In the spirit of Stephanie's post about FIST because I, too, am very excited about our group, I thought I'd post a little bit about what we're trying to do so that if anyone else wants to join they can.

We met after a follow-up discussion about Racism, Power, and Privilege and decided to continue that conversation and form a group around it. It seemed like a great opportunity to form a group of GWS undergrad and grad students (since not everyone knows each other), and to act on the issues we discuss every day in class.

After discussing the possibility with the STOP coalition, we decided to jump on board with some of what they are doing because for some reason there wasn't an organized GWS presence around the issue. We're still just starting, and right now we're in the process of getting together with the Tri Delts to discuss how they've felt oppressed as women in the Greek system, hear more about their experiences of what happened after the "incident," and hopefully to link some of their oppressions with other oppressions on campus. This will later be a part of the narrative collection that STOP is doing.

If anyone has anything to contribute or would like to join our weekly parties-er-meetings, we meet on Thursdays at 4 in the GWS house. If you can't make it but would like to be on the email list, let me know and I'll send you weekly notes (elabedz2@uiuc.edu).

Also, this Tuesday the 10th, our group is sponsoring a queer women's night at the rainbow coffee house. If you or anyone else you know who identifies as a queer women would like to come, join us at the coffee house on the corner of Goodwin and Green from 6-9 and discuss the current climate on campus.

With Feminist Fury,
Elizabeth