Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["Claire N. Kaplan" <>]

Contact Sara at the email below if you wish to add your name.
Claire

Hello everyone,
I am writing to you on behalf of all those whose voices are being silenced 
by the closing of the Women's and Gender Equity Resource Center at Texas 
A&M University. The center is going to be shut down on Sept. 1st and I'm 
hoping that maybe with letters of protest of the other centers out there, 
the administration might begin to understand the importance of a center, 
especially on that campus (which is consistently listed as one of the top 
10 most conservative campuses in the nation). I have a special place in my 
heart for the center since I worked there for three years. Please see the 
attached letter and sign it if you feel comfortable doing so. You can also 
write your own if you want. I can answer any questions that you may have 
and get you the contact information if you would like. The letter is also 
being circulated the National Women's Studies Association Women's Centers 
Committee to sign as well. If you can think of other groups to involve, 
please feel free to send it on.

Thanks for any support you can give. Texas A&M needs a center, I would 
argue, more than most campuses and it is the students who will be hurt the 
most by its closing. 

-Sara
Sara Bendoraitis
Director, GLBTA Resource Center
American University
201 Mary Graydon Center
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016-8164

Office Phone: 202.885.3347 
Direct Line: 202.885.3372 
Office Fax: 202.885.1883 
Email:  

"Speak your mind even if your voice shakes." 
                                             --Maggie Kuhn


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Claire N. Kaplan, Ph.D.
Director, Sexual & Domestic Violence Services
University of Virginia Women’s Center
PO Box 800588
Charlottesville VA 22908-0588
T: 434.982.2774
F: 434.982.2901

http://womenscenter.virginia.edu/sdvs