Please join the Girls The Girls and their Allies Caucus is for girls in
pre-kindergarten through high school; the educators, activists,
and community members who work with them; and the scholars who study
them and issues relevant to their lives. Membership is open to all NWSA members. Membership is $5 per year, with dues supporting girls' activities at the annual conference. Donations are welcome at any time. Checks should indicate "Girls and their Allies" in the subject line and can be mailed to NWSA, 7100 Baltimore Ave. STE 500, College Park, MD 20740. NWSA Girls and Their Allies Caucus Activity Report 1. GATA is pleased to report the acceptance of ALL caucus-sponsored sessions and panels submitted for the 2007 Annual Conference. In addition to these sponsored sessions, caucus member Kesa Kivel’s Girl House Art Project film was selected for inclusion in the film/video series. Caucus member Meela Chen will be presenting a paper on the gender role development of girls in response to media as a social learning context. Member Dana Edell is giving the workshop “Turn Up the Volume! Empowering Girls Through the Performing Arts” as well as presenting the paper “Ego Trippin: Addressing Self Esteem and Providing Tools for Resistance for Girls of Color.” 2. Our co-chair Leisha Jones is serving on the planning committee for 2007 Girls Studies Institute. 3. GATA has completed a draft of its operating document. 4. GATA co-chair Leisha Jones published “Tear off your own head: Girl-centered artworks inaugurate the Doll Revolt Virtual Gallery” in NWSAction, Fall 2006. The NWSA GATA-sponsored gallery was also featured on the cover. 5. Our caucus plans to help raise funds to bring GirlSpeak to the 2007 Conference. GirlSpeak will be a featured session at the Institute, and will include a reading by the Chicago Young Authors Project girls from the inner city. 6. The caucus is in the process of developing a membership database. We are collecting information and resources from members to share with each other on-line. 7. We are planning our agenda for our annual conference meeting that includes the ratification of our operating document, the holding of elections, and caucus plans for the future. We also hope to foster a close relationship with the Girls Studies Special Interest Group.
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Girls & Their Allies Ola Weinbaum, Rebecca Hains, Temple University Leisha Jones,
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CAUCUSES TASK FORCES INTEREST GROUPS Directory Includes: Click here to visit the PA&D webpages and resources The Program Administration and Development Committee (PA&D) is a standing committee in NWSA specifically designed to represent the interests and needs of administrators of women's studies programs and departments to the Governing Council of NWSA and to assist NWSA in meeting the needs of women's administrators and their departments and programs. The PA&D webpages offer a wealth of free downloadable resources for NWSA members. These include: Defining Women's Scholarship What Programs Need Shared Development Documents including course development, climate issues and surveys, service learning guides and evaluations and much more. Click here to visit the PA&D webpages and resources. Click here to visit the Women's Center pages and resources. Women's Centers have representation on the NWSA Governing Council as a standing committee. This is more than a symbolic recognition of the important role that women's centers play in feminist education. The Center webpages offer a wealth of free downloadable resources for NWSA members. Administration Resources And More... Click here to visit the Women's Center pages and resources. NWSA has many initiatives in development and ongoing. Current initiatives include: NWSA is partnering with the National Organization for Research (NORC) at the University of Chicago to collect data on the field of women’s studies nationally. The WoCLP is designed to increase the number of women of color students and faculty within the field of women’s studies and, consequently, to have an impact on the levels of participation and power by women of color in the PA&D, NWSA, and in the field of women’s studies as a whole. About the Field Professional Development Calls for Papers for Publications Program Administration & Development Pedagogical Resources The site contains several interactive areas for NWSA members. General Areas >>Update your contact information<< Add a Student to your Institutional Membership Submit your book to the database Submit your video to the database Sent tenure, promotion, awards, and retirement news Governance This section includes
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