Lehigh University Feminist Alliance

02/06/2018

Join us for our first meeting back in Maginnes 270 from 5-6 tonight. For anybody else keeping up with the protests in Iran (probably just me), you might find this interesting:

Police in Iran's capital have arrested 29 people for their involvement in protests against the country's compulsory headscarf law.

10/24/2017

I hope everybody enjoyed pacing break last week. The next meeting is tomorrow at 5 and we'll be talking about the hashtag in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal.

10/16/2017

I hope everybody is enjoying pacing break. Our next meeting is October 24th at 5.

09/26/2017

The weekly meeting tomorrow has been canceled. Instead we suggest everybody whose interested to go to the Fight4HER kickoff meeting from 6:30-7:20 in Maginnes 113. The Fight4HER campaign hopes to lobby Congress to pass the HER (Global health, Empowerment, and rights) Act, which would increase access to family planning services in developing countries.

04/18/2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc45-ptHMxo

04/18/2017

Hi ppl, come and watch this fantastic documentary The Mask You Live In on masculinity within our culture and the deleterious effects on our society. There will be a short discussion afterwards. This is seriously a crucial issue and affects everyone's life. Come out and resist domination~~
When: Tuesday April 18 @ 5pm
Where: MG 270
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc45-ptHMxo

From the team behind Miss Representation. Coming in 2014, an exploration of American masculinity. http://facebook.com/themaskyoulivein

04/10/2017

On Tuesday April 11 at 5pm in MG 270, we will have our elections for club officers for the coming year! This will take time as we deliberate what roles we want for our club that will help it to sustain and grow, and who would the best fit for those roles. Please come to help decide what Feminist Alliance will look like next year, and how you are a part of it!

03/28/2017

Councilwoman Olga Negron will be coming to Lehigh's campus twice this week to facilitate a discussion on activism, and community organizing and leadership in Bethlehem! Come out and learn from a badass Latina leader! Especially for those feeling hurt, anger, and/or frustration with the most recent presidential administration, this is a great time to learn about local politics and engagement!
3/28 Tuesday @ 5pm MG 270, dinner provided
3/30 Thursday @ 12pm Women's Center, lunch provided
Hope to see you there! Please share the info with your social media, friends, and networks! :)
Olga's biography:
Councilwoman Olga Negrón has been a member of several organizations in the Lehigh Valley and through Pennsylvania. Some of her involvements include: Member of Community Revitalization and Crime Prevention Advisory Committee-Appointed by former Governor Rendell, Member of Pennsylvania Statewide Latino Coalition, Member of Bethlehem Rotary, Board Member for Latino Leadership Alliance of the Lehigh Valley, Vice-Chair of the Bethlehem Planning Commission-Appointed by former Mayor Callahan, former Vice President for Bethlehem Area Public Library-Appointed by Bethlehem City Council, Member of Southside Vision 2014, President for Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley Board, member of Hispanic Chambers Board, member of Mayor’s Southside Task Force, member of Lehigh University Southside Initiative and the first Latino female elected to Bethlehem City Council. Among her work history, Olga worked as a community organizer, executive director of non-profit organizations and as the Legislative Assistant for Representative Steve Samuelson. She is now the Community Liaison for HGSK Law Firm. Olga Negrón moved to Southside Bethlehem in June 1996 where she still owns her home, placed where she raced her three daughters, Corazón (now a grad student at UPENN School of Medicine), Isis (graduated from her Juris Doctor from UCONN School of Law) and Paloma (graduated from Trinity College), Negrón is among 30 people nationwide-the only one from Pennsylvania-whose stories are cited in a book published in 2014 that asserts the “War on Poverty” can be won. Councilwoman Negrón Chairs the Public Works Committee and is a member of Public Safety Committee and Human Services and Environment Committee and currently serves the Bethlehem Area Public Library board as council liaison.

03/22/2017

Come learn about community engagement from a Bethlehem community organizer and leader!
March 28 at 5p and March 30 at 12p! Food provided at both!

03/22/2017

Join us at this beautiful event tomorrow evening on Lehigh's campus! Open to the public!

Start Date and Time:
Wed, 03/22/2017 -
7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location:
Whitaker Hall 303
Come and join us for an evening celebrating the spirit of sisterhood and revolution! Together with Ericka Huggins, Denise Oliver-Velez, Sonia Sanchez, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, Johanna Fernandez, Duchess Harris, and Robyn Spencer, Lehigh faculty and students will discuss youth in activism in the past and present. Among topics to be discussed are:

The Young Lords
Denise Oliver Velez Articles
Black Women, Civil Rights and The Black Power Movement
The Black Arts Movement
https://history.cas2.lehigh.edu/content/revolutionary-sister-tea

Come and join us for an evening celebrating the spirit of sisterhood and revolution! Together with Ericka Huggins, Denise Oliver-Velez, Sonia Sanchez, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, Johanna Fernandez, Duchess Harris, and Robyn Spencer, Lehigh faculty and students will discuss youth in activism in the pa...