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Task Groups and On Going Interests

bulletMoms' Turn to Learn Organizing Committee
bulletTake our Daughters and Sons to Work Organizing Committee
bulletWomen of Color Day Event Organizing Committee
bullet Campus Climate Group
bullet Student Issues and Concerns Group
bullet Buswell Award Nomination Review Committee
bullet Nominating Committee
bullet Public Relations Committee

Three Decades of Service and Leadership

CWC has sponsored conferences and activities that highlight the concerns and accomplishments of women:

bulletSeptember Festival of Women—1978
(Funded by the Humanities Foundation)
bullet“Women’s Roles in Society:  Issues and Achievements” --September 7
bullet“Women’s Lives and Public Policy Impacts” --September 15-16
bullet“Women Facing the Future” –September 27
bulletWorkshops on Women and Work –April 12, 1980
(Funded by the Humanities Foundation)
bulletWomen’s Career: Challenges and Decision--March 28, 1981
A Conference On Women’s Career Management
bulletFocus on Women and Health: Taking Care and Taking Charge--1982
bulletWomen and Creativity--1984, 1994, 2004

CWC has advocated for and promoted the development of these units and programs at WVU that enhance women’s lives:

bulletCenter for Women’s Studies
bulletSocial Justice Council
bulletAffirmative Action Office
bulletSexual Assault Prevention Program
bulletChild Care

CWC has also acted as a catalyst for research and resource distribution:

bulletDistributed a Community Resource Guide.
bullet“Toward the Second Decade:  The Impact of the Women’s Movement on American Institutions” symposium volume comprised of essays selected from presentations at the first conference, 1978.

 

 

Questions about the Council for Women's Concerns can be directed to the President's Office for Social Justice.  President's Office for Social Justice, CWC, B1 Stewart Hall, P.O. Box 6202, Morgantown, WV  26506. You can e-mail us at cwc@mail.wvu.edu.

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