ASUCD Gender & Sexuality Commission

November 17, 2009

I. Call To Order

@ 4:35

II. Quorum Roll Call

Present- Sarah, Jennifer C, Jennifer G, Caitlin, Ashlee, Jane, Kate, Laura T, Alison

Absent- Laura M.

Late- Sing

III. Public Announcements

- It's TransAction Week!

- UC Regent's decision on Tuition Hikes (11/17 - 11/19), Rally at Berkeley, sign up to get on the bus! email to reserve a spot:

  • Regents decisions and there are all of transportation going out there.
  • There is action going
  • Teach-in at the MU fountain tomorrow
  • General assembly on Thursday
  • Possible events on Friday due to their decision that will be releases Friday.
  • If they rasie our fees it will change the direction in which public education will go

- ECAC Pass the Plate event, 11/17 (tonight!) 7 - 8:30, East Conference Room MU 1

- CORPO / ILLICITO: The Post Human Society, 11/18 8pm, UC Theater Dept. Wright Hall

- Decisions dealing in insurace, StuPack

  • Bars working class and middle class women from having the choice to get an abortions
  • Free public health care will have no funding for abortions
  • A clause dealing with private health care that will abortion coverage removed, but there is only 30% of health care that covers abortion anyways. Who is getting barred? Who is affected?
  • Jezebelle.com has resources for health care option as well as feministing.com
  • ECEC pass the plate event happening this evening at 7 pm- lots of different kinds of foods.
  • Transaction week is this week, keynote film/speaker was last night. Documentary about FTM in lower-income communities.
  • Crafternoon upcoming
  • Tomorrow is trans safe zone in Moss Room 12 pm
  • Transforming body image workshop tomorrow as well
  • Post Human Society theatre performance Corpo Elecito tomorrow 8 pm in UC Theater Department Wright Hall.
  • Farewells coming this Thursday; New senators announced, sworn in this Thursday after farewells. New senate will only have 2 women.
  • Check-in with commission and workload before end of quarter; email Sarah with availability.

IV. Funding Proposals

V. Legislation

VI. Other Business

- CVPP, Gender Education Program, and Sarah's meeting with Jules:

Jules is moving to CCC, someone else taking over gender educator program, GASC to help choose new gender education coordinator? Alison to start dialogue with Spicuza (UCD Police Chief). CVPP & ‘over reporting’ of assaults: Sarah tried to figure out situation, still checking it out, getting in touch with Marissa from CVPP.

- Planned Parenthood Student Organizing Conference report back:

Awesome, good food. Free conference. About how to run effective campaign & organizing strategy. Plan to put on a skill-share for activists in community later. Possible working with PP against StuPack

- Western Regional:

Not money in LGBTRC budget to pay for all students to go; possible rideshare & coordination of registration. GASC would help spearhead movement. Caitlin volunteered to coordinate with LGBTRC for rideshare- contact Sherry. Deadline to register for discount is December 15th.

- Hiring:

Need to hire again; those who were just hired need to be re-hired. Applications online. Apply. Interviews possibly on December 4th 10-2.

-Commission T-Shirt Business: 13 shirts would be around $99- though option of screen-printing our own. Jen brought up point of own t-shirt as further isolating GASC from other commissions- compromise & spend money on pan-commission t-shirts and make GASC only t-shirts ourselves. Designs need to be thought of.

- One on One check-ins: Email Sarah with available times to meet

- GenSex Report Backs

- 1. Sex Toy / Masturbation

"Sex with someone you love"

- Kate Rockwell, Jennifer Giang, Alison Tanner

2. Jezzie sex ed workshop: Jen talked to Jezzie- not sure where wants it to go yet, will talk to Laura & figure out.

- Jennifer Casanova, Laura Mitchell

3. Pink/White Productions - Feminist porn: Jennifer has been emailing.

- Jennifer Giang, Alison Tanner

4. Sex and Ability: Caitlin to meet with professor on Thursday

- Caitlin Alday, Jennifer Giang

5. Body Image – CAPS: Caitlin getting in touch with Women’s Center, Jennifer Casanova working with CAPS.

Jennifer Giang, Jennifer Casanova, Caitlin Alday

6. Films and EC, EPPC - Otto, Green Porno: Alison trying to figure out contacts for Otto; ok on Green Porno, timed different episode- 3 min each. Need to compile episodes.

- Alison Tanner

7. Masculinity Panel: Sarah has been speaking with masculinities professor, next week will make presentation to class to see if anyone who’s male-identified have an interest in being on the panel.

- Sarah Raridon, Jane Teixeira, Laura Mitchell

8. Asian American Masculinity Documentary: no response on emails yet.

- Laura Thatcher, Jennifer Giang

9. Genital Soliloqueers, Generation Sex Open Mic: Decided to call for monologues, already received one. Alison incorporating members of creative community; have director & costume designer already. Will have set. Monologues need to be submitted by January 1st.

- Sing Wang, Laura Thatcher, Jennifer Giang, Kate Rockwell

10. Adam Zimbardo - Sex and Mental Health: Sarah got in touch with Adam Zimbardo, he will help & is looking for what direction to take topic in. Trans and medical system presentation?

- Sarah Raridon

11. Consent Workshop - Clit Collective: Finally got in touch with Sarah, super stoked to come to Davis & present. Willing to work with us to create workshop- consent in social justices communities? They will come & be awesome.

- Sarah Raridon, Laura Mitchell, Jane Teixeira

****Sarah received email from member of Athens Boys Choir, checking out cost of possibly getting him here in January.

****Jennifer Giang getting love lab to attend GenSex week

VII. Other Business Discussion

-Alison: breast feeding/pump program being cut: legally required that the university provide space for people to pump. Innovative program at UCD; have 23 pumps on campus. 16 sites. Allows faculty, staff, and students access to pumps and a lactation advisor. Great program. Talking about dynamic ways to restructure program- new housing, new funding. Breast education program that includes how to give self-check. Alison was approached to get GASC & ASUCD involved. GASC to write bill to get one time or annual funding for pumps etc. on campus? Human resources to be cut) $10,000 per year to keep program going- cost of lactation consultant & pump maintenance. Need to create student awareness. Brooke Coolie at WRRC is contact.

-Talk about reinstating Social Justice Now- addressing issues of white privilege. Email Sarah if want to get involved with it.

-Ridiculous ridiculous StuPack amendment & what we can do as students. UCD students write resolution to senate to show opposition. Work with women’s reproductive health organizations, awareness raising campaigns on campus. Need to band together as students! ASCUD petition if resolution isn’t able to go through due to “controversy” Ideas of working within ASUCD and also working with students directly separate: delegate. Brainstorming as to what we can do as students and as members of GASC.

-Sing found Vagina Monologues director

VIII. Next Meeting's Recorder

Kate Rockwell