AMITA Women Networking and Mentoring
AMITA, Association of MIT Alumnae
| Jan/27 | Wed | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 32-401 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 100 participants
The Association of MIT Alumnae (AMITA) invites undergraduate and graduate students to an informal night of networking with MIT alumnae in the R&D Commons Area 4th floor of building 32. We'll talk about life choices and share our experiences in selecting grad schools and integrating family life and career. Pizza will be provided. Please pre-register* so we'll have enough food. Student registration is FREE.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Art and Lunchtime Discussion: Ann Hirsch
Ann Hirsch, Courtney Klemens, Campus and Community Outreach Coordinator
| Jan/14 | Thu | 12:30PM-02:00PM | E15-207 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/12
Limited to 20 participants
Ann Hirsch (b. 1985, lives in Los Angeles) is an artist who has started a cult YouTube channel for one of her personas, appeared as a contestant on a VH1 reality TV show, and created a series of works (including apps and performances) loosely based on her pre-teen experiences with sexuality in an online chat room in the 1990s.
Meet Ann and join her on a walkthrough of List Projects: Ann Hirsch, a new exhibition at the List Visual Arts Center that features her “greatest hits”: video and new media works that explore the effects of technology on pop culture, public femininity and feminism, as well as the internet and social media. Then, have lunch with Ann and staff from the List to discuss and explore your thoughts and responses to her work. Lunch will be provided.
Sponsor(s): List Visual Arts
Contact: Courtney Klemens, E15-109, 617 324-4565, CKLEMENS@MIT.EDU
Assertiveness Workshop for Women
Holly Sweet, PhD, licensed psychologist
| Jan/12 | Tue | 04:00PM-05:30PM | 36-112 |
| Jan/19 | Tue | 04:00PM-05:30PM | 36-112 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/06
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
In this workshop, we will explore different styles of communication with
others, including passive, passive-aggressive, assertive and aggressive
behaviors. Through role playing, personal inventories, and group
discussion, we will examine what gets in our way of being assertive and
what helps us be more assertive in both personal and professional relationships.
Limited to 25 participants. Sign up link: http://goo.gl/forms/tUf9i6jg9t.
There will be a waiting list.
Priority will be given to women undergraduate in Course 6.
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Sheena Nie, HKN Outreach, xnie@mit.edu
Hard at Work: Film Portrayals of Gender, Social Mobility, and Economic Insecurity in the 1970s
Renee Blackburn
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/28
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
How do we define 1970s America? Is it through watching dancing disco lovers at Studio 54? Is it through hearing Richard Nixon’s resignation speech? Is it through seeing the long lines of cars lining up at gas stations during the oil crisis? This four-film series brings to light the issues of gender, economic instability, and social mobility in the United States during that period. Each film provides an insight into the social and cultural America of the 1970s, pulling us through the decade’s insecurities, instabilities, and changes, only to emerge on the other side in a different decade with different views on gender, race, class and society.
During each session, we will watch a film and leave time afterward for an optional discussion. Additonally, there will be OPTIONAL, supplemental readings that accompany the films, if you're interested in reading more!
Find more details and sign up at: http://hardatworkinthe70s.weebly.com/
Sponsor(s): Science, Technology, and Society, Women's and Gender Studies
Contact: Renee Blackburn, RMBLACK@MIT.EDU
| Jan/19 | Tue | 05:00PM-08:00PM | 66-148 |
From Amazon: Two hippie bikers set out to discover "the real America" and wind up taking the ultimate bad trip.
| Jan/20 | Wed | 05:00PM-08:00PM | 66-148 |
From IMDB: A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
| Jan/26 | Tue | 05:00PM-08:00PM | 66-148 |
From IMDB: A Brooklyn teenager feels his only chance to succeed is as the king of the disco floor. His carefree youth and weekend dancing help him to forget the reality of his bleak life.
| Jan/27 | Wed | 05:00PM-08:00PM | 66-148 |
From IMDB: Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.
Sexual Violence at MIT: How to Support a Friend
Meg Chuhran, MSW, Victim Advocate, Violence Prevention & Response
| Jan/28 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 26-168, Lunch provided |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
We all want to be a good friend, but sometimes it’s hard to know what to say to someone who’s been sexually assaulted or experienced abuse. Join VPR at this session to learn about sexual assault, what it looks like at MIT and how to be a supportive and nonjudgmental friend. There will be a Bingo game with prizes, and lunch will be provided!
Sponsor(s): Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
Contact: Meghan Kenney, 7-103, 617 253-9764, MKENNEY@MIT.EDU
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