Happy Women's History Month!! There is a huge amount of awesome events going on in celebration of WHM, and we wanted to make sure that everyone knew about them. There are two places you can go to get the details on all of the on-campus events:
There are a couple of things on the calendar to which we would like to draw your attention in particular. First, there is going to be a self-defense class offered on March 24 at 5:30-7:30pm in Memorial Hall 126. Although this class is not being sponsored by L.I.P. Service, we would like to make this an official group event by inviting everyone to attend and take part as a group. (And if you happen to have a L.I.P. Service t-shirt, it wouldn't hurt to wear that, too!) So, if you're free and you're interested in learning some self-defense tactics, come out and show some group spirit and get our treasurer, Shireda Duncan, to mark your membership card.
Another option for L.I.P. Service events for the month of March is to attend the workshops offered related to ending violence against women. These include one on March 24 at 6-7pm in SU 316 (if you're looking for an alternative to the self-defense class...) called "She Was Asking For It: Beliefs and Myths about Sexual Assault" and one on March 31 at 6-7pm in SU 316 called "Love Shouldn't Hurt." These events are technically being sponsored by the Counseling Center, but both workshops are being hosted by your very own L.I.P. Service president, which means that you can come out to either or both of these and get your membership card marked while engaging in some discussion about sexual assault and intimate partner violence.
Just as a heads up for the rest of the semester, our next month's event is going to focus on April as Sexual Assault Awareness month. We are going to be doing a fun, interactive information table in the Student Union sometime during the lunch rush (10am-2pm) during the week of April 13-17. We are still waiting to hear back on some details before this gets finalized, but if you're available any day that week during those times (or any time within the range of 10am-2pm) and you would like to help us staff our table and share information with the campus community about preventing sexual assault, please e-mail us and we'll let you know how you can help!
And finally, please mark your calendars now for our final event of the semester: Wednesday, April 29 at 4-6pm. Most of the details are still pending on this, but we will be using this time to announce the winners of the election of new officers (more details on that will be shared in the upcoming month), discuss the year, thank everyone for their involvement, and enjoy some food together! We hope that you'll be able to make it!
Be on the lookout for more information as we wrap up this semester, and don't forget to let us know if you're interested in volunteering! And please take part in some of the fantastic Women's History Month events on campus, whether they're L.I.P. Service related or not!
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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