Author: Soniya Munshi

DISCUSSION BOARD #13(DUE 5/10)

Discussion Board #13(due 5/10)

The workshop conducted by Victoria (Women’s Resource Center) and Robert (Counseling Center) focused on healthy relationships. What is one (or two) takeaway for you from that workshop? Based on the workshop and discussion, please write about something that you learned,  or made you think about relationships in a different way, or left you with a question that you want to explore further.

Please title your post: First Name Last Name: DB 13 and select “DB 13” as the category for your post.

Module 13

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There is no new reading for this week, but there is a discussion board post! Please also review the deadlines/schedule below.

DEADLINES

MAY 11: 

Last day of class =

Presentations + End of Semester Review + Final Exam Instructions

Final Deadline for Final Project (Memoir or Manifesto)

MAY 14:

Final Deadline for Short Essays— remember you must complete 3 out of 5 short essays. If you complete more than 3, the additional ones will count as extra credit.

Final Deadline for any late Discussion Board Posts: You can make up posts for half credit (1 point, instead of 2) but you must submit them by May 14.

MAY 21:

Final Deadline for Final Exam 

Discussion Board #13 (due 5/10)

The workshop conducted by Victoria (Women’s Resource Center) and Robert (Counseling Center) focused on healthy relationships. What is one (or two) takeaway for you from that workshop? Based on the workshop and discussion, please write about something that you learned,  or made you think about relationships in a different way, or left you with a question that you want to explore further.

Please title your post: First Name Last Name: DB 13 and select “DB 13” as the category for your post.

 

Module 12

OVERVIEW: MAKE-UP WORK

There is no new reading or material for this week, and no new discussion board. Please use this time to catch up on missing work for this class:

  1. Short Essays: Remember that you must complete THREE of the five possible essays before the end of the semester. All of the prompts are now up for you, under Assignments . The absolute final deadline for the essays is May 14, but I suggest that you use this week to write and complete them if you can.
  2. Discussion Board Posts: You can make up discussion board posts for partial credit, so this would also be a good week to make these assignments up.

FINAL PROJECT

I will be sending you feedback on your drafts over the next week. If you have not yet turned in your draft, do so as soon as possible. Remember to include a letter to me that includes an assessment of your work:

  • What are your goals?
  • What do you think is working well in your project?
  • Where do you feel you need support or improvement?

You can post your draft on Open Lab and select “DRAFT” as your category. It can be a private post. Your letter can be in the post or you can add it as a comment.

Essay #5–suggested due date 5/4

Instructions: For this fifth essay, please feel free to expand on your in-class writing, discussion board posts, and class discussion based on MODULE 10. Your essay should be about 500 words (2 pages double-spaced, in 12 point font). You can turn your essay in on Blackboard OR as a post on Open Lab. If you make a post on Open Lab, you can write in the text box or “Add Media” and upload your document. Make sure to select Essay #5 as your category for the post.

You can write in response to any of these prompts– make sure to be clear about which prompt you are using.

Prompt 1: Based on Anita or Out in the Night (or both), what do we learn about the process of speaking out or fighting back in situations of gendered violence? What do the victim-survivors say about their experience and how are their stories received– by their family/friends/colleagues, the legal system, the media? Where did they receive support, healing, or have their needs met? What does this show us about what is useful for survivors and what needs to change?

Prompt 2: Why do INCITE/Critical Resistance (and the signers of the statement on Gender Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex) believe  that prisons are not the solution for gendered violence? What do they say are the problems with prisons? What are the limits of the anti-prison’s movement work to address gendered violence? What are the solutions that they propose? Where do you agree or disagree with their position and why?

Reminder: DRAFT due today….

FINAL PROJECT DRAFT DUE NO LATER THAN APRIL 27

In addition to your draft, I ask you to write me a short letter in which you share your own assessment of your work:

  • What are your goals?
  • What do you think is working well in your project?
  • Where do you feel you need support or improvement?

You can post your draft on Open Lab and select “DRAFT” as your category. It can be a private post. Your letter can be in the post or you can add it as a comment.

 

DRAFT of your final project due TODAY!

FINAL PROJECT DRAFT DUE NO LATER THAN APRIL 27

In addition to your draft, I ask you to write me a short letter in which you share your own assessment of your work:

  • What are your goals?
  • What do you think is working well in your project?
  • Where do you feel you need support or improvement?

 

You can post your draft on Open Lab and select “DRAFT” as your category. It can be a private post. Your letter can be in the post or you can add it as a comment.

  • I will hold open writing time for anyone who wants to come and work on their projects. I will bring writing prompts if you need and will be available to answer questions– but mostly, we will just sit together and write. Tuesday and Thursday 12:00-1:30 PM, Zoom link here

 

DRAFT of your final project due tomorrow, TUES 4/27

FINAL PROJECT DRAFT DUE NO LATER THAN APRIL 27

In addition to your draft, I ask you to write me a short letter in which you share your own assessment of your work:

  • What are your goals?
  • What do you think is working well in your project?
  • Where do you feel you need support or improvement?

 

You can post your draft on Open Lab and select “DRAFT” as your category. It can be a private post. Your letter can be in the post or you can add it as a comment.

  • I will hold open writing time for anyone who wants to come and work on their projects. I will bring writing prompts if you need and will be available to answer questions– but mostly, we will just sit together and write. Tuesday and Thursday 12:00-1:30 PM, Zoom link here