Women's Resource Center

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Women’s Resource Center/F.O.R.C.E. Events

1. Women’s Resource Center Film Series Presents: Itty Bitty Titty Committee
   September 7, 7pm, Gallagher Theater
   Sponsored by ASUA Programs and Services
   
   Join us as we kick off the fall film series with Itty Bitty Titty Commitee.The film is free to get in and will be followed by a discussion with the Vagina Warriors and dialogue with the audience.
   
   Set in Los Angeles, this indie comedy helmed by Jamie Babbit follows the exploits of Anna, a lesbian and plastic surgeon's receptionist who embarks on a wild ride when she joins a cadre of ultraradical feminists known to outsiders as C.I.A. This movie follows her transformation from receptionist to radical feminist activist.

2. Women’s Resource Center Film Series Presents: Papers
   September 21, 7pm, Gallagher Theater
   In collaboration with Pride Alliance and LGBTQ Affairs
   

   Over two million children born outside the U.S. are raised here each year. For them, it’s illegal to work, drive, or attend most colleges; despite their American upbringing, they are undocumented. They face the challenges of trying to avoid deportation from the only home they know while still fighting for their rights. Papers is the story of five of these youth. Among these teenagers is Jorge Gutierrez who is both undocumented and gay.

   As always, admission is free and the film will be followed by thought-provoking discussion.

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Campus Events

1. Out On the Job with Senator Paula Aboud -
   September 13, 12-1pm, Career Services Classroom, Student Union, Room 411
   
   Out On the Job is a seminar series in which LGBTQ Affairs brings lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer professionals to discuss being "out" in the workplace.
   
   Paula Aboud, Democrat, was selected in January 2006 by the Pima County Supervisors to complete a retiring Senator’s term in office. In November 2006 she was elected to a 2-year term as Arizona’s senator representing Legislative District 28. She was re-elected in 2008 and 2010. As a former English teacher, college coach, realtor and property manager, Senator Aboud brings a diverse background to the Senate. As a graduate of the University of Arizona and a native Tucsonan, she is committed to improving the quality of life for Arizonans and especially for Southern Arizonans.
   
   Senator Aboud brings a strong and superb record of public service in Pima County. She has worked tirelessly to build a strong Democratic Party organization, to engage and inspire individuals to become active in the political process, to promote the Democratic message of hope and equality and to elect Democrats at the local, state and national level. Her significant contributions are admired and appreciated by party leaders, grassroots activists and elected officials across Arizona.
   
   Senator Aboud serves on three standing committees, including Appropriations, Finance, and Health.
   
   Light snacks will be provided, feel free to bring your lunch!

2. Art Aloud
   September 9,  12-1pm, Java City Café at Arizona Health Sciences Library
   
   Sponsored by the Medical Humanities Program, Art Aloud is a rapid fire format in which individuals with brief stories, poems, or other spoken word pieces stand and deliver for the enjoyment of the listeners. There will be food, friendly company, and the electric energy that comes from hearing original work. Everyone is welcome, and no admission fee is required.

3. 9/11: How We’ve Changed
   September 1-11, various locations
   
   The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona is pleased to announce a weeklong program on the tenth anniversary of the tragedy of September 11, 2001. The topics include terrorism, borders and security, politics, the media, and historical analysis. Forums include lectures, panels, a book discussion and a film screening. All events (except the Sunday concert) are free and open to the community.  For forum details, times and locations, please visit the event website.

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Community Events

1. Secrets of Highly Successful Women workshop with Gail McMeekin –
    September 2, 7pm, Antigone Books
   
   Author of The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women: A Portable Life Coach for Creative Women Gail McMeekin identifies strategies to overcome personal barriers and/or fears of success so that women can attain their dreams.  This workshop will be interactive and will leave participants with specific steps to get them on their way, such as how to take positive, calculated risks; find resources and support; and make career changes fueled by passion and purpose.Popular coach Gail McMeekin will offer strategies to help women define and achieve personal success.  This event is free at Antigone Books, 411 N. 4th Avenue.  For more information on this and other events at Antigone Books, please visit the Antigone Books website.

2. Kate Bernheimer and Lydia Millet read from and discuss Fantastic Women: 18 Tales of the Surreal and the Sublime from Tin House -
   September 16, 7pm, Antigone Books
   
   Kate Bernheimer and Lydia Millet will read from and discuss Fantastic Women: 18 Tales of the Surreal and the Sublime from Tin House (Tin House Books, $18.95).  
   
   This collection comprises eighteen stories by some of the most exciting contemporary women writers in the United States. These inventive, insightful authors steep their narratives in a heady potion of surrealism and macabre black comedy. The resulting wildly creative work captures potent truths about human nature far more clearly than much of the fiction (or, for that matter, the nonfiction) being written today. On September 16th, Antigone Books is privileged to have two contributors read from the book.

    
   Bernheimer is also the editor of the popular collection, My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me.  
    
   Millet was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for her story collection, Love In Infant Monkeys.
    
   The reading will be followed by a question and answer period. Refreshments will be served.
    
   Antigone Books is located at 411 N. 4th Avenue.  

    

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Opportunities

1. Gloria Steinem Membership Conference: Destination 2012 -
   September 23-26, 2011, Hyatt Regency in Crystal City, VA
   
   Are you passionate about reproductive justice? Human rights? Sex-positive feminism? LGTBQ rights? Immigration? Criminalization, etc.? Want to learn some great tools for being a successful grassroots organizer and leader? Interested in traveling to DC and meeting like-minded young people? Then this is the conference for you!
   
   We want to do everything we can to ensure that you are able to attend! So, if you're having trouble getting the resources you need to attend the conference: APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP AT BIT.LY/CHOICESCHOLARSHIPS
   
   Destination 2012 will take place in Washington, DC from September 23-26, 2011. This conference promises to be bigger and badder than anything you've ever seen. We’ll be talking about threats to reproductive justice in our states, discovering what’s at stake in the upcoming election and developing regional strategies to figure out how we can have an impact at the local, state and federal level. And if you’re still in need of a reason to attend, we have two words for you: GLORIA STEINEM.
   
   You must be registered to attend to the conference before your scholarship application can be reviewed. You can register at bit.ly/destination2012. Just hit the "Pay Later" button to indicate that you're applying for a scholarship.  Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The final deadline to apply is September 9, 2011.
   
   Have more questions? Contact Kelley Robinson, National Field Coordinator, at krobinson@choiceusa.org.  We’ll see you in DC!!

2. Internship opportunities with Ms. Magazine
   
   Open to highly motivated undergraduates, recent graduates and graduate students. Work with the editorial (L.A.), public relations (L.A.) or publishing staff (D.C.), and gain experience in magazine marketing, advertising, writing, researching and other areas of publication.   Applicants with background in both journalism and feminist activism will be given priority.  Applications are processed on a rolling basis. For more information on internship opportunities and how to apply, visit  the Ms. Magazine website.

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Announcements

1. Time to start planning for 2011 AIDSWALK Tucson!
   
   The 2011 AIDSWALK Tucson hosted by the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation is happening Sunday, October 16th on the UA Mall. If Now is the time to register and start fundraising. Also, there are various volunteer opportunities for the event through the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation.  See the AIDSWALK Tucson website for more information.

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