December 6th | National Day for Rememberance and Action on Violence Against Women

On December 6th, Saint Mary's University will be acknowledging the National Day for Rememberane and Action on Violence Against Women.

We would love to have you at the ceremony; it's at the SMU art gallery, and will be from 12-2pm.

From 12-1pm will be a rose ceremony, in rememberance of the fourteen women who were killed at l'Ecole Polytechnique.

From 1pm to 2pm, we will be showing the National Film Board film, "After the Montreal Massacre" as an intro to spoken word, poetry, and discussion. This session is to discuss why Dec 6th matters, and to mobilize ourselves in the campaign to end violence against women.

If you have any questions, or would like to present anything you might be working on regarding violence against women, please send me an email. We are open to academic papers, song, poetry - anything you might be working on regarding ending violence against women.

Contact me at womenscentre@smu.ca if you have anything you'd like to present from 1pm-2pm.

Hope to see you all there!

Yoga for Women + Peace Ceremony, Nov 25

This Friday is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and the Women's Centre is acknowledging it with a session of "Yoga for Women + Peace Ceremony".

This will be in the Private Dining Room, just past the Loyola Security Desk, on the way to the residence cafeteria. It will run from 4pm-6pm.

Wear comfy clothes, and bring a blanket or yoga mat! Bring all your woman friends, the more the merrier.

Board Meeting | Reduced December Hours | Thank You Alana!

The next Women's Centre Board Meeting will be this Tuesday, Nov 22nd, at 6pm in the Women's Centre. If there's anything you'd like to see on the agenda, please send Jen a quick email. We will also (90% confirmed) be having Stu Neatby at a guest speaker that night. He wants to address our group regarding the Haiti Week of Action, and to offer opportunities to be involved. We'll also be choosing a shirt design that night - get your entries in, folks!

Beginning on Nov 28th, the Centre will be operating on reduced hours. Our volunteers are swamped with exams, projects and the like - volunteer hours from the 28th until 2006 are optional. Jen will continue to keep the door open for a few hours in the mornings (except for Mondays). When we all have our schedules for next term, we'll create a new volunteer schedule for Term 2.

A big THANK YOU to Alana Green, who conducted the Women's Self Defense on Wednesday night. I've heard nothing but good things - we certainly appreciate that you set aside that night just for us, and we look forward to having you again in the new year!

Interested in Politics?

AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY!!!

The Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women and Mount Saint Vincent University are holding the second non-partisan campaign school for women.

There is no tuition fee for the school. Participants are responsiblefor paying their transportation and accommodation costs. Once again, theschool will be held on the Mount Saint Vincent University campus. The campaign school will be of value to women who are interested inrunning as electoral candidates and to women who are considering roles as campaign managers.

Workshop sessions include Making the Decision toRun, Campaign Ethics, Managing the Campaign Plan, Media Relations, and Fundraising and Budgeting. There will also be an in-depth communications component to the campaign school.Registration is limited to 30 women.

If you know of any woman who is interested in running for office or in running a campaign, please pass along this information and ask that she check the Advisory Council's website at www.gov.ns.ca/staw for registration information and our brochure.

Self-Defense for Women

On November 16th, the Women's Centre will be offering
Self-Defense for Women.

From 6pm-7:15pm in the Courtside Lounge at the Tower, you can come learn the basics of self defense in a women-only environment.

Alana Green, 1st degree black belt and the owner of (and instructor at) Green Choi Kwang Do, will be our instructor.

If you have any questions regarding this event, please email Jen (jennifer.crawford@smu.ca) or Alana (greencdk@hotmail.com).

Hope to see you there!

Titz up!

THANK YOU to our Titz'n'Glitz volunteers.

Last night was so beautiful and fun, the SMU Women's Centre had a strong showing of Jingle Boob volunteers. Doing various tasks such as coat check, security, stage production and other tasks, we helped make it a super big success!

Not sure about everyone else, but I am feeling internally awkward from the large amounts of smoked salmon and cheesecake that I consumed. It was FANTASTIC!

If you have photos from the event, please forward them to jennifer.crawford@smu.ca.

Again, thank you to all of our volunteers - our new breast friends!

T-shirt Design Contest

The Women's Centre is holding a SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST!

Applications must include the following information:
SMU Women's Centre
Student Centre, 526
http://smuwomenscentre.blogspot.com

Submissions must be two (or one, if you are feeling minimalist) colour designs, created to look good on a black t-shirt.

Deadline for submission November 18th. Hardcopies of submissions can be dropped off to the Women's Centre, at room 526 in the Student Centre. Electronic submissions can be made to womenscentre@smu.ca. Be sure to include your contact information with your submission.

Prize The successful artist will be awarded with a free Women's Centre t-shirt, a $50 gift certificate to an approved establishment of their choosing and the admiration of the campus community.

This contest is open to all genders of students, faculty, staff and the community.

Titz'n'Glitz

We have 14 volunteers helping out at Titz'n'Glitz this Thursday, Nov 3rd. For more info on this event, see www.titznglitz.com.

For those volunteering who'd like to take a cab down together, please meet outside of the SMU Art Gallery at 5:20pm.

A big thank-you to SMUSA, who has agreed to sponsor our additional four volunteers!

Remember: our theme of dress is "Jingle Boobs" (fitting into the "Holiday Hooters" costume category)!

Thanks so much for being part of this, it's going to be an awesome night!

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