"From Barbie to Mortal Combat" and other works
Kathleen Sullivan
Mon Jan 4, 05:30-07:30pm, Bush Room 10-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Book and poetry reading and open house. Prof Justine Cassell reads from new book she co-edited. Open mike. Event highlights pieces written from female perspective. Chance to mingle and network. Refreshments. All welcome, especially women.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/org/c/committees/womensforum/
Contact: Linda Bowman, 10-500, x3-7742, lbowman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Womens Forum
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Rape Aggression Defense Training (14 hour version)
Jay Perault & Cheryl Vossmer
Mon, Tue, Thu, Jan 4, 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 05:30-07:30pm, e-mail for locations
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 16 students.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Signup by: 04-JAN-99
Fee: 20.00 for Course Materials
This 14-hour course provides basic information on personal safety, awareness, risk reduction and avoidance. RAD teaches practical defensive techniques that require no special skills. This is employed as women learn to be more aware of their surroundings. RAD also offers the opportunity to test these learned skills on a real person during a simulated attack.
Class fee to cover materials, is $20, payable to MIT within THREE DAYS of registration. Resgistrants who cancel less than 48 business hours prior to class will not be eligible for a refund. Attendance is limited to the first 16 women with a payment. PE credits are available for students.
Contact: Cheryl deJong Vossmer, W31-215, x3-9755, crimbite@mit.edu
Sponsor: Campus Police
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Rape Agression Defense Training (12 hour course)
Paul Barrata & Mary Beth Riley
Wed, Thu, Mon, Jan 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 20, 21, 26, 12-01:30pm, W20-Mezzanine, Jan26 Class is in La Sala
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 16 students.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Signup by: 06-JAN-99
Fee: 20.00 for Course materials
This 12-hour course provides basic information on personal safety, awareness, risk reduction and avoidance. RAD teaches practical defensive techniques that require no special skills. This is employed as women learn to be more aware of their surroundings. RAD also offers the opportunity to test these learned skills on a real person during a simulated attack.
Class fee to cover materials, is $20, payable to MIT within THREE DAYS of registration. Resgistrants who cancel less than 48 business hours prior to class will not be eligible for a refund. Attendance is limited to the first 16 women with a payment. PE credits are available for students.
Contact: Sgt. Cheryl deJong Vossmer, W31-215, x3-9755, crimbite@mit.edu
Sponsor: Campus Police
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Shakti to Abla: History of Women in India
Phalgun Raju & South Asian Women's Association
Schedule: TBD
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
This course will explore why and how the conditions of Indian women have come into being and what prospects these developments indicate for future. Although they have been
subjected to many injustices and abuse, the women of India have been at the head of all movements for social change. Whether it was the Bhakti movement, Ghadar movement, independence movement or the Uttarakhand struggle, women have trail-blazed these paths.
Contact: Phalgun Raju, phalgun@mit.edu
Sponsor: Phalgun Raju, 143 ALBANY ST APT 320, 225-6283, phalgun@mit.edu
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