You are invited to a special Trinity screening & discussion of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, sponsored by The Women’s Student Action Coalition and Sigma Iota Rho National Honor Society! 

Part 1: Wednesday, March 20th at 6PM 

Part 2: Thursday, March 21st at 6PM

Where: O’Connor Auditorium

**Screening followed by discussion**

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide was filmed in 10 countries, following Nicholas Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, and celebrity activists America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union and Olivia Wilde on a journey to tell the stories of inspiring, courageous individuals. Across the globe oppression is being confronted, and real meaningful solutions are being fashioned through health care, education, and economic empowerment for women and girls. The linked problems of sex trafficking and forced prostitution, gender-based violence, and maternal mortality — which needlessly claim one woman every 90 seconds — present to us the single most vital opportunity of our time: the opportunity to make a change. All over the world women are seizing this opportunity. (Courtesy of PBS.org).

To watch the film trailer, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JbWA-6GDn4&feature=relmfu

Are you courageous enough to call yourself a

FEMINIST?

Join us for our first general meeting of the Spring 2013 semester!

**We’ll be discussing all of the exciting events we have planned for the semester, how you can get involved, and asking YOU for your ideas! We also have LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES!**

When: Monday, February 11th, @ 4:30 PM
Where: The Commuter’s Lounge (in the basement of Main)

 DONATIONS NEEDED!!

The Women’s Student Action Coalition needs t-shirts to create the Clothesline Project this year. If you have any old or used t-shirts that you don’t wear anymore, please drop them off outside Dr. Piland’s office (Main 267) by March 31st, 2012. Thank you!

 Thank you to everyone who donated this week, you helped make this jeans drive a success!

Above are the jeans that were collected. On the right are our donations with the donations Aeropostale collected.

Together the Trinity Community collected 48 pairs of jeans for homeless teenagers. That’s Awesome!!

Great Work Trinity!

The Women’s Student Action Coalition is collecting jeans for homeless teenagers and needs YOUR help. For the past three years Aeropostale has collected jeans for homeless teens in the U.S. and Canada. In these difficult times it is important to remember our homeless sisters (and brothers)! If you would like to help by donating your used or unwanted jeans please bring them to [Dean Meechie's] office by 21st of February. PLUS this year Aeropostale is also collecting jeans to send to Haiti! IF YOU CAN, PLEASE HELP! The weather last week prevented us from collecting, so we only have one week to collect as many jeans as possible.

*The only requirement for donating is that the jeans be in “wearable” condition, i.e. no ripped or torn jeans.

*Jeans can be any brand, male or female and any size.

For more info check out:

Teens For Jeans

Has everyone seen our B-E-A-UTIFUL bulletin board????? We will be updating it regularly for black history month. On the bulletin board you will find, a brief profile of an African American woman who has contributed to the feminist movement. The week it was bell hooks, the profile is brief but if you would like to know more about bell hooks and her work I encourage you to visit:

http://www.notablebiographies.com/He-Ho/Hooks-Bell.html 

http://aalbc.com/authors/bell.htm 

Or look for her books in Trinity’s library. “Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism” might be a good introduction. 

-Victoria