Daily Archives: September 29, 2011

RAINN Day 2011

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Dear friends,

The Center for Women’s and Gender Studies and INSPIRE: Empowering Texas Women Leaders are pleased to invite you to a special event next Thursday, in conjunction with RAINN day 2011, to raise awareness and educate UT students about sexual violence on campus.  We will have a short screening of a collection of videos regarding the topic, followed by a panel of experts who will answer questions about sexual violence/assault at UT and in the Austin community.  Some of the panel participants are Dr. Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez (a sociology professor and expert on the topic of sexual violence), a representative from SafePlace, and a peer-educator undergraduate student from Voices Against Violence.  The details of the event are as follows:

What: Screening and panel discussion on the topic of sexual violence on college campuses

Where: CAL 100

When: Thursday, September 29, 7:00pm

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Please distribute this information widely! If you are able to attend and could bring at least 1 friend with you, we can ensure the success of the event.

Thank you for your attention and support.

In solidarity,

Juan R Portillo

MA candidate, Women’s and Gender Studies

Program Coordinator, INSPIRE: Empowering Texas Women Leaders

Center for Women’s and Gender Studies

The University of Texas at Austin

512-698-7215

Students of the World Internship Program

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Looking for a productive and meaningful way to spend your summer addressing global, social issues? Are you interested in video production, journalism, photography, fundraising and graphic design? Do you believe in the power of storytelling to raise awareness and inspire activism?

Apply to the Students of the World Internship Program for 2012

http://studentsoftheworld.squarespace.com/students1/

The Students of the World program is a unique experience that combines purposeful, international travel with intensive media production aimed at capturing and distributing multimedia content for organizations and business that highlights their work through a variety of outlets.

Students of the World (SOW) is non-profit media production company that partners with college students to highlight social issues and the innovative solutions of those organizations that are working to address them around the world.

Students will start the internship part-time during the spring semester before the full-time summer portion that includes 4-weeks of international travel and 6-weeks of post-production in Austin.

Applications Open: September 15, 2011

Early Bird Deadline to Apply: October 15, 2011

Regular Deadline: November 1, 2011

We will be having a show case of the 2011 UT Team’s work on Monday 10/10 at the Texas Union Ball Room from 6-7:30pm!

At the showcase there will be an opportunity to have a Q & A with the 2011 team!