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Assoicated Students
for Women's Issues
P.O. Box 6003
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6003
tel: 928-523-6946
fax: 928-523-6541
email: aswi.set@gmail.com
University Union
Room 202
Mon-Fri 9-5
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March 7, 2007
• Spring Banquet will be held on April 28th, 7pm in the Days Inn Cedar Room (1000 W. Route 66). Invitations and handouts will be sent out after spring break. The theme is "Masquerade" and whatever connotations come to mind. (be creative). We will be making masks sometime in early April. (you have to have an invitation and RSVP to attend, so please don't just show up without talking to Stephanie first)
• Passed around sign up sheet for volunteers and people to add to the guest list who are not members of ASWI.
• Feminist Faculty of the Year Nominations, as well as Senior Feminist of the Year. See Stephanie to nominate someone. Also, don't forget that scholarship apps are due April 2nd.
• Guerilla Girls Thursday night. I have 2 tickets left. See Stephanie if you want them! (sb367@nau.edu)
• Pro-life meeting was interesting. Half of attendees were members of ASWI and there was a nice debate. Club mentioned that it would be nice to have ASWI come to certain other meetings for more debate. Actions vs. Words: They complained to student life about so may Pro-Choicers being at their meeting. Remember, if your going to 'infiltrate' someone else's camp, be courteous and allow them to conduct normal business. Do not interfere and do not argue. You represent all of ASWI when you attend such meetings. They don't crash ours, don't crash theirs. (SEE FLYER)
• Riot Fest is Saturday April 7th. Sign up if you want to volunteer. Need people to run workshops. If you have a good idea, run it by Alison (aew26@nau.edu).
• Spit Fury has a show on April 21st. Email spit.fury@hotmail.com (SEE FLYER)
• AURH Resident Life scholarships (SEE FLYER)
• "Let's Talk About It" organized by Greek Life (SEE FLYER)
• 2-4:30 next week, tabling for ASWI, Commission for Status of Women see Paddy. Also, award apps due by Friday at noon.
• Alison's Under-representation of women in drug studies presentation (SEE FLYER)
PRISM UPDATES:
I realize many of you are unable to attend our general meetings, but here's an update of some of
the things we have going on in the coming Month. During March (because of Spring Break) we're
mostly going to be planning for the Drag Show and the PRIDE March.
Our town doesn't have a PRIDE March currently, so let's make this a first. Talk to us about getting
involved in making banners, flyering, or--if you're interested, have good public speaking skills,
and feel you can talk about the importance of visibility, community, and PRIDE among the GLBTQQIA
community--being a speaker/performer at the end of the march rally (spoken word/slam poetry is
also acceptable). This is your town and your community, and this semester we're all about being
Proud Out Loud, so stop on by and get involved!
Second Annual Drag Show : Drag Troupe 'Barely Legal's' farewell show! Features live performances of
local kings and queens strutting their stuff on the stage-- April 5th. Location: TBA. Contact PRISM
or reply to this e-mail for more information.
National Day of Silence and PRIDE March: Over a decade of staying silent so that others won't have
to, by promoting awareness and visibility. Join us at the end of the day for a community-wide "Breaking
of the Silence" with a PRIDE March through town, followed by speakers. Get to know one-another, and
share in the spirit of Unity Through Diversity. This will be a walking march, so bring good shoes--strollers
welcome (we'll be moving at a comfortable pace). Remember: This is a PRIDE March, so let your colours shine!
Those pink spandex leggings and rainbow suspenders you found at Savers that you've been dying to wear? This
will be your chance! This is about VISIBILITY--the more visible you are, the better.*
*SIDE NOTE: No nudity, and you may want to take the weather into consideration when choosing your ensemble.
Location: Meet on Campus, evening of April 18, 2007. For more information, please contact PRISM at NAU at
prism@nau.edu or Stephanie Arendt, the president of PRISM, at stephaniearendt@gmail.com
SISTER SPIT: THE NEXT GENERATION:--Award-winning female writers and artists (many of them from within the
GLBTQQIA community) are coming to NAU this APRIL 15TH! Spoken word, performance art, live readings, and
more from writers and artists like MICHELLE TEA and CHRISTY ROAD. Where: Cline Library Auditorium. When:
April 15, 6:30pm. For more information about getting tickets, or the event, contact PRISM at NAU at prism@nau.edu
If you would like more information on the authours and artists coming to
your town, visit www.sisterspitnextgen.com
Are you really "Pro-Life" ???
Let's take a look at a few of the positions held by the major Pro-Life organizations ...
Against contraception (www.prolife.com/BIRTHCNT.html)
• In 2006, 18 states considered anti-choice measures to permit pharmacists and/or pharmacies to refuse to fill women's prescriptions for contraception or emergency contraception. (www.naral.org)
• In 2002, Senator Bill Frist (R- Tennessee) introduced an amendment to reclassify birth control pills, emergency contraception, and IUDs as abortifacients. (The War on Choice)
Against comprehensive sexual education (www.renewamerica.us/columns/abbott/041202)
• Abstinence-only programs are ineffective: they fail to delay the onset of intercourse and often provide information that is medically inaccurate and potentially misleading. (www.plannedparenthood.org)
• The Netherlands, where sexuality education begins in preschool and is integrated into all levels and subjects of schooling, boasts the lowest teen birthrate in the world _ 6.9 per 1,000 women aged 15-19 -a rate almost eight times lower than that of the U.S. Likewise, the Dutch teenage abortion rate is more than three times lower than that of the U.S., and its overall AIDS case rate is more than eight times lower. (The War on Choice)
Against having schools vaccinate children against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) (http://www.nplac. orglcolumns/frtom-06-06-16.html)
• During a person's lifetime there is an 80% chance that HPV will be contracted.
• The HPV vaccine protects against the strains of HPV that are thought to be responsible for 70% of cervical cancer cases (www.ama-asn.org) Against Family Planning Services
• Millions of Americans lack health insurance. For many of them, federally subsidized family-planning services are the only source of health care.
• President Bush withheld $34 million for the UN Population Fund, which provides family planning services and HIV/AIDS prevention to 141 countries. This will lead to an estimated 2 million unwanted pregnancies, 800,000 induced abortions, 4,700 maternal deaths, and 77,000 maternal and child deaths around the world.
• We realize that these statements do not represent the views of all people who oppose abortion. However these positions do represent the views of a small number of very powerful and well funded voices. We would like to expose them and their "values" for what they really are ... anti-life.
Pro-Choice ... supporting real pro-life values.
Under-Representation of Women in Drug Studies
• Women consume a larger number of medications and use more medications than men.
• However, women are underrepresented in clinical drug studies.
• Women are often underrepresented because drug companies do not want to deal with the fluctuating hormones of women when doing a clinical drug trial.
• Women have been shown to respond differently then men to many medications.
This has been shown to be true because of many reasons:
• Often lower body weight
• Often smaller organ size
• Often a higher proportion of fat compared to men
• Differences in metabolism
• Differences in hormone levels
• Women are 50 to 70% more likely to suffer bad reactions to the drugs they take,
studies show-and the side effects tend to be more serious.
• Out of 10 prescription drugs pulled from the market between 1997 and 2001,8 primarily harmed women.
• When women may be at risk when taking certain drugs, and potential implications:
During pregnancy
• Blood volumes expand, which can dilute medications in the body.
• Greater risk of birth defects when taking different medications during the first trimester
Changes in hormone levels during all times in life
• Chance of developing irregular heartbeats Before, during, and after menstruation
• Blood levels change, making medications possibly less effective.
Menopause
• Little is known about responses of medications are affected by menopause
The best way to stay healthy while taking medications is to be proactive.
• Check out womens-health.com. This is an all-women, public forum used to discuss all kinds of topics regarding health, including sexual, mental, and physical health, along with support group forums and information on abuse.
• Talk openly with your doctor about potential side effects to medications.
• Compile a list of all the medications, over-the-counter and prescription, which you take, and talk them over with your doctor.
• Don't discount your health experiences, and don't let doctors discount them, either.
• If you are in pain, you are in pain.
Interesting Article: http://health.msn.com/womenshealth/articlepage.aspx?cpdocumentid-l00155294
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