Gender Studies Department

Fair Wisconsin is seeking Campus Organizers of all fields of study for the Fall Semester
Contact Person: Jean Wennlund, jean.wennlund@fairwisconsin.com
Location: 122 State St, Suite 500, Madison, WI 53703

Fair Wisconsin is a statewide organization dedicated to advancing and protecting the
civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and families.
We carry out this mission through education, legislative advocacy, grassroots
organizing, coalition-building and electoral involvement. These efforts are designed to
educate the general voting public, sensitize the media, promote a politically active and
effective organizational membership, and better inform policy makers on issues of
concern to our members.

Campus organizers are an integral part of Wisconsin's statewide advocacy
organization, especially those organizers working outside of Madison where it is vital
that we keep our supporters active and connected. Currently our only office is in
Madison; interns residing outside of Madison will work in their own communities and will stay in contact with Fair Wisconsin staff via regular online and phone communications.

Tasks and responsibilities vary depending on applicant's interests and skills but may
include: helping to organize Students for a Fair Wisconsin, voter education and
canvassing, creating outreach materials, organizing visibility campaigns such as
chalking and lit distribution, recruiting and training new members and volunteers, and
community outreach and education.

Experience and Qualifications: Applicants should have an interest in LGBT equality,
legislative affairs, organizing for social change, and policy. Ability to organize, mobilize, and energize students and community members is a plus, however we will work with you to help develop these skills if you have no previous community organizing experience.

To Apply: Please send a resume and brief cover letter stating why you would like to
work with Fair Wisconsin and what you think you can contribute to the Fair Wisconsin
team to Jean Wennlund at jean.wennlund@fairwisconsin.com. Applications are due
Friday, July 11th, 2008.

The expected commitment is 35-40 hours per week on average, however there is
flexibility and we will work with you to accommodate your schedule. All campus
organizer positions are paid and can count as class credit if applicable.

Please join Gender Studies faculty and students for a talk by senior Michael Lott with dinner to follow. Michael will be presenting the results of his capstone project in Science Hall 102 at 4:30. A delicious dinner featuring cheese fondue, a pasta bar and a chocolately dessert (at Michael's request) will be served afterwards in the Science Hall Atrium.

Mark your calendars for a fun event that will bring us all together to celebrate another successful year!

The 11th Annual Richard A. Harrison Symposium will be held this weekend in Lawrence's Main Hall, starting with a welcome reception at 8:45 am. Come hear students present their original research in the humanities and social sciences. A number of students' presentations will focus on gender, including

--J. Severson, "Read Between the Gay Lines: A Gricean Analysis of the Lavender Langugage in the French Magazine Tetu"

--Caitlin Gallogly, "Crafting the Defeat: A Critical Study of Mercy Otis Warren and Her Propaganda Plays of the American Revolution"

--Natasha Quesnell-Theno: "Temptresses and Fallen Angels: Benevolent Sexism, Emotional Instability, and Perceptions of Statutory Rape Offenders"

Check out the complete schedule.

3RD ANNUAL
"Walk a Mile in Her Shoes"
FUNDRAISER FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS CENTER OF THE FOX CITIES

Each year, an ever-increasing number of men, women and their families are joining Walk a Mile in Her Shoes®: The International Men's March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault & Gender Violence®. It's time to form teams for our 3rd annual local event, benefiting the Fox Cities. The walk will be on Sunday, June 1 at Memorial Park Pavilion

Registration: 12:30 p.m.
Opening Ceremonies: 1:45 p.m.
Walk Begins: 2:00 p.m.

Be part of "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, The Men's March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault & Gender Violence®". You can march alone, or with your family and friends, or with a team. There is no registration fee to march, but if you raise $35.00 or more in pledges, you will receive a free T-shirt announcing your support to end violence against women and children. Go to the SACC website (http://www.sacc-foxcities.org/html/eventsActivities/eventsActivities.htm) to download a registration form.

We're asking Men to wear women's shoes during the event. There will be a selection of large sized women's shoes available at the Park pavilion during the pre-March activities to choose from, or you can stop by the Sexual Assault Crisis Center during the week prior to the March and pick your shoes out early.

Proceeds will benefit the Sexual Assault Crisis Center of the Fox Cities (SACC). SACC is the only non-profit agency in Outagamie or Calumet County that is solely dedicated to supporting survivors of sexual assault/abuse and their families. Our mission is to inspire change, instill a sense of healing and help to restore hope. SACC's confidential services are provided free of charge. We help anyone who is a sexual assault/abuse victim, and their families.

All pledges are 100% tax deductible.

Can't Participate?
You can still help by making a contribution and encouraging others to do the same.

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich will be Lawrence's guest on Thursday, May 1 and Friday, May 2, as the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar. She will give a public lecture entitled, "The First, Second, and Last Scenes of Mortality: An Eighteenth-Century Textile Mystery" on Thursday, May 1 at 7 pm in Youngchild Hall, room 121, on the Lawrence campus. A short reception will follow. She will also be available to discuss her work more informally at a question and answer session on Friday, May 2, at 10 am in the John Strange Commons in Lawrence's Main Hall. Both events are free.

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is the 300th Anniversary Professor at Harvard University, where she teaches early American history and women's history. Her books include Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Early New England, 1650-1750 (1982) and A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 (1990); this latter book won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1991 and was made into a documentary for PBS. Professor Ulrich's recent books include The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Making of an American Myth (2001) and Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History (2007). She has been the recipient of a Macarthur Foundation "genius" grant and is President-elect of the American Historical Association.

Monica Rico
Assistant Professor of History

2008-2009 Lawrence University Campus Organizer Internship

NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin Foundation is the political leader of the pro-choice movement. Our political advocacy ensures women the full range of reproductive health care services, including preventing unintended pregnancies, bearing healthy children and choosing safe, legal abortions.

NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin Foundation is looking for a responsible, dedicated, resolutely pro-choice student to fill the position of NPCW Campus Organizer. Campus organizers act as the leader of a pro-choice student organization on their campus. They organize pro-choice events, educate the public and help build NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin's presence on campus.

Applicants must be a registered student at Lawrence University

Length: The academic year (begins September 2008 and ends May 2009)

Hours: Average 10-15 hours a week, with flexible scheduling

Location: On your college campus

Responsibilities:
* Begin and lead Students for Choice, a pro-choice student group on campus
* Work with NPCW staff to develop and implement a nine-month grassroots organizing plan
* Develop and implement effective recruitment strategies for Students for Choice
* Plan and implement campus-based events
* Conduct educational outreach activities about choice issues on campus
* Work with students, faculty, staff and appropriate student and community groups to generate interest in reproductive rights and establish a pro-choice presence on campus
* Serve as the representative of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin on campus

Qualifications:
* Strong commitment to NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin's mission and goals

* Interest in grassroots organizing or campus activism
* Reasonable flexibility in work/school schedule
* Ability to prioritize and handle a variety of projects simultaneously
* Leadership skills and the ability to manage others
* Ability to work independently and in groups
* Strong written and verbal communication skills

* Comfort working independently with regular but long distance supervision

The Campus Organizer will be provided with organizing materials, a day long training in August and support through weekly phone or email correspondence with NPCW staff along with a monthly monetary stipend. Internships with NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin allow students to build their resume while gaining valuable experience. NPCW will work with your school to ensure academic credit where available.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, one-page resume, and at least two references to Carmen Marg-Patton, Political & Programs Director at Carmen@prochoicewisconsin.org. For more information, contact Carmen at 608-287-0016.

GLOW meets at 8pm on Wednesdays at the GLOW house and all are welcome.

"The Dragon Cart: The Femme Fatale in Seventeenth-Century French Opera"
Wednesday, April 16th
6:00 p.m.
Harper Hall

The William A. Chaney Lecture in the Humanities will be presented by
Susan McClary, Professor of Musicology at UCLA. McClary's
feminist-based work has had a dramatic impact on the musicological
world, challenging conventional approaches to music and opening new
paths of interpretation.

McClary has delivered the Bloch Lectures at Berkeley, the Grout Lecture
at Cornell, the Hooker Lectures at McMaster, the Rayson Huang Lecture in
Hong Kong, the Alfred Hook Lecture at University of Sydney, the Centre
CATH Lectures in Leeds, and the Faculty Research Lecture at UCLA; she
held residencies throughout the United States as a Phi Beta Kappa
Visiting Scholar in 1999-2000, and she served as UCLA's Clark Professor
in 2005. She received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 1995. Her
work has been translated into at least twelve languages.

On Wednesday 23 April at 7 PM in the Wriston Auditorium, the Edward F. Mielke Lecture Series in Biomedical Ethics will present Robert C. Bailey, University of Illinois, Chicago, School of Public Health, lecturing on "Male Circumcision: Genital Mutilation or Sound Public Health."

Maxwell Ciardullo, from the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), an organization dedicated to comprehensive education about sexuality and sexual rights, will speak Saturday, April 12 at 3:00 PM in Science Hall 102 on "Lesson Plans for Homophobia: Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs, Anti-Gay Harassment, and HIV Stigma in Schools." Maxwell will talk about what kind of "lessons" abstinence-only-until-marriage programs use, the content of those programs, research on gay kids in schools, and trends in sexuality education.