Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 09:10:49 -1000 From: Mia H H Lam Subject: Various Announcements (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 11:05:58 -1000 From: Office for Women's Research To: owr-l@hawaii.edu Subject: Various Announcements Please note the following announcements: ************************************************************************ (1) Hawaii Calendar: 4/24 HONOR THY CHILDREN WITH THE NAKATANIS (2) Position Openings: CHICAGO DO SOMETHING (various) (3) Position Openings: PROJECT PULL SUMMER JOBS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO WITH PILIPINO YOUTH (4) Fellowship Announcement: NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH ON JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT (5) Position Opening: GRADUATE SOCIAL SCIENTIST/PHILOSOPHER AT NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY (6) Call for Papers: SCI-FI/FANTASY FEMINIST JOURNAL FEMSPEC (7) Award Announcement: FEMINIST STUDIES AWARD FOR BEST GRADUATE STUDENT ESSAY SUBMITTED TO JOURNAL (8) Conference Announcement: QUEER GLOBALIZATION, LOCAL HOMOSEXUALITIES (9) Announcement: CALL FOR WEB REVIEWERS ************************************************************************ (1) Hawaii Calendar: 4/24 HONOR THY CHILDREN WITH THE NAKATANIS "Honor Thy Children: A Talk with Al and Jane Nakatani" Friday, April 24, 1998 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Architecture Building Auditorium, Room 205 Al and Jane Nakatani, born and raised in Hawai'i, survived the loss of all three of their sons. Not knowing he was gay, they had disowned their eldest son, Glen, after an argument; Glen later died of AIDS. Greg, the second son, was killed in an argument over a car. When the Naktanis learned that their youngest son, Guy, was also gay and had acquired the HIV virus, Al and Jane came to a life-changing realization: they had to overcome their prejudice, fear, and shame in order to heal and restore dignity to their family. With the encouragement of Guy, the Nakatanis became passionate advocates for justice and equality for lesbian and gay persons. The Nakatanis' story is the subjec tof a recent Hawai'i best-selling book by Molly Fumia entitled _Honor Thy Children_. The Nakatanis will share their personal journey and discuss their thoughts on the meaning of the upcoming referendum to change the constitution. Co-sponsors as of 4/6/98: American Friends Service Committee Kua'ana Student Services Na Mamo O Hawai'i Office of the Sex Equity Specialist Office of Student, Equity, Excellence, and Diversity Office for Women's Research The Task Force on Sexual Orientation ************************************************************************ (2) Position Openings: CHICAGO DO SOMETHING (various) Available Positions Executive Director 1. As the Chief Executive of the local effort ultimately responsible for the success of the effort, the Executive Director will: . work closely with CPS to support its service learning program . lead fundraising efforts with local and national corporations, foundations, and government . hire and manage a 5-6 person staff and oversee the operations and finances of the organization . select, train, and provide curriculum and ongoing support to Community Coaches in schools and community organizations .work with national and local partners and collaborators like Dominick's Finer Foods, Fox Television, the Corporation for National Service, and several Chicago universities .partner with dozens of local organizations committed to Chicago .be part of a national network of community leaders working to strengthen their communities The Executive Director will lead training efforts for schools and community organizations this summer before the official launch in September. Salary: $50,000 - $75,000 per annum based on experience; please submit cover letter and resume by fax to Do Something National at 212-582-1307; attn: Chicago ED Search. Applications will be accepted immediately and first-round interviews will be held throughout February and March in Chicago. Questions, nominations, or expressions of interest should be directed to Matt Heyd, (212) 523-1175 or at Mheyd@dosomething.org. About Chicago Do Something Chicago Do Something will be launched in September, 1998 in support of Chicago Public Schools' (CPS) service learning program and to transform schools and neighborhoods across Chicago. Chicago Do Something will train and support Community Coaches, within schools and community organizations, who work to develop young community leaders and serves to connect to other institutions in the community. Community Coaches will conduct leadership classes for young people, connect them to service opportunities with community organizations, facilitate business / school partnerships, and help make the school the center of the neighborhood. In addition, Chicago Do Something will conduct a city-wide media campaign, award grants to young people with ideas to improve their schools and neighborhoods, and organize a series of projects designed to bring together community residents and different institutions to improve Chicago. Communications Director 2. Communications Director needed to design and execute a long-term media campaign to positively impact culture, inspire young people to get involved in their communities, and to build the Do Something brand. In partnership with Fox Television, MTV, Channel One, America Online, and through a variety of print outlets, Do Something will launch a major campaign in September, 1998. The Communications Director will oversee all of Do Something's communications efforts including BUILD, a national magazine, a variety of online and web efforts, and a foundation funded media campaign designed to connect young people and community organizations more effectively. The Communications Director will also manage ongoing relationships with an advertising agency, public relations firm, and book publishers. The Communications Director serves on the Strategic Management Group. Salary: $55,000 - $75,000 plus benefits and annual bonus. Curriculum Director 3. Curriculum Director will oversee all the design, development, and delivery of all Do Something curriculum efforts. Through one of its programs, Do Something curriculum already reaches 13,000 schools and is expected to grow rapidly with greater age appropriate, experiential curriculum (K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12, 18+) needs for events and activities throughout the year and a series of Leadership Classes for young people. Curriculum is also being developed for the Community Coaches program which is expected to reach millions of young people over the next several years. Salary: $45,000 - $75,000 plus benefits and annual bonus. Training Director 4. Training Director will oversee the design, development, and delivery of numerous training efforts across the country, including a Train the Trainer program, a 40-Hour Community Coach Training, and multiple leadership training programs in schools and community organizations. The Director will serve as the Project Director for a multi-year program grant from a major national foundation. Applicants should have extensive training experience. Salary: $45,000 - $75,000 plus benefits and an annual bonus. Do Something National League Commissioner 5. Do Something National League Commissioner needed to coordinate and oversee the launch of the Do Something National League. Through the creation of a year-long calendar of community-building events, a unifying point system utilizing the internet as well as awards and prizes for activities by young people, an ongoing media campaign, and extensive corporate involvement, the goal of the League is to create a national infrastructure for young people's community building activities. The Commissioner will form partnerships with other national non-profit organizations, oversee all of the League's Divisions (K-6; 7-12; Campus and twenty-something), and serve as the primary organizer for the League. Salary: $45,000 - $75,000 plus benefits and annual bonus. National Membership Manager 6. National Membership Manager needed to oversee the launch and execution of a national membership for young people designed to mobilize young leaders across the country. Members of Do Something will pay a membership fee and in exchange receive BUILD magazine, a variety of community-building information, and a series of corporate benefits. Membership manager will oversee a college tour, marketing campaign with corporate partners, and fulfillment plan for the membership. It is expected that hundreds of thousands of young people will join the Do Something Membership within two years. Salary: $45,000 - $75,000 plus benefits and annual bonus. All candidates should have 5-10 years of relevant experience and a demonstrated belief that communities can be better places to live. Please submit cover letter and resume indicating position(s) of interest by fax to Do Something, Personnel Search, 212-582-1307. Applications accepted immediately. (if Chicago Executive Director please read above for specific submission guidelines) ************************************************************************ (3) Position Openings: PROJECT PULL SUMMER JOBS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO WITH PILIPINO YOUTH FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Julius Paras MARCH 16, 1998 (650) 962-8775 PROJECT PULL ACADEMY SEEKS MOTIVATED COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR INNOVATIVE SUMMER INTERNSHIP WITH PILIPINO AMERICAN YOUTH ACADEMY 98 OVERVIEW > >The Project PULL Academy is a challenging, residential >one-week leadership and college preview experience for >motivated high school students interested in Pilipino >American community issues and organizing. The goal is to >engage highly-motivated freshmen, sophomores, and juniors >in the critical analysis of academic and social issues >while allowing them to experience campus life first-hand. > >Planned program activities include seminars on college >planning, a tour of a Silicon Valley company, team building >exercises, leadership skills training, and panel discussions >with community leaders and young professionals. Although the >program is intense, participants will also enjoy a variety of >recreational activities on campus. > >Academy 98 will be held this summer on the Stanford >University campus. The session will be from Sunday, June 21, >through Friday, June 26, 1998. The program can accommodate >approximately 25-30 students. The program fee is $350 >(including room and board). Scholarships are available. > >Project PULL will be recruiting high school students for the >program beginning in mid-February. Direct outreach for the >program will focus on youth in Northern and Southern >California. However, students from high schools throughout >United States may also apply. We are especially interested >in reaching students who are from lower- or middle-income >families, single-parent families, high schools with limited >college advising programs, or families from which they will >be the first to attend college in the United States. > >This program is organized by Project PULL in partnership >with Stanford University's Asian American Activities >Center (A3C) and Filipinos for Affirmative Action (FAA) >of Oakland, California. > >ACADEMY LEADERSHIP COACH INTERNSHIPS > >For the Academy, Project PULL is seeking four (4) >highly-motivated, team-oriented, and experienced student >leaders for the position of "Leadership Coach." > >The role of the Leadership Coach is two-fold: >1) Leadership Coaches serve as TEAM LEADERS. In this role, >they will coach teams of students in basic leadership skills >(meeting facilitation, public speaking, etc.), facilitate >panel discussions with community leaders, and act as >Resident Advisors in the dorms. > >2) Leadership Coaches also serve as PROGRAM ASSOCIATES. >In this role, they will conduct program evaluations and >publish leadership resources on The BARANGAY, an online >sourcebook for Pilipino American students, youth service >providers, and community leaders. >< Please refer to http://www.projectpull.org/barangay > > >ELIGIBIITY AND QUALIFICATIONS > >College undergraduates who have completed their freshman >year in good academic standing through recent college >graduates (i.e. Class of 1998) are eligible for the >Project PULL Leadership Coach Internships. Students who >have organized college admissions/high school outreach >programs or served in leadership positions at work or >in student organizations are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. >We are seeking people with the following qualifications: > >* Highly-motivated, flexible, and resourceful team players. > >* Experience working with and motivating high school students > and/or mobilizing outreach efforts to high school students. > >* Experience organizing with Pilipino American students > and/or communities. > >* Well-developed facilitation skills. > >* Ability to meet deadlines on an individual basis and in > a team environment. Ability to work well under pressure. > >* Computer proficiency (desktop publishing, WWW). > >* Prior experience as a camp counselor is desirable. >Although strong candidates will have demonstrated leadership >and a high level of excellence in a variety of areas, >there is no ideal candidate. We are looking to build a >strong team in which each member can both contribute and >learn from their teammates. > >Complete applications will include the following: >1. Applicant data form >2. Written responses to two short-essay questions >3. One-page resume >4. Recommendation form. > >The selection process is highly competitive. Finalists will >be interviewed via telephone or in person. > >ROOM & BOARD, STIPEND > >Each leadership coach will receive a stipend of $1000 for >six weeks of full-time work. During the Academy session, >room and board are provided. In addition, leadership coaches >are REQUIRED to attend a training program immediately prior >to the session. The pre-Academy training will be conducted >from June 15-19, 1998 at the Stanford University campus. > >APPLICATON AND INTERVIEW SCHEDULE > >Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis via email, >fax, or post office mail through WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1998. >Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply as early as >possible, although selected finalist interviews will be >scheduled soon after the application deadline. Interviews >are tentatively scheduled from Wednesday, April 29th, >through Wednesday, May 6th, 1998. > >FOR MORE INFORMATION > >For more information, please contact Chris Ross, Academy 98 >Recruitment & Registration Coordinator, at (510) 465-3788, >or contact the Project PULL office at (650) 962-8775. > >Applications are available online at >< http://www.projectpull.org/academy98 >. >................................................................... > > The Academy is a challenging, one-week summer leadership > and college preview experience for motivated high school > students interested in Pilipino American community issues. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > t h e a c a d e m y )( )( )( )( p r o j e c t p u l l > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > >project pull >500 w middlefield rd, suite 26 >mountain view, ca 94043-3408 >phone/fax 650.962.8775 >http://www.projectpull.org ************************************************************************ (4) Fellowship Announcement: NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH ON JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT Applications Available for National Fellowships II of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund of the 1988 Civil Liberties Act The Civil Liberties Public Education (CLPEF) Board of Directors announced that applications for its second group of National Fellows are now available at its East Coast Office. The National Fellowships, which will be awarded on a competitive basis, will be for $10,000. To be eligible, applicants must be enrolled in a graduate or professional school program. The fellowships are intended to support and encourage the development of a new generation of scholars, who are undertaking research on the variety of experiences and impact of the exclusion and detention of persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II, as well as its relationship to the experiences of other populations, so that the causes, circumstances, lessons and contemporary applications of this and similar events will be illuminated and understood. Applications must be postmarked by May 1, 1998. They can be obtained from the CLPEF East Coast Office at 1730 K Street, N.W., Suite 410, Washington, D.C. 20006. The phone number is (202) 653-2812 and e-mail address is clpef@worldnet.att.net. Don Nakanishi Director and Professor UCLA Asian American Studies Center 3230 Campbell Hall Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546 phone: 310.825.2974 fax: 310.206.9844 e-mail: dtn@ucla.edu web site for Center: www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc ************************************************************************ (5) Position Opening: GRADUATE SOCIAL SCIENTIST/PHILOSOPHER AT NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY SOCIAL SCIENTIST/PHILOSOPHER The Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, a division of the New School University, seeks to appoint a faculty member at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor, tenure-track or tenured, whose research focuses on gender and feminist theory. The appointment is open to applicants who would qualify for tenure or tenure-track in Anthropology, Economics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology. We seek candidates whose work explores the implications of gender for broad social and cultural process, e.g., democracy and modernity, in the U.S. and/or comparative perspective. Special consideration will be given to those who analyze the intersection of gender with race, class, ethnicity and/or sexuality. Send cover letter, C.V. and writing sample to Gender Search Committee. Office of the Dean, Graduate Faculty, New York, NY 10003. Deadline is September 30, but applications will be accepted and reviewed until position is filled. ************************************************************************ (6) Call for Papers: SCI-FI/FANTASY FEMINIST JOURNAL FEMSPEC Announcing FEMSPEC an interdisciplinary feminist journal dedicated to critical and creative works in the realms of SF, fantasy, magical realism, and other super-natural genres! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you are interested in speculating, theorizing, creating and questioning gender across the boundaries, including issues of sexual orientation, we are recruiting editors, readers and manuscripts. We are emphasizing interdisiciplinary approaches, and encourage work on teaching as well as literary and cultural criticism and creative material. We hope an approach to pedagogy will bring in work from a wider area of disciplines. We are interested in a variety of feminist approaches, and aim to be inclusive of ethnic and cultural diversity in an internationalist perspective. Our impetus came from the collective perceived lack of attention to these works in feminist journals and audiences, the lack of consistently evolving developed levels of feminism in sf criticism, and the inadequacy of magical realism publishing outlets in the US. The response from initial postings has been larger, international, appreciative, and indicative of a sustainable community of readers and contributors. ARTICLES: Please submit articles (15 pages, MLA style) and abstracts (250-350) in triplicate. CREATIVE WRITING: Short fiction or plays (15 pages or less) & Poetry (3 poems per submission) in triplicate. REVIEWS: Art and book reviews of 1000 words or less also welcome. PARTICIPATION: For those interested in reviewing or being on the editorial or advisory boards, please also send vitas and areas of interest. Possible upcoming articles and stories include: gender in Star Trek; Brazilian sf; women's ghost stories of the nineteenth century; constructing feminism through folklore; contemporary women's rewriting of folk and fairy tales generally classified as fantasy; Marion Zimmer Bradley's Lady of Avalon; Octavia Butler; Marge Piercy's Body of Glass; ecofeminism and menstrual reclamation; afrocentric womanist sf; facing nightmares of previous victimization; paranormal possibilities in women's sf; trickster aesthetic in women's ethnic and world literature; fiction by Marleen Barr. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Contact: Batya Weinbaum, POB 146, E. Hardwick VT 05836-0146; 802-472-8527. Email: Batyawein@aol.com Robin Anne Reid, Department of Literature and Languages, Texas A&M-Commerce, POB 3011, Commerce, TX, 75429-3011. Work: 903-886-5268; home: 903-454-8201. Email: Robin_Reid@tamu-commerce.edu Please subscribe: $25 first two issues; $50 charter subscription to Dr. Janice M. Bogstad, Library and Information Services, McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54702-5010. ************************************************************************ (7) Award Announcement: FEMINIST STUDIES AWARD FOR BEST GRADUATE STUDENT ESSAY SUBMITTED TO JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT Feminist Studies invites submissions for its Feminist Studies Award which will honor the best essay submitted to the journal by a graduate student. Graduate students researching any aspect of feminist scholarship are encouraged to submit a paper. For twenty-five years, Feminist Studies has embraced the variety and richness of women's studies,and the significance of interdisciplinary scholarship in uncovering the issues that affect women's lives. With this prize, we aim both to encourage and learn from a new generation of feminist scholars. The papers will be judged by our editorial board who will make their announcement in January 1999. The winner will have her essay published in Feminist Studies and will be awarded a prize of $500.00. The submission guidlines are the following: the paper should be a maximum of 10,000 words (including footnotes), that is, a total of 40 double-spaced pages; please send three copies and an abstract. The applicant must identify her or his affiliation by department, school and status and cannot have received her or his terminal degree before May 1998. Please send all materials to FSA, Feminist Studies, c/o the Department of Women's Studies, Woods Hall 2101, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742. The deadline is August 15, 1998. ************************************************************************ (8) Conference Announcement: QUEER GLOBALIZATION, LOCAL HOMOSEXUALITIES The Graduate School and University Center The City University of New York The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies presents...a conference: Queer Globalization Local Homosexualities Citizenship, Sexuality, and the Afterlife of Colonialism April 23-25, 1998 Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY Grad Center 33 West 42nd Street, NYC Thursday April 23 6pm: Plenary: Globalization and Dissident Sexualities Cindy Patton Chela Sandoval Silviano Santiago Wesley Thomas Jacqui Alexander, Discussant Ella Shohat, Moderator Saturday, April 25 3:30pm Plenary: Intersections of Poscolonial and Queer Theories Norma Alarcon K. Anthony Appiah Kobena Mercer Michael Moon Gayatri Spivak Geeta Patel, Moderator With panels on Friday and Saturday including: 1898: US Imperialism and the Formation of "Other" Sexualities _____ _____ Aboard the "Orient" Express: Alternative Images and Interventions _______ Can the Queer Speak? ________ Feminist Travels ______ Flaunting: Performance in the Americas ________ Global Dimensions of Law and Sexualities _________ Heat and Dust: Postcolonial Indian Cultures ________ Modernities: Queer Citizens of the World-Unite? ________ Modernities: Translocalities ________ Postcolonial Stage, Queer Body ________ Queer Activism/(Post)Colonial Legacies __________ Queer Lens: Postcolonial Screen ________ Queer Routes: Tourists, Natives, and Other Travelers _________ Sexual/National Citizenship in a Postcolonial World ___________ Syncretic Lives: The Making of Queer Cultures _____________ Transformations of Global Capital: Nation and Negation _________ Transformations of Global Capital: Circuits of Capital: Sexual Identities and Family Values Conference Registration- $35 For more information, Please contact CLAGS at 212 642-2924 or clags@broadway.gc.cuny.edu. ************************************************************************ (9) Announcement: CALL FOR WEB REVIEWERS * * * CALL FOR WEB REVIEWERS * * * Each issue of FEMINIST COLLECTIONS: A QUARTERLY OF WOMEN'S STUDIES RESOURCES includes not only news of new email lists, websites, and electronic journals/magazines, but a regular column that examines and evaluates websites on a variety of topics. You can find these reviews at http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/fcmain.htm . We've already covered such areas as funding sources, breast cancer, eating disorders, lesbians, and more, but are looking for other contributions from people well-versed in particular topics and their Web presences. Those interested in writing such a Web review should consider the following: Content of the site, authority/validity, by far the most important part of the review. Does the site have useful information? Does it include journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, news features, reproductions of artists' work, etc.? Who (organization or individual) developed and who maintains the site? Currency of information. Is the site regularly updated? Uses and/or usefulness for research, class projects, feminist activism. Links to other sites. How useful are they? Are they properly attributed? Comparison of site to resources in other media, particularly print. Organization and workability of site. Presentation: time loading, readability, usefulness of graphics, special viewers necessary? Maybe your women's studies class is researching websites on the course topic, or you're a librarian who's just completed a bibliographic instruction session on a women-related subject. Write up your experience for us to share with our readers! If you have a topic in mind in which you have some expertise in web-searching, send us an email, write a note, or give us a call. Among such topics might be grassroots activism, biographical resources, witchcraft in history or the practice of wicca, disabilities, women in countries outside the U.S., women in unusual occupations, women in conservative/fundamentalist movements, women writers, and many more. Send suggestions/proposals of 50-150 words indicating your background and expertise, plus a few of the websites you might discuss. We'll evaluate the responses and plan to get back to you by May 1. 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