The Southern Connecticut State University Women’s Studies Program was proud to host its Fifteenth Annual Women’s Studies Conference,  on October 28, and 29, 2005, in conjunction with the Southern Connecticut State University Women’s Center.   

This years conference entitled "Asian & Pacific Women: Indigenous and Diasporic featured keynote speaker, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak; Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, who teaches English and Cultural Politics.  She is also active in rural literacy, the International Women's Movement, and the struggle for Ecological Justice.  Among Dr. Spivak’s long list of critical works are In Other Worlds; Outside in the Teaching Machine; Critique of Postcolonial Reason;  Imperatives to Reimagine the Planet; and Death of a Discipline.  She is also translator of Imaginary Maps; Breast Stories; Old Women; and Songs for Kali.

Ingrid Washinawatok Service Award Recipients

The Flying Eagle Woman Fund sincerely congratulates the two very special recipients of the second annual Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa Service Award Heartfelt applause to Mary Alice Crim (Student recipient) and Caroline Bridgman-Rees (Faculty/Community recipient).

From left to right: Dr. Yi-Chun Tricia Lin; Mary Alice Crim; Caroline Bridgman-Rees; Ali El-Issa and Maekiw El-Issa as they receive their awards being presented by Ali El-Issa.