Women and Gender Programming
Staff at the Marshall Center frequently partner with faculty, administrative offices, and student clubs and organizations to coordinate inclusive women and gender programming initiatives grounded in a global context. Scroll down for information about women's lunches, committees, upcoming and past events, and women and leadership.
Women's Lunches
All lunches are held from 12:30-1:30pm in the Marshall Center.
Friday, September 25th, 2009
Welcome to the RED TENT!
Join us for the first women's lunch of the semester where we welcome new women into the community and start the year off embracing and discussing girlhood, womanhood, and sisterhood.
Friday, October 16th, 2009
Meeting on Facebook, Breaking up on Text: The Technology of Dating
As technology is becoming more and more part of our everyday lives, human interaction is falling away. Join us as we discuss the way technology has impacted dating and relationships.
Friday, November 6th, 2009
Hair: A Cross-Cultural Discussion
Join us for an open conversation where women who share a variety of identities come together to both celebrate and grapple with their Hair.
Committee
WWCPC-Wheaton Women for Collaborative Planning Committee
This committee will allow student groups the opportunity to collaborate, give them the shared funding to make events happen, and the chance to create a women's community that is more linked than that of previous years. The programming that will develop out of this committee allows women the ability to take the already established women's community at Wheaton to the next level.
Weiss Women's Leadership Fund
Part of Wheaton's Initiative for Leadership Learning (WILL)
Subcommittee members:
Lisa Gavigan, Senior Associate Director, Filene Center
Serene Khader, Assistant Professor of Women‚s Studies/Philosophy
Christina Lambert '10
Ebony Williams, Program Coordinator for Intercultural Learning
Robin Woods, LICSW, M.Div. Staff Counselor/Multicultural Counselor
Upcoming Events
Saturday September 26th, 2009
WILL Leadership Conference Workshop
Workshop: Women and Public Speaking: Learning to Speak OUTLOUD!
Jennifer Madden is a visiting Instructor of Theatre at Wheaton who teaches Public Speaking, a course with a waitlist a mile long. She also has a great interest in working with women and helping them learn to use their voices as a source of power.
Past Events
Pornography: The Production and Consumption of Inequality
March 26, 2009
Wheelock Professor Gail Dines and audience came together to examine the image of women in the sex industry and in pop culture.
We Are Wheaton: Products of a Gender Conscious Education
Saturday March 21, 2009 / 9am-5pm
This day-long event brought together ALUMNAE/i, students, staff, and faculty to celebrate Wheaton as a place that produces gender conscious individuals. There is value in having a Wheaton education which is evident in the everyday conversations that naturally grapple with issues of gender and acknowledges the intersectionality of identities.
Fall 2008 Lunches
Topics included an Opening Lunch about the '08-'09 theme; An Introduction to Womanism; and Hillary, Palin, the Media, and the Men: After the Vote
Native Women as Creators of Art
This event was part of Native Peoples Heritage Month 2008.
A look at everything from women in the traditional Pow Wow to paintings, photography, and documentaries done by Native Women artists. Celebrate with a cup of tea and a look into Native Women as creators of art.
Saint Joan at the Wheelock Family Theater
Sunday, November 23, 2008, Wheelock Family Theatre
Contact Ebony Williams for more information.
Journey Into the Unknown: My Coming Out Experience
This event was part of Coming Out Weeks 2008.
A look into the personal experiences of Wheaton women who deal with the complexities of identity in the coming out process.
Film: Born in Brazil
This event was part of Latino Heritage Month 2008.
Born in Brazil is a documentary that speaks to the growing rise in unwanted c-sections in Brazil and around the world as well as women's continued fight for their reproductive rights.
Women and Leadership
"Girls' Culture & Girls' Studies: Surviving, Reviving, Celebrating Girlhood"
Southern Connecticut State University Women's Studies Program 18th Annual Women's Studies Conference
by Maria M. Cabral '12
Intending to major in Women's Studies, I attended the conference in hopes of gaining knowledge about the job opportunities that a degree in Women's Studies has to offer. I left with more than just my intended facts. I was part of an inspirational movement to help build a bridge amongst female advocates. Overall, the conference was well organized and included a variety of workshops to help further discuss women's issues. It was interesting to see the number of men who attended, though not too many. Alexander Demers '10, who also attended the workshop, helped bring to light this formal issue. The study of women is the study of human development, while analyzing all aspects of society, including men. Women from all over were present, each bringing forward different issues that pertain to their own experiences. We all came in with the intentions of uniting the once dehumanized gender, with the goal of extending a helping hand to third world countries that do not have the same privileges. I hope to gain more awareness about women's issues and attend many more conferences that help join us in protecting the rights and freedoms of women as citizens of the world.
by Melanie Sosinski '10
Going the Girl's Studies Conference at the SCSU was a very rewarding experience. During the time at the Conference I was able to attend workshops and discussion panels that reflected my particular interests. It was a great opportunity to learn about new topics while simultaneously verifying my interest in others.
I met exceptional men and women from all over the country including a female sex educator. This was particularly inspirational for me because I am looking to pursue a career in sex education. I was able to network and exchange contact information with multiple accomplished individuals. Overall, I had a great experience at the Conference and I look forward to attending more.
Conference Quotes: 'The voices that we need to hear are not always the voices we want to hear."
"Do not lower the standards of competition, urge others to raise their own."
Learn more about the resources for women students.
