Mark Your Calendar!

April 17th the Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking will be coming to our class to speak. They also wanted me to let you know that the author of our course text, Girls Like Us, will be here in late March to speak. The event is in Tampa but maybe some of you are interested in going to see her anyway. The event will count as a campus engagement event.

Campus Engagement Event Assignment Details

UCF Campus Engagement Requirement

As part of your engagement breakdown in a Women’s Studies course, you are going to participate in the intellectual and cultural community here at UCF. To that end, twice during the semester you will attend Women’s Studies approved events on campus (guest speakers, discussions, panels, art shows, film screenings) and the first class session after the event you will turn in your “WST Event Verification Form.” Then, within a week of attending the event you will turn in a 400-500 word reflection paper via your blog on the event. 

The 400-500 word reflection paper should be submitted in MLA format. This paper is a reflection of your thoughts about the event you attended. Your paper may include questions about the event, arguments on the issue raised by the speaker or film, or some relevant points not covered. You may disagree with the topic or speaker and criticize a point of view—just stick to specifics. Remember to write about what was said, not just how you feel about having to attend the event.

*This list may be updated throughout the semester as new events become scheduled. However, there is no guarantee that new events will be added. Therefore, plan in advance!

Campus Engagement List

Civic Engagement/ Spring 2012

Women’s Studies program

(Some dates might change, please send me an email if you want an event added)

January

·      Date Jan. 18 (5:00- 7:30 PM)

Event 39th Roe v Wade Anniversary Celebration,

Partner Planned Parenthood of Orlando

Location The First Unitarian Church of Orlando.

Topic The theme this year is "The Importance of Choice."

·      Date Jan 17 and 19 (6:00 PM)

Event Celebration Movie nights and dialogue “The Help”

Access Open Forum

Partner Rollins College, Lucy Cross Center for Women

Topic Civil Rights

·      Date January 19, 2012, (3:00 p.m. to 4:30 PM)

Event Rachel Louise Snyder

Partner Global Perspective
Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic Globalization: Manufacturing, Sweatshops, Development/aid Work, & Ethical Consumerism

February

·      Date February 2, 2012, (10:00 a.m. to 11:00 AM)

Event Farah Pandith

Partner Global Perspective
Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic U.S. Engagement with Muslims Around the World

·      Date February 2, 2012, (3:00 p.m. to 4:30 PM)

Event Tina Rosenberg

Partner Global Perspective
Location UCF Student Union, Garden Key Room
Access Open Forum
Topic How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World

·      Date February 6, 2012 (10:30-11:20)

Event Panel “From bell hooks to the present: Black Women in Feminism”

Partner Black History Month and Women’s Studies

Location BHC 131

Access Open Forum

Topic Black Women in American Feminism

·      Date February 24, 2012 (10:30-11:20)

Event Panel “Why Can’t a Women Earn as much as a man?”

Partner Black History Month and Women’s Studies

Location BHC 131

Access Open Forum

Topic Equal Pay for Black Women

March

·      Date March 27, 2012

Event UCF Community Summit on Environment and Global Climate Change  2012.

Partner Global Perspective
Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic UCF Community Summit on Environment and Global Climate Change 2012

·      Date March 27, 2012, (3:00 p.m. to 4:30 PM)

Event Alexandra Cousteau

Partner Global Perspective
Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic Saving the Planet

·      Date March 31, 2012 (8:00-4:00 PM)

Event Women to Women III Conference,

Partner Farmworker Association of Florida,

Location St. Francis of Assisi Church, Apopka, FL.

Topic Education, violence against women, financial freedom and general wellness

Access Free, pre-registration as volunteer (See Dr. Santana for more information)

April

·      Date April 12, 2012

Event Sarah Lacy
Topic Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos

Location TBA

Partner Global Perspective

·      Date April 12, 2012

Event Ayesha Khanna

Partner Global Perspective

Location TBA
Topic The Hybrid Age: Our Transition to the Post-Information Era