rights and equality….this court would actually look like our students! See the full article here, with details about “the court” and those who nominated them.
Dale Minami, civil rights attorney; Lani Guinier, Harvard law prof/activist; Goodwin Liu, Berkeley law prof; Patricia Williams, Columbia law prof; Harold Koh, lawyer/scholar; Marsha Berzon, 9th Circuit federal appeals judge; Jackie Berrien, EEOC chair; Gerald Lopez, UCLA law prof; and Jed Rakoff, federal district judge.
And be sure to check out the newly re-launched ColorLines webmagazine, now a fully digital publication.
July 12, 2010 No Comments
