February 1

I. Continuation of the Name Game
As a warm-up today, we'll do a go-around: say your name, year, your thoughts on Audre Lorde (and if you didn't do the reading, what you have heard about her before today)

II. Q& A on Syllabus
  • Please remember that there is an agenda like this for every class.  If you miss a day, look at the agenda.  
  • No handwritten work can be accepted.  Please bring hardcopies!
  • Please let Professor Carmen know if/when a link is not working.
III. Guidelines for Reading Responses
​YOUR FIVE WRITING TARGETS: 1) an interesting opening/introduction; 2) strong paragraphs; 3) no hedging; 4) public address; 5) APA style (in-text citations and bibliography)
IV. The 2017 Women's March
From wikipedia: The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, to protect legislation and policies regarding human rights and other issues, including women's rights, immigration reform, healthcare reform, the natural environment, LGBTQ rights, racial equality, freedom of religion, and workers' rights. The rallies were also aimed at Donald Trump, immediately following his inauguration as President of the United States, largely due to statements and positions attributed to him regarded by many as misogynistic or otherwise reprehensible. It is the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history. The march drew at least 500,000 people in Washington, and some estimates put worldwide participation at 4.8 million. At least 408 marches were planned in the U.S. and 168 in 81 other countries.
The first protest was planned in Washington, D.C., and is known as the Women's March on Washington. It was organized as a grassroots movement to "send a bold message to our new administration on their first day in office, and to the world that women's rights are human rights". The Washington March was streamed live on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. Officials who organized the marches later reported that 673 marches took place worldwide, on all seven continents, including 29 in Canada, 20 in Mexico, and one in Antarctica. In Washington D.C. alone, the protests were the largest political demonstrations since the anti–Vietnam War protests in the 1960s and 1970s, with both protests drawing in similar numbers. The Women's March crowds were peaceful, and no arrests were made in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle, where an estimated combined total of 2 million people marched.
Directions: PART ONE
1) Put your name at the top of your Washington Post article. Read your article.  Please note that everyone at your table should be reading something different.
2) Circle/underline/highlight things that you did not know already.  Make comments in the margins--- make at least one significant comment per page--- on noteworthy points.
3) On the last page, address these question: WHY in the time and place in which we live have we witnessed the largest single-day protest in the history of the world?  And why was that historical landmark related to WOMEN? (Note that there is no right or wrong answer here) 
Please submit this writing at the end of class.
Directions: PART TWO
  1. Everyone needs to share today. The class is too large to have full class discussions and hear EVERY voice so we will use small groups.  Please choose a group facilitator before you start.
  2. Share one thing you read that you didn't know already OR share one of your own personal comments.
  3. Go around the group until everyone has shared.
  4. As a group, discuss the central questions: WHY in the time and place in which we live have we witnessed the largest single-day protest in the history of the world?  And why was that historical landmark related to WOMEN?
  5. The facilitator should write (or email/ use your phone if you like) a note to Carmen listing all group members' names and brief notes to #2 and #4 above.  Be prepared to report this to the class.  Please note that as a facilitator, you are NOT telling the class what YOU think but what YOUR GROUP actually said.

​V. Open Class Discussion & Sharings
VI. Small Group Discussions on Audre Lorde (if enough time)
  1. Everyone needs to share their writing today in their small groups. The class is too large to have full class discussions and hear EVERY voice so we will use small groups.  Please choose a group facilitator before you start.
  2. Read aloud your favorite part of what you wrote.
  3. Go around the group until everyone has read.
  4. As a group, discuss: 1) What are your overlapping ideas?  Why does everyone seem to agree/converge? 2) What are your differences?  What accounts for these differences?
  5. The facilitator should write (or email/ use your phone if you like) a note to Carmen listing all group members' names and brief notes to #4 above.

VII. Open Class Discussion & Sharings
Please submit your writing assignment at the end of class.  Any writing (it must be in hardcopy form) not submitted today will be marked late.

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