The UW-Madison Campus Women's Center held their volunteer kick-off meeting Monday to recruit students for spring semester activities, including the publication of a new magazine titled Women in REDZINE .
This submission-based magazine will feature written literary works ranging from essays to short stories as well as multimedia submissions from women on campus and in the surrounding Madison area.
According to the CWC website, the group hopes the magazine will provide a forum for self-expression and give a voice to the marginalized and oppressed individuals of our diverse community.""
The next issue of the publication will feature a CD compilation titled Women in Red Records, including music from several bands as well as spoken word recordings.
Chanel Matsunami Govreau, the publications coordinator for the CWC said the group welcomes all people who view themselves as a woman, whether they were born with male or female anatomy.
According to Matsunami Govreau, the CWC identify as a group of individuals coming from various backgrounds, allowing each woman to identify as a group while also expressing her individuality.
""Women are not just as simple as women, but we are also coming from different places and experiences,"" she said.
The CWC caters to the needs of the diverse student body through a variety of events on campus including the Vagina Monologues, which raise money for Domestic Abuse Intervention Services, and Take Back the Night, a rally held in Library Mall and State Street protesting sexual victimization.
Chynna Hass, the support services coordinator for the CWC said she is looking for volunteers and for-credit interns to help promote and run the Take Back the Night event.
Hass also runs weekly discussion groups varying in topic from body image discussions to sexual assault survivor support groups. The next sexual assault survivor drop-in session will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m.
For information on CWC upcoming events, students can visit http://campuswomenscenter.rso.wisc.edu/.
