Domestic Partner Benefits Town Hall Meeting TODAY @ 4 PM

Hey everyone,

This is a reminder that there will be a Domestic Partner Health Insurance Town Hall Meeting today at 4pm in the Red Gym. The facebook event is listed below with more details so please add the event!

Co-hosts: Office of the Provost/Vice Provost for Faculty & Staff, ASM, the Domestic Partner Health Insurance Task Force, and the WI Coalition for DP Benefits.

Come hear people speak on this issue and have a chance to ask questions and voice your opinions.

Don't miss out on a great event.

Check out the event on Facebook

Food will be provided!

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!

Brought to you by the Associated Students of Madison.

ASM Disc[US]sion 2009 TONIGHT @ 6 PM

Please attend this event tonight!  This is your opportunity to share your ideas and feedback with ASM!  See the following blurb from Vice Chair Hannah Karns:

The Associated Students of Madison is having a campus-wide forum entitled "Disc(us)sion 2009."  Reform has been a hot button issue throughout the year, and ASM would like to solicit student opinion regarding potential changes for the student government.  The forum will be held Wednesday, April 15 6:00-8:00 pm in the Student Activity Center.  The objective of this town hall meeting is not to press any agenda: we are viewing this as an opportunity to gather student opinions.

There are three components of the forum. First, we will ask students what they perceive ASM does on campus.  Next, we will split into small groups, utilizing the same format as the budget forums the chancellor organized in the fall.  Questions will include those that touch on the issues students face on campus, what ASM can do to improve outreach to students, etc. 

Again, we are inviting the campus to help us, ASM, serve the student population better by shedding light on issues, outreach ideas, etc.  The feedback will be recorded, categorized, and presented to the new 16th Session.  It is crucial that students attend so that their voices can be heard, issues can be identified, and we can strengthen our student government together. 

I promise that this event will be an open line of communication between you (ASM members!) and your student government!  The information gathered and ideas generated will be broken down into categories, then passed onto the next session of ASM to incorporate into their strategic plan for the year.  Let's get as many students at this event as possible and tell ASM what it is that we want!

See you there!

Chynna

Three Awesome Events this Week! (Sponsored by the Campus Women's Center)

Healthy Relationships Panel (TONIGHT!)

April 14th, 6:00pm-7:30pm, 1111 Humanities

Find out what it looks and feels like to be in a healthy relationship with friends, roommates and significant others! Learn more about where you can receive help from on campus resources such as: Carmen Hotvedt (UHS Violence Prevention), Yolanda Garza (Assistant Dean of Students) and Domestic Abuse Intervention Services.

**Jennifer Baumgardner Lecture**

Thursday, April 16th, 6:30pm in the Ebling Symposium, Microbial Sciences Building (1550 Linden Drive)

-"In her role as author and activist, [Jennifer has] permanently changed the way people think about feminism...and will shape the next 10 years of politics and culture." - Commonwealth Club of California

- Founder of the Rape Awareness Project and producer of "I Was Raped," a documentary designed to highlight the prevalence of rape in our culture and interrupt the silence and shame that surrounds it

- Acclaimed author of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future; Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism; Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics; and Abortion and Life

- Investigative journalist for Harpers, The Nation, Glamour, RedBook, Elle, and NPR's All Things Considered, exploring stories such as why younger women appear to be less pro-choice and the fact that "rape kits" medical exams are routinely lost or rendered inadmissible in sexual assault cases

Watch Baumgardner's documentary, "I was Raped" on Monday, April 20th at 7:30pm in Memorial Union Play Circle

**Take Back the Night March and Rally**

Take Back the Night is a broad-based community event that will focus on violence in traditionally marginalized communities. It will include a March to the State Capitol, speakers, the Clothesline Project, a candlelight vigil, and a speak out. For more info, check out: www.madisontbtn.blogspot.com

Agenda:

4:30-5:30pm: Tabling in Library Mall

5:30-5:45pm: Rally in Library Mall

5:45-6:10: March to the Capitol

6:10-6:50: Keynote Speaker, Kabzuag Vaj

(speaking about violence in Hmong Communities, barriers to accessing services, inclusivity in our work)

6:50-7:10: March Back to Library Mall

7:10-7:50: Candlelight Vigil and Speak-Out