This song, first sung on a mountaintop by a group of teenagers more than half a century ago, still rings true. If we choose, we can each play a role in promoting peace, and technology has the power to break down the physical barriers that separate women globally and to enlighten us about the conditions [...]
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Let There Be Peace (for Women) on Earth
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged 16 Days Campaign, 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence Campaign, AAUW, Coalition of Women for Peace, From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World, International Human Rights Day, Ohio State, Second Life, sexual assault on December 6, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Meet Diane Favro: Professor of Architecture
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, architectural history, Diane Favro, Following the Fellows, Second Life, virtual world on January 29, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Looking through a set of old black-and-white AAUW photos, I came across one of Diane Favro, a 1981–82 American fellow, when she was a teaching assistant at the University of California, Berkeley. In the photo, Diane is leaning over a light table scrutinizing slides of architectural examples to choose the perfect pair of images for [...]
She’s Geeky, and So Am I
Posted in S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, tagged DC 2009, facebook, National Girls Collaborative Project, Open Source, Second Life, She's Geeky, STEM, Twitter, unConference on November 17, 2009, | 8 Comments »
Last Friday, several colleagues and I participated in the She’s Geeky D.C. “unConference.” What is an unConference, you ask? It allows the attendees to determine the agenda and the presenters during a conference. Organizers Kaliya Hamlin and Heidi Nobantu Saul kicked off the event by asking each of us to finish the sentence, “I am [...]
The Virtual Side of Fem 2.0
Posted in Educational Programs, The AAUW Community, tagged Avatar, feminism, Feminism 2.0, feminist, online 3D virtual world, online communities, Second Life, SL, virtual world, women's studies on November 25, 2008, | 7 Comments »
You know how it starts — you’re sitting at an event, waiting those last minutes before it begins, and you suddenly find yourself chatting with the stranger next to you. Before you know it, you’re exchanging stories, nodding your head, and appreciating the help they are giving you, especially since you’re new to this type [...]
Women’s Studies in the Virtual World
Posted in Educational Programs, The AAUW Community, tagged Avatar, Ohio State University, rape, Second Life, SL, women's studies on November 17, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Distance learning took on a whole new meaning for me when I attended a conference on Saturday, “Virtual Praxis: A Conference on Women’s Community in Second Life.” I didn’t even know what Second Life (SL) was until a few weeks ago, when I read a conference invitation in the AAUW Facebook community. When I started [...]
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