Join the Women's Resource Center for our $tart $mart workshop to learn how to negotiate and benchmark salaries. The workshop is on April 28th, Equal Pay Day, from 6pm-8pm in the Campus Center Conference Room on the 2nd floor. There are 20 seats available to juniors and sophmores. Register with ksylvia@umassd.edu or call the WRC at 508-910-4584.

On Thursday, 30 April 2009, the 2nd annual Women's Studies/Women's Resource Center fundraiser, Educating and Empowering through the Arts, featuring legendary poet and feminist, Adrienne Rich, author of the groundbreaking article "Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence" and the book Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution. In these publications, Rich successfully challenges the long-standing institutions of both motherhood and heterosexuality. The proceeds continue to fund the Women's Studies Endowment for scholarships and the work of the WRC.

More information can be found on the UMassD calendar.
And ticket info can be found here.

Check out the calendar of events on the right for upcoming events. Please note that the RAD date is no longer valid, and will be coming up later this month.

The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women (MCSW) is pleased to announce the appointed members of the Bristol County Commission on the Status of Women (BCCSW). Commissioners are as follows: Micaila Britto from Mansfield, Jean Cotter Fox from Assonet, Ellen Heffernan-Dugan from Norton, Denise Hoyt from Somerset, Carolann McCarron from Raynham, Gale Schultz from South Dartmouth, Gail Fortes from New Bedford, Juli Parker from Swansea and Ginny Starvish from Berkley. On Tuesday, March 31st the new Commissioners were sworn in during a ceremony at UMass-Dartmouth attended by the University's Chancellor Dr. Jean F. MacCormack, Representative Patricia Haddad, Representative Bill Bowles, several of the MCSW's Commissioners and friends, relatives and colleagues of the women appointed (see photo).

The BCCSW was established by legislation in June of 2008 and calls for the board of nine Commissioners to hear input, collect data, and propose solutions for concerns of the women in Bristol County.

The appointees were selected from a large number of highly qualified and impressive candidates representing strength and diversity in terms of geography, age, professional background and personal experiences. They share a common commitment to the improvement of the status of women in Bristol County.

"Bristol County will be greatly served by the seating of this Commission," said MCSW Executive Director Kira Dunn. "Community members will have an opportunity for true input and impact on matters of importance in the Bristol County region."

The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women (MCSW) is an independent state agency whose mission is to provide a permanent, effective voice for women across Massachusetts. The Commission stands for fundamental freedoms, basic human rights and the full enjoyment of life for all women throughout their lives.

* PHOTO CAPTION: Top L-R: MCSW Chair Greer Swiston, BCCSW Commissioner Micaila Britto, UMASS-Dartmouth Chancellor Dr. Jean F. MacCormack, BCCSW Commissioners Ellen Heffernan-Dugan, Carolann McCarron, Representative Patricia Haddad, Representative Bill Bowles, MCSW Commissioner Ruth Bramson; Bottom L-R: BCCSW Commissioners Jean Cotter Fox, Gail Fortes, Denise Hoyt, Juli Parker; Not Pictured: Gale Schultz and Ginny Starvish

For more information contact the MCSW at 617-626-6520 or visit www.mass.gov/women.

1-CLICK ACTIVISM!
What you can do to get involved!!

Go to FeministCampus.org

Read about campaigns, on campus feminist groups (we have one here! FMLA-Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance), and simple things YOU can do to make a BIG difference!

Also visit feminist.com for additional resources, news, and ways to ACT, events, & tons of information!

Get your Jessica Simpson Is Not Fat pins at the WRC
The WRC is distributing in response to US Weekly's cover story about her weight. See a summary of the article on their website here.

Join us for tea at 2pm every Tuesday. The WRC hosts an open support/discussion for anyone to join!