You Are Invited!
SOC CINEMA THURSDAY
Sponsored by the UW Sociology Student Association
Take a break from the books and join us for a movie night full of fun, free pizza, and discussion!
When: This Thursday, May 8th
Time: 6 – 9 pm
Where: The UW HUB Room 209B
The discussion will be lead by Professor Julie Brines
Featuring: “Primary Colors” with John Travolta and Emma Thompson.
( IMDB )
The SSA was very well received at the Carlson Center Spring Celebration of service yesterday. We presented a poster entitled “Creating Community and Invigorating the Undergraduate Experience in Sociology”.
We had visits from the vice provost/dean of undergraduate affairs; Ed Taylor, the director of the undergraduate scholarship office; Mona Pitre-Collins, and associate director of the undergraduate research program; and Jennifer Harris — among many others, including friends and family.
Marianne Goldin, Jonathan Wagner and Sophia Chang were proudly listed in the program for this presentation - though we have so many people to credit for SSA’s success this year.
If you’re on campus today, check out the SSA poster at the Carlson Center Spring Celebration of Service.
Time: Tues 5/6 4:30-6:30
Place: UW HUB - 1st Floor
Refreshments will be served!
Officers Marianne Goldin and Jonathan Wagner will be on hand to chat about the project. This year, the president Marianne Goldin received a Mary Gates Leadership scholarship for her work with the SSA.
Dear SSA’ers -
Come and help a good cause this weekend. The Tent City in Seattle needs to move to its new location and they need helping hands to help pack up and then unload the moving vans. This happens Sat 4/26 9am-3pm - give as much time as you have. You can help in Ballard or Capitol Hill. Directions are below.
See you Saturday!
Marianne
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The next Tent City Move will be Saturday, April 26th. People can help out at the site the camp is leaving or help set up at the site the camp is moving to. Probably the best use of volunteers will be at the site they will be leaving in Ballard. People can show up any time after 9:00 am until about 3 pm. Volunteers on move day do the same work that Tent City residents do: load bags of personal belongings, tents, tarps, wooden pallets, milk crates, etc. onto moving trucks (and then off the trucks at the new site.) So, to recap:
What: Volunteers needed to help Tent City 3 move to new site.
When: Saturday, April 26th, anytime between 9:00am - 3 pm
Where (there will be work crews at both sites):
Leaving Our Redeemers Lutheran Church (Ballard)
2400 NW 85th Street
www.ourredeemers.net
Setting up at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral (Capitol Hill)
1245 10th Ave E.
www.saintmarks.org
Recommended:
Bring work gloves.
Not many food options nearby in Cap Hill or Ballard, so you might plan on packing a lunch.
Bus to Ballard: 48 bus picks up on the campus side of 15th Ave NE and drops off right in front of the Ballard church.
Bus to Capitol Hill: 49 bus from U-District - get off on 10th and Galer (near GAGE Academy)
Volunteers are welcome to simply show up. Talk to anyone in camp and they will direct you to the “Move Master” or person in camp supervising the move. He will assign tasks to volunteers.
If anyone has questions, they are welcome to email Heather E.
Due to popular demand, we are expanding Soc Cafe hours.
Hours: During the Spring Quarter 2008 our schedule is:
Location: Condon 2nd Floor, outside of Sociology Advising (Condon223J).
We offer:
Suggested donation: $0.50 for each food/drink item
Thanks much to Jonathan, Sophia, Marianne, Carolyn and Sarah for your help and manpower!! Those of you who want to post a “Soc Theory of the Week” at the cafe, please send the text to: socassoc@u.washington.edu.
Unique opportunity! Deadline = 4/28/08
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Mayor Greg Nickels is looking for people aged 18-29 interested in making a difference through public service. As part of the YMCA’s Get Engaged program, the Mayor will appoint people in this age group to 13 of the city’s boards and commissions, with service beginning in the fall. Applications are due April 28, 2008.
There are over 20 groups to choose from.
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As always, the most current calendar is found on the Calendar page.
That’s right, it is SOC CINEMA time again. We will be featuring “CRASH”,
with discussion afterward led by talented Soc doctorate student Amy Bailey.
Come join us for a movie, sociological inqueries, good company, and FREE
pizza and snacks!! Take a break from finals and watch a movie 
What: SOC CINEMA feat. CRASH
When: Thursday, March 13th at 5pm
Where: HUB 200C (note new room!)
“Crash” (2004)
You think you know who you are. You have no idea.
Live your life at the point of impact
Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other.
Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a
collection of inter-related characters, a police detective with a drugged
out mother and a thieving younger brother, two car thieves who are
constantly theorizing on society and race, the white district attorney and
his irritated and pampered wife, a racist white veteran cop (caring for a
sick father at home) who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner, a
successful Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with the racist
cop, a Persian-immigrant father who buys a gun to protect his shop, a
Hispanic locksmith and his young daughter who is afraid of bullets, and
more…
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!!!!
Serena Mitchell, SSA Social Secretary
Contact: socassoc@u.washington.edu
Oxfam America Change Initiative
Oxfam America, an international relief and development organization that
creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice, is currently accepting applications for the CHANGE Initiative, its national student leadership program.
CHANGE offers college students, at US based campuses, entering their sophomore or junior year the opportunity to become effective social change agents. CHANGE Leaders are exposed to the international development issues that inform Oxfam’s work, and apply their skills and insights to run Oxfam campaigns on their campuses and in their communities.
Applications are due on April 1st, 2008. Selected students are required to participate in a week long training in Boston, July 19-25, 2008, which is organized and paid for by Oxfam. Students must also implement an Oxfam campaign on their campus and communicate regularly with Oxfam staff about the work they are undertaking during the 2008-2009 academic year.
Apply on line and watch our CHANGE video at: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/change. If you have any questions please call 1-800-77-OXFAM ext. 2464 or email CHANGE@oxfamamerica.org.
Nancy Delaney
Outreach Manager
Oxfam America
Boston, MA
FREE UW Library Resource for Practicing Your Presentations
(for UW Students, Staff, etc)
Nervous about an upcoming presentation? Then check out the Digital
Presentation Studio (DPS) in Odegaard Library.
The Digital Presentation Studio (DPS) is a space to practice presentations
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While watching yourself on video can be awkward your own critique can really
help polish your presentation. Break a leg on your next presentation!