Every year as part of our senior seminar class through the Women in Leadership and Learning Program (WILL) at The College of New Jersey, we choose an activism project. Past students have done protests to raise awareness for the issue of the sex trafficking of women. Last year, the seniors in the class organized workshops for low-income women about nutrition and domestic violence. Due to the ever increasing issue of body image that women across the country face, we have decided to launch a website that will act as a safe space for these women to post art about their feelings about their bodies. The site will be called Rebody.org. Our mission for rebody.org is simple. We seek to empower women to re-define and reclaim our body images through artistic expression. Our website, ReBody.org, will be a safe community in which women can explore feelings about and deepen understandings of our bodies. We want to encourage women to create art to share truth, originality, and beauty in a broad and redefined sense. As feminist activists we understand that the definition of "woman" can be rigid. Because of this, we want to expand the definitions of beauty to include bodies which are not easily classified as male or female, including the bodies of people who identify as transgender, transsexual, intersex, bi-gendered, or androgynous. Most importantly, we want to replace unrealistic replace media images with our own renderings of our bodies. Since this project depends on submissions from others in order to launch the site, we need your help. We are calling for submissions of digital media that deals with body image. Along with these pieces, we are asking for a brief description of the context of the art so that we may properly categorize it on the site. In addition to the digital media, we are also accepting original poetry, prose and essays surrounding the theme of body image.
We ask that all pieces be submitted via e mail to rebody.org@gmail.com.
With your help, we can make rebody.org a success. This safe space to counteract the unrealistic portrayal of women's bodies in the media can not exist without your help. We appreciate your time and your help. Yours in Feminism, The Women of WILL.
Would you be interested in participating in a research project looking at day care options, availability, and affordability for MSU students? Speak out about how you manage roles as both scholar and parent. How does MSU support you? What could be improved? The research method used for this project will be a one-time interview or survey (your choice!) that should take only 5 to 15 minutes to complete. If interested, please contact Shayna at 507-389-2756 or shayna.collins@mnsu.edu.
When: April 11 2006 from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m.
Where: CSU Ballroom
Co-sponsored by the Student Affairs Employee Diversity Committee, Institutional Diversity, and the Student Affairs Professional Development Committee.
Come learn how your identity influences all you do and how you can use this knowledge to become an agent of change on campus and in the world. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Presented by Vernon Wall. For more information please visit Vernon Wall's website.
For more information about this event contact Jennifer Guyer-Wood, jennifer.guyer-wood@mnsu.edu, 507-389-6061
The IMPACT Team and the Office of Institutional Diversity are pleased to welcome Yolanda King.
Where: Centennial Student Union Ballroom
When: Tuesday, March 28 at 8:00 p.m.
MSU Students, Faculty, and Staff tickets are free (one per valid MavCard) and must be picked up in advance in CSU 173. Non-MSU student tickets are $5.
Tickets are available at the Student Leadership Development & Service Learning office (CSU 173) from 8a.m. – 4p.m., weekdays. Non-student tickets may also be ordered by telephone at 507-389-6076.
Tickets must be picked up in advance of the event! Seating is limited and only those with tickets will be admitted.
Yolanda King is the first-born daughter of Coretta Scott and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Yolanda's mission is to encourage personal growth and positive social change through her artistic endeavors, including acting, producing, speaking and teaching.
For additional information or to request an accommodation, please contact Fred Snyder, 507-389-6076 or visit the IMPACT website.
When: Tuesday, April 4th at 5:00 -7:00p.m.
Where: Heritage Room, 1st floor of the Centennial Student Union
Feinberg is a renowned political organizer, grassroots historian, novelist and activist and is a pioneer of transgender activism and culture.
All members of the MSU community are invited to participate in this student-focused discussion, led by Jen Macken, a graduate student from Women's Studies. Registration will be limited to the first 40 people to sign up. To register, send an email to jennifer.macken@mnsu.edu. To learn more about Leslie Feinberg, please visit the Transgender Warrior website.
When: Thursday, April 6th at 7:00p.m.
Where: CSU Ballroom.
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