By EMILY PEREZ
Co-Director of The Women’s Initiative
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Published on August 30, 2011
It’s that time again, summer seemed to fly by and we now find ourselves on the cusp of another academic year. For those of you who are returning readers of The View From Venus, welcome back! And for those new to the Saint Rose community we extend our most heartfelt congratulations. You are about to embark on a journey that will set the course for many achievements to come. Work hard and enjoy every moment!
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Greetings aside, our first order of business is to introduce ourselves to students and faculty who may be unfamiliar with this column, what the Women’s Initiative is and and what and whom we represent and believe in. The Women’s Initiative is a student run organization based in the Office of Intercultural Leadership. Comprised of a diverse group of strong, creative and intelligent women from the College of Saint Rose; we strive to promote discussion, awareness, education and activism on a wide spectrum of issues women face on a local, national and global level. At our weekly meetings everyone is encouraged to offer their extremely valued viewpoints on matters that are meaningful to them. Additionally we organize and run events open to the entire Saint Rose community. Last year the Women’s Initiative organized a series of faculty and student forums on such varied topics as women in the workplace and the public and inner lives of culturally diverse women. Fun recreational events are another focus of ours, including an anti street harassment and self defense event and a Love Your Body Night complete with yoga, facials, henna and delicious snacks both healthy and indulgent. Other notable events included a a campus production of The Vagina Monologues and a reception honoring all the hard work of the female faculty and staff at the college.
Now that you’ve found out a little bit about us, we would absolutely love to get to know you! We would like to invite any and all interested to our first meeting of the year. Information on time and place can be found on the bulletin board outside of the Camelot Room in the EAC, as well as online on our Facebook page (joinable by entering “Saint Rose Women’s Initiative” in the main search bar). We are so excited to see new faces and hear unique and passionate voices! Keep checking in the opinion section for our column, which will be written by a different member of our group each week to offer diverse and interesting reading on a variety of women’s issues across the political, social and media sectors. We hope everyone enjoys the first week back and we look forward to meeting with members old and new very soon. Until next time, thanks for taking in the view with us!
