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Social Action Committee

Social Action Committee Description:

The Social Action Committee (SAC) engages in projects that facilitate social activism in research, the classroom, and other professional areas. The Chair of the SAC is elected by the membership in odd numbered years, and is a two-year commitment. Since 2002, SAC produces up to 4 fact sheets per year (published in Network News quarterly, then posted on the SWS website), and has initiated the Undergraduate Activism Award (now housed under Awards Committee). SAC is supportive of securing union friendly hotels for conferences, fair-trade coffee, child care at meetings, providing quiet spaces for breastfeeding, and the like at SWS meetings. The role of the committee is driven mostly by membership concern. In addition to overseeing the production of fact sheets, the SAC chair organizes meetings, provides agendas, and addresses issues brought to SAC by the membership.

CURRENT LEADERSHIP:
Jodie Lawston (Chair),
Joyce Altobelli,
Natalie Bennett,
Mary Bernstein,
Chris Bobel,
Andrea Boyles,
Cathryn Brubaker,
Esther Chow,
Amanda Gengler,
Vicki Hunter,
Michelle Jacobs,
Kate Linnenberg,
Marita McComiskey,
Julia McQuillan,
Tricia McTague,
Susan Munkres,
Stephanie Jo Nawyn,
Tracy Ore,
Heather Macpherson Parrott,
Kylie Parrotta,
Bedelia Richards,
Uma Sarmistha,
Marybeth Stalp,
Anne Statham,
Elizabeth Sternke,
Gayle Sulik,
Laura Toussaint,
Linda Treiber,
and Mary Virnoche.

FACT SHEETS:
SAC initiated fact sheets in 2002 to provide the latest information on current women ’ s issues to educators and community agencies and organizations. The committee has been involved in selecting topics, soliciting authors, and facilitating the distribution of fact sheets once completed, they work one year ahead of the calendar year, so in 2008 they are both producing/publishing 2008 fact sheets, while also selecting topics, soliciting and selecting submitted proposals for 2009. Twenty-one fact sheets have been produced between 2002 and 2008. Once completed, they appear in Network News and are placed on the SWS website.

UNDERGRADUATE ACTIVISM SCHOLARSHIP:
In 2003 SAC began an undergraduate scholarship program to select up to three student activists who have engaged in internships or faculty projects to promote the status of women. Awards are $750 per student and recipients are encouraged to use the funding to attend the upcoming winter meeting. This scholarship program was transferred to the Awards Committee, so please consult for more information.