OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT
Due no later than March 29, 2005
I have decided to give you an opportunity to do some extra credit. If you’ve had some absences, or if you’re missing some minor assignments or activities toward your participation grade, etc., you may want to do this.
As you may or may not know, March is Women’s History month. The Women’s Resource Center is putting on some really great events on campus that have to do with some of the issues we’ve been talking about in class. Please attend one of these events and take good notes while you are there. Then, do a 2-3 page write-up of what happened, what was discussed, what you saw, how many and what sorts of people were there, etc. But, beyond the play-by-play, I would also like you respond to the event, particularly as it relates to issues of gender, identity, American culture, the media, etc. The response can be informal in tone, but I do expect you to type it, and to do your best to create clear, meaningful writing.
Although you may certainly go to as many of these events as you want, I will only give you extra credit for one write-up. This extra credit assignment can receive a maximum of 5 points (this could bring you from a 75 to an 80, for example, when it comes time to do grades – not a bad jump). This extra credit assignment can be turned in no later than Tuesday, March 29, although you may turn it in sooner if you wish.
Thursday, March 3. 1200-130pm. Center for Teaching and Learning in Library 4026. Scholarly Research on Women and Gender. Presentations by five CSUS faculty members of their current research on women’s issues. Co-Sponsored by the CTL.
Tuesday, March 8. 400-600pm. Redwood Room (Union). Muslim Women Activists from Past to Present. A lecture by Ameena Jandali highlighting women who have shaped Muslim society. Co-Sponsored by the Muslim Student Association.
Thursday, March 10. Noon. Hinde Auditorium (Union). V-Day: Until the Violence Stops (Film). Follows the grassroots impact of V-Day in five international communities while exposing the pervasive and cultural forms of violence that women experience all over the world. Featuring appearances by Tantoo Cardinal, Rosario Dawson, Eve Ensler, Jane Fonda, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Salma Hayek, Rosie Perez, and Isabella Rossellini, among others. Co-Sponsored by NOW of CSUS.
Tuesday, March 15. Noon. Women’s Resource Center in Library 1010. Madam President (Film). Depicting perhaps the greatest cover-up in our nation’s history. President Woodrow Wilson’s second wife, Edith, assumed his duties for over a year during his illness in 1919.
Wednesday, March 16. Noon. Redwood Room (Union). Desperate Housewives: Stripping Away and (M)otherhood. A panel discussion of the TV Show “Desperate Housewives,” focusing on the media images of motherhood. Co-sponsored by Unique Programs and the Department of Com. Studies.
Thursday, March 17. 1030-1145am. Hinde Auditorium (Union). Gender and Militarism. Panel discussion about the war on terrorism’s impact on women’s lives, the relationship between militaristic culture and gender oppression, and the unique challenges facing women in the U.S. military. Co-sponsored by the Women’s studies Department.
Even if you don’t want to do the extra credit write-up, you might consider checking out some of these. If you have any questions about the assignment, let me know. If you want more information about these events, go to the Women’s Resource Center website at www.csus.edu/wrc