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the Women's and Gender studies program

VSU's Women’s and Gender Studies program is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship devoted to the study of women and gender as a social construction, one that intersects with class, race, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, and sexual identity. Our faculty and students are both scholars and feminist activists, pursuing intellectual work and achievement with a vision of social justice. In WGST, we explore the connections between academic inquiry and personal life, therefore, students have a unique opportunity to participate in process-oriented classrooms, where they are expected to be active participants in their own learning. We hope you will take a few minutes to explore our web site and learn more about our minor and social justice work.

EVENTS

vagina monologues are back!!!!

Want to get involved with the Vagina Monologues this year? We will be holding an interest meeting soon. Keep watching this page for more information.

Vagina MOnologues

 

 

Spring 2010

Pink Triangle Project

The WGST program is co-sponsoring the Pink Triangle Project in February 2010. Check out
the website for more details: http://www.pinktriangleproject.com/main.php

 

VSU V-Day: The Vagina Monologues

V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler’s award winning play “The Vagina Monologues." By creating this global community, V-Day strives to empower women to find their collective voices and demand an end to the violence that affects one in three women in the US and around the world. "The Vagina Monologues" also encourages the audience to think of women as sexual beings who are entitled to express sexual feelings and enjoy sexual experiences free of shame and guilt.

  • March 4 - March 6, 2009

See the Campus Activism page for more details: Campus Activism

 

Take Back The Night March and Candlelight Vigil

The Valdosta State University Counseling Center sponsors an annual March and Candlelight Vigil during the month of April. Survivors and victims of sexual violence are honored during this one hour event. Keynote speakers and advocates from VSU and the community join us on campus with a singular message - we will NOT tolerate violence, hate, or injustice. The Women's and Gender Studies program helps sponsor and participates in the march each year.   

  • Date and Location TBA

See the Campus Activism page for more details: Campus Activism

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Borderland experience

"issues on the U.S. - Mexico Border"

Women's and Gender Studies Program (WGST) is partnering with VSU's Marriage and Family Therapy program and the University of Texas at El Paso's Women's Studies program to offer a Borderland Experience (BE). The Borderland Experience is an interdisciplinary, experiential community based program for both undergraduate and graduate students. The program takes place on the El Paso, Texas—Ciudad Juárez, Mexico border which is known for its history of social struggle and innovative grassroots organizations.  El Paso—Ciudad Juárez is the largest border community in the world with a long standing bilingual and bi-national culture. It is a region where multiple social forces converge—immigration, border crossings, economic development, poverty, globalization, human rights, intimate partner violence and social justice—all come into play.
El PasoThe Border Experience courses will immerse students in the border culture and realities of the diverse people and groups that live and work in the region. The courses are intended to raise consciousness about how the social construction of race, ethnicity, class, gender, nationality, and sexual orientation affect persons and issues in this region. In addition, students will learn about the United State’s role and responsibilities in today’s globalized world.

 

A typical day may include:

  • Visiting the US Border Patrol
  • Listening to the stories of migrants and refugees
  • Meeting human rights activists
  • Staying in a migrant shelter
  • Daily reflections/debriefings

In addition to the Annunciation House Border Awareness Experience, students will visit and learn about a variety of social service agencies, community organizations, as well as meet grassroots activists.

For more information concerning courses: U.S.- Mexico Border Course

Partners

 

STUDENT GROUPS

S.U.R.G.E. (Students United For Real Gender Equality):
 The main purpose of S.U.R.G.E. is to foster a community that is educated about issues surrounding women, gender, and sexuality. Other aspects that S.U.R.G.E. will work towards are creating opportunities for people in the VSU community to become active participants in addressing and dealing with issues surrounding women, gender, and sexuality.
Please contact Nakita Dziegielewski, President of SURGE: ndziegielewski@valdosta.edu

For more information see: http://www.valdosta.edu/vsu/stuorg/surge/index.htm

Living Learning Community:
V.O.G.U.E. ( Voicing Our Gender's Unity and Equality):
Designed to enhance women's knowledge of social justice issues that relate to women and gender; and to help them make early connections with a variety of women and gender related campus and community programs. Women participating in this living-learning community will study and experience the way gender intersects wtih race, ethnicity, nation, sexuallities, age, religion, mental and physical abilities, immigration status and other diverse structured systems of social inequality. During the program, students in the learning community will participate in a variety of classroom and community experiences that focus on women and gender issues. Students will participate in campus activities designed to bring about awareness concerning human rights issues. For more information see: ttp://services.valdosta.edu/housing/livLearnComm2007.aspx