LSU showcasing women’s education and activism

“What Men Don’t Tell Women About Business: Opening Up the Heavily Guarded Alpha Male Playbook” is one book set to be discussed and dissected in an upcoming session of LSU’s latest program from Women’s and Gender Studies, the Community Connections Committee, and the LSU campus-wide community is invited to get involved. While plans are already being made for the 2010 sessions, the inaugural class is just coming together for the fall semester. The Community Connections Committee combines two of the most important aspects of the university studies program: education and activism. The thrust of the committee will be a reading group, and the first selection is Deborah Tannen’s “Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work.” Topics ranging from office relationships to workplace equity should ignite meaningful exchanges. The underlying goal of the committee, though, is to put into practice what has been learned in these reading groups. Service projects will be carried out, including mentoring and literacy programs, toward the end of the year. The group will meet every three weeks from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday in 129 Himes Hall. Three chapters of “Talking from 9 to 5” will be discussed at each of the committee’s meetings on Oct. 29, Nov. 19 and Dec. 10. Faculty, staff and students have been encouraged to attend by organizers. To sign up or for more information, contact Brenda Macon, bmacon@lsu.edu or 578-6906.—Jeremy Alford