2008 Woodie Awards
Body Politics to perform
Gisel Saillant, Collegian staff
Issue date: 4/25/08 Section: News
The Women of Color Leadership Network (WOCLN) at UMass will showcase their fifth annual "Body Politics" production this weekend.
Located in Wilder hall, WOCLN, directed by Hind Mari, strives in its mission to strengthen self identity, cultivate support in academics and leadership development, and to provide a space in which women of color including Black/African American, African, Latina, South American, Chicana, Asian-Pacific Islander, South Asian, Native American, Middle Eastern, Arab/Arab American, Caribbean, biracial and multicultural and all indigenous women can have a voice to express their experiences and stories, according to the group.
The "Body Politics" production is a yearlong process that includes women of color applying to be part of the production. The cast must attend workshops that involve discussions, movements, exercises and writings. Selected writings are compiled and produced into a script by graduate student facilitators Iris Jacob and Keli Stewart.
The 2008 production aims to create itself into a medium, in which women of color can express their own narratives about their body image, exaltation, abuse, pleasure, confusion and pride in their identity.
The show dates are this Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Campus Center auditorium.
For more information contact the WOCLN at 413-545-1671 or visit its Web site at www.umass.edu/wocln.
Located in Wilder hall, WOCLN, directed by Hind Mari, strives in its mission to strengthen self identity, cultivate support in academics and leadership development, and to provide a space in which women of color including Black/African American, African, Latina, South American, Chicana, Asian-Pacific Islander, South Asian, Native American, Middle Eastern, Arab/Arab American, Caribbean, biracial and multicultural and all indigenous women can have a voice to express their experiences and stories, according to the group.
The "Body Politics" production is a yearlong process that includes women of color applying to be part of the production. The cast must attend workshops that involve discussions, movements, exercises and writings. Selected writings are compiled and produced into a script by graduate student facilitators Iris Jacob and Keli Stewart.
The 2008 production aims to create itself into a medium, in which women of color can express their own narratives about their body image, exaltation, abuse, pleasure, confusion and pride in their identity.
The show dates are this Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Campus Center auditorium.
For more information contact the WOCLN at 413-545-1671 or visit its Web site at www.umass.edu/wocln.
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