What? submissions for our pro-feminist zine, “Naggin’ Bitches”
When? Due Thursday, October 22nd by 12 o’clock
Where? please send all submissions to ergallag@ualberta.ca

The Women’s Centre Collective’s new pro-feminist zine “Naggin’
Bitches” is a bi-monthly publication that deals with women and
gender-related issues. We are currently looking for submissions for
our October issue: Domestic Violence Awareness. We accept artwork,
poetry, fiction, non-fiction, autobiographical, etc. work of about a
page. If you have any submissions, questions, concerns, or if you
would like to get involved in our publication, please feel free to
e-mail Erin Gallagher-Cohoon at ergallag@ualberta.ca.

For those of you who want to be involved in the production of the
zine, we will be meeting at 4 o’clock on the 22nd in the Women’s Centre.

When: 4:30-7pm
Where: U of A classroom TBA

We want to have a meeting that will go over our vision, objectives,   and goals of the
next year and beyond. We want to create clear and   concise targets to reach so that we can be efficient as well as   successful in all our campaigns and projects.

If you haven’t attended any meetings yet, this is a great place to   start as we will all
be at the same place. This is an especially   useful meeting if you are interested in
becoming an executive and want   to find out more and/or want to share your ideas and thoughts.

For those interested/able, we will be going for dinner/beer after to   celebrate
organization! (Whooo!)

For more info: voicesforchoices.uofa@gmail.com or
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=161372073622&ref=mf

Show your feelings for feminism at the debut of the mail art exhibition Love Letters to Feminism. Hosted by University of Alberta’s Women’s Studies Program, the party to celebrate the opening will be held Friday, the 15th of October from 4 pm to 6 pm. The love letter analogy is employed to encourage people to reflect on their personal relationship to feminism. As curator Carolyn Jervis explains, “the exhibit shows the really wide range of how people negotiate feminism in their lives”.

Attendees can expect to view wide variations on the theme, ranging from embroidery from Turkey to hate mail directed towards post-feminism. Embracing a collaborative approach to art, viewers will be able to respond to the artwork themselves at a station dedicated to creating more pieces for the exhibition.  Jervis proposes that “the works show that feminism isn’t an elitist thing after all. If [you can] make a letter of your own, you can make feminism your own, and make it work for you.”

Contrary to the prohibitive nature of conventional calls for submissions, the only stipulation for Love Letters to Feminism is that the piece fit neatly into a 8.5 x 11″ letter. Inspired by such notable blogs as PostSecret, samples from the exhibition are posted online. As a dynamic exhibition,  interested parties can continue to contribute to the project by mailing submissions to:

Love Letters to Feminism

c/o Women´s Studies Program, 1-17 Assiniboia Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,T6G 2H4

Opening party: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 4 pm to 6 pm, Women’s Studies Program Gallery, Assiniboia Hall, The University of Alberta

Exhibition hours and location: 4 October 2009 – December 31 2009, Monday-Friday, 7am – 7pm

To arrange an interview, contact: Carolyn Jervis, carolyn.jervis@gmail.com, (780) 884-0303

WCC Meeting – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 @ 6 pm

Hi everyone,

The Women’s Centre will be holding our next meeting on Tuesday,
October 6th, 6pm, in 4-24 SUB (take the elevator across from the
bookstore to the 4th floor). We’re going to be planning some exciting
events for the next couple of weeks! If you couldn’t make it to our
first couple of meetings, don’t worry, newcomers are always welcome!

Also, the WCC is dedicated to ensuring moms can be in on the action!
We want to provide a welcoming environment for both parents and
children, and we also offer reimbursement for parents for childcare
during WCC meetings and events! Just let us know.

Hope to see you there!

The Women’s Centre has more hours to announce! Our new schedule looks like this:

Monday: 10-12, 1-2:30
Tuesday: 12-4
Wednesday: 1-4
Thursday: 12:30-4
Friday: 11-12, 2-4

Stop by and visit us!

September 23rd Meeting Minutes

Here are our September 23rd meeting minutes for all interested!

Our Centre is now up and running. We have a mini library, magazines, zines, information on various women’s service providers, free condoms, information on menstrual options, tea for you to enjoy, and many wonderful volunteers who would love to answer your questions.  Furthermore, since we are just beginning to advocate for lactation facilities on campus, women who want to breastfeed or pump are welcom to use our office as a temporary solution! We come equipt with a fridge. The Centre is office 4-16 in SUB.

Here are our current hours of operation, but they will be expanding in the very near future!

Monday: 10-12, 1-2:30
Tuesday: 2-4
Wednesday: 1-2:30
Thursday: 12:30-4
Friday: 11-12, 2-4

If you would like to set up a time to visit the centre that is not within those hours, just give us a shout at uawcc@ualberta.ca

We had our first meeting of the year last week and it was great to see so many of you come out! If you didn’t get a chance to stop by our last meeting or you did and you’re ready for some more Women’s Centre awesomeness, our next meeting will be Wednesday, September 23rd @ 4 PM in one of the meeting rooms on the 4th floor of SUB. We’ll be talking about upcoming events, events and projects you can get involved with, and any other feminist issues that come up!

Also, if you’re interested in feminist zine making, there will be a meeting about the next issue on Monday, September 21st @ 4 PM in room 4-30 in SUB. Bring your ideas, suggestions, and possible submissions on the topic of domestic violence as this issue will be honouring October as Domestic Violence Awareness month.

We hope you had a chance to come visit us while we tabled in quad this week. Our first meeting of the year will be Thursday, September 10th, at 6.30pm in Dewey’s (on campus). Join us to find out what exciting plans we have for this year and to share your ideas!

The Women’s Centre is now closed for the summer, and will re-open in September. Thanks to all of our volunteers and friends who made this year so awesome!
Stay tuned for more information on getting involved next year…