Feminist Expo 2000 to help students gain leadership skills, jobs

by NICOLE L. JIVIDEN
reporter

More than 40 student delegates will be representing Marshall at Feminist Expo 2000 in Baltimore, Md., from March 31 to April 2 .

Feminist Expo 2000, sponsored by the Feminist Major-ity Foundation, includes more than 250 speakers, 60 leadership workshops, and four general assemblies, according to the Web site www.feminist.org.

"It's important to train these women in leadership," said Dr. Amy E. Hudock, assistant professor of English and Marshall's coordinator of Women's Studies. "When they return to Marshall University, they will be better future employees."

Students will attend training sessions to learn how to run a committee and how to be an activist, among other activities, Hudock said.

At the expo, the Feminist Career Center will be having a job fair. Delegates may send their résumés to a job bank, which gives students opportunities to find internships, part-time, full-time and summer jobs, Hudock said.

After the conference, student delegates will give a presentation at Marshall telling what they learned at the expo, Hudock said.

"This is the biggest gathering of feminist student organizations in the U.S. since the last feminist expo in 1995," Hudock said.

The group has had four fund-raisers to help pay for its trip.

The group's last fund-raiser was Friday's auction at the Renaissance Book Company and Coffee House.

Donations to help pay for the trip may be sent to Hudock at Old Main 357.

The group has received donations from Marshall organizations, Hudock said. The Office of Academic Affairs gave the group $400 and the Student Government Association gave a $500 grant, she said.

The Office of Multicultural Affairs and International Prog-rams is sponsoring the trip and the Women's Center is paying for the group's bus, Hudock said.

Each person must pay $25 to attend the expo, Hudock said. Space is still available. More information is available by calling Hudock at 696-2441.