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student activities & achievements
By Christi Navarro, WSGSA President
The 2009‐2010 academic year was another busy year
for WSGSA members!
In the Fall, we hosted a Faculty & Student mixer. It
was a great opportunity for new and current Women’s
Studies students to meet the faculty and staff of the
Women’s Studies Center.
We co‐sponsored an international dance show,
Gems: Empowering Women through Dance, and were
one of the co‐sponsors for the Eric Williams Memorial
Lecture with Portia Simpson Miller, leader of the
Opposition and former Prime Minister of Jamaica.
We continued our community service efforts with
the Lotus House Women’s Shelter and were honored to
volunteer at their 5th Annual Fundraiser, “Hope
Blossoms: An Art Happening,” at the Margulies Art
Warehouse.
In the Spring, the fabulous E‐board members of
WSGSA organized the 9th Annual Women’s Studies
Student Conference with a guest lecture by Dr. Marie
Francois from CSU‐Channel Islands.
FALL 2009 EVENTS SPRING 2010 EVENTS
In April, WSGSA was also proud to co‐sponsor the
first joint annual Queer & Transgender Studies
Symposium with the University of Miami.
As a result of our amazing achievements, we were
able to use our earned special allocations money from
CSO to fund the student conference, printing of the
Making Waves, Vol. 8 journal, and travel expenditures
for two WSGSA members presenting at conferences.
A special thank you to the 2009‐2010 WSGSA
Executive Board for their hard work and dedication to
the organization and the Women’s Studies Center:
♦ President: Christi M. Navarro
♦ Vice‐President: Ashley Mateiro
♦ Treasurer: Paula de la Cruz Fernández
♦ Secretary: Jennifer Sheran
♦ CSO Representative: Julio Capó, Jr.
In order to encompass more of our students’
research areas, the WSGSA 2010‐2011 E‐board will be
changing the name of the organization to Women,
Sexuality, and Gender Studies Association. For more
information, please email wsgsa@fiu.edu.
9/10 Faculty Student & Student Mixer 1/11 Trafficking as a Social Pandemic in Florida
9/26 Lotus House Thrift Grand Opening 1/20 “Women’s Work/Men’s Work” exhibit opening
10/2 Hijabi Monologues Performance 2/19 “Fin a la persecucion de homosexuals cubanos” ‐Julio Capó
10/15 Dance, Gender & Culture Panel Discussion 2/28 Vagina Monologues Performance
10/16 Hope Blossoms: An Art Happening 3/8 “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” Film Screening & Discussion
10/17 Gems Performance 3/12 Women Healing Women and the World
11/6 Eric Williams Memorial Lecture 3/23 Women’s Studies Student Conference
11/9 “Emergence of Transnational Subjects”‐Joanna Regulska 4/9 Queer & Transgender Studies Symposium
12/3 WSGSA/WSSA End of the Year Celebration 4/10 Women’s Studies Annual Spring Gala
36 Women’s Studies Center Annual Report, 2009-2010