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Spelman College
Women's Research and Resource Center
http://www.spelman.edu/about_us/distinction/womenscenter/index.shtml |
Contact Information:
350 Spelman Lane, Box 115
Cosby 2nd Floor
Atlanta, GA 30314
Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Director
M. Bahati Kuumba, Associate Director
Phone: 404/270-5625
Fax: 404/223-7665
Email: bsheftall@aol.com; kuumba@spelman.edu
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| CENTER DESCRIPTION |
| Founded in 1981 with a grant from the Charles Mott Foundation, the Women's Research and Resource Center has three goals: curriculum development in women's studies; research on women of African descent; and community outreach. It administers an undergraduate, interdisciplinary degree in Comparative Women’s Studies; coordinates the Toni Cade Bambara Scholars/Writers/Activists Program/Collective and the Audre Lorde Black Lesbian Feminist Project; manages the Spelman College Archives; and houses the Digital Moving Image Salon. |
| AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE |
community service; cultural, racial and ethnic diversity; curriculum development; education; feminist thought and scholarship; women's studies |
| RECENT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES |
Feminist Thought & Scholarship
- Sojourner Truth Women's Studies Collective. Founded in 1999, the Sojourner Collective is a feminist organization designed to support not only Comparative Women's Studies majors/minors but all people interested in progressive struggle to end sexist/racist/classist/heterosexist oppression.
- Toni Cade Bambara Writer/Scholar/Activist Program and Collective. This unique internship/mentoring program, builds on a long tradition of black feminist scholar/activism at the College. Founded in 1985, this unique student leadership development program was renamed in 1996 in honor of the late scholar/activist Toni Cade Bambara. Bambara's writings and political activism reflected a profound understanding of the interconnections of race, gender, class, and sexuality. This program is designed to attract and help nurture committed students who are interested in becoming scholar/activists.
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