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SUSAN B. ANTHONY WOMENS CENTER NEWSLETTER

ISSUE 1 SEPTEMBER 2008

Welcome back! Get to know our staff.

Susan Birns I can hardly believe this is the beginning of my 9th year as director of the Susan B. Anthony Womens Center. It has always seemed like the place for me, since my mother almost named me Susan B. Anthony Birnstrue story. I am already enjoying working with another fabulous staff of young feminists and an ever inspiring Advisory Board. We are preparing for our second community conversation about stereotypes (StereoTalk II: What is Gender?), co-sponsorship of a talk about the relationship between men and feminism, and a celebration of two important anniversaries this year at MCLA15 years for the Womens Center and 20 years for the Womens Studies Minor. I hope to see many of you at these events! And we invite everyone to come visit us at the Centerit belongs to us all! an English/Communications major halfway through her senior year, I only have one semester left at MCLA and this center before I head off to wherever my newly minted Journalism degree will take me. I am very excited about the few months I have left here at the center and am looking forward to the articles we will write and the wonderful events we will host as we tackle the topic of stereotypes for the second year.

Sam McLenithan-Womens issues have always been a passion of mine, therefore, I was very excited when I was awarded a work study at the Womens Center. Currently, I am a freshmen majoring in Business Administration at MCLA. I am involved in the Advisory Board of my campus home, the Berkshire Towers, and am running for vice-president of the class of 2012. I Raechel DoughtyGreetings to all you MCLA allies, plan on joining yoga and the political science club duractivists, feminists, friends, sisters, bitches, bimbos and ing my spare time at MCLA. ballbreakers. This is my third year at the Womens CenAlex Nichipor-Hello! I am a newcomer to the ter. Im a junior majoring in English with a concentration Womens Center and the MCLA campus at large. I in Creative Writing, and I am always thrilled to think have a major in Sociology, and I am looking forward to about how my passion for social justice and my love for working in the Center. Im also pretty psyched for the writing and the arts come together in my job at the CenStereoTalk in the fall, and our production of Bitches, ter. This year were working with others around campus Bimbos, and Ballbreakers in the spring. See you there! to adapt and perform the Guerilla Girls (a group of radical female artists/activists) book of stereotypes, Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers. Look for that event Fall 2008 Hours in March, and until then I hope youll keep picking up Monday 10:00am - 5pm our newsletter (or contact us for a subscription!). Im takTuesday 9:00am - 5pm ing on the role of editor this year, and I anticipate it beWednesday 9:00am - 5pm coming bigger and better than ever. Thursday 9:00am - 5pm Katie Hermance Hi, I am back for my fourth and final Friday 9:00am - 5pm year at the Womens Center. I know this year is going to Staff be great because of the awesome projects we have Director: Susan Birns planned, like the new Stereotalk forum for the fall and Office Manager: Katie Hermance Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers for the spring. This Office Assistants year I have been appointed Office Manager and know Raechel Doughty Sam McLenithan that the staff is going to be amazing. I am an English maHolly Huffstutler Alex Nichipor jor with a concentration in literature and creative writing Advisory Board along with a womens studies minor. I have always been a feminist and that is why I am so excited about the Susan Birns Monica Joslin Womens Center and the opportunities it has given me Peggy Brooks Linda Kaufmann to share my passions throughout my MCLA career. Charlotte Degen Celia Norcross Holly HuffstutlerI am so happy to be back for my second year of feminist fun at the Womens Center. As Michele Ethier Wendy Guerra Kate Heekin Frances Jones-Sneed Nancy Ovitsky Graziana Ramsden Laini Sporbert Amy Stevens

...Where is the Womens center?

> Go to the campus center > Go to the third floor > Room 322 you cant miss us!

You can come to us with inquiries about the womens studies minor, our events and our newsletterbut were also a resource and space for students. If you need a quiet place to work or study, or you just want to kick back on our couches and relax, come and visit us! We also have a library of books about feminism, gender issues and more. Drop in anytime were open.

...Why

would I go there?

Phone: 413-662-5497 Email: womenscenter@mcla.edu

Campus Center Room # 322 MCLA North Adams, MA 01247

Susan B. Anthony Womens Center

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ISSUE 1

SEPTEMBER 2008