Society for the Study of Social Problems

 

Join us for the 8th Annual AIDS Fundraiser and the Graduate Student and New Member Reception on

Thursday, July 31 from 9:00pm – 11:00pm.

 

Be prepared to laugh. 4 Women Only is a comedy tour like none other.  Each of the female comics has a very unique and powerful message. Rarely does an audience get an opportunity to see talent that crosses many social, economic, class, and lifestyle genre. The group is a wonderful mix of black, white, hispanic, straight, gay, married, and divorced women whose humor ranges from political, urban, family, queer, and inspirational humor.  Comics are in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. 

 

After the comedy act, you will be able to dance to oldies, disco, hiphop, and country music. There will be a good mix of everything from two step music, slow dances, line dancing music especially from the 70s (Electric Slide and Hustle), and hiphop music heard on R&B stations.

 

A dessert station and a limited cash bar will be available.  During the evening, there will be a silent and a live auction.

 

 

SSSP is fortunate to have many talented individuals among its membership, including a number of artists.  If you are one of those talented individuals, please consider donating a piece of your work to the auction.  You can mail it to me ahead of time, or you can bring it to the meeting.  Provide us with a full description of the item (and its estimated value, if you can do that) by June 1.

 

Gordana Rabrenovic, Local Arrangements Committee Chair at

 

Sarah Bakanosky, Local Arrangements Committee at

 

Michele Koontz, Administrative Officer and Meeting Manager at

 

Those of you who are not artists may wish to donate an item.  Perhaps you’ve written a book and would be willing to donate a signed copy, or maybe you have something special that you think would be a hit at the auction.

 

Please get in touch with us about your donations. All proceeds from this event benefit a local AIDS organization, so please help us make the 8th Annual AIDS Fundraiser and Graduate Student and New Member Reception a big success by donating an item.

 

 

For the past seven years, SSSP has donated the proceeds from its Annual AIDS Fundraiser to an AIDS organization in the Annual Meeting’s host city.  For the upcoming meeting, I thought that SSSP may be able to increase the money raised from this event by having a number of items that members could use when they attend the 2008 Annual Meeting in Boston.  Therefore, I am asking Society members who reside in the Boston area if they are willing to solicit donations from Boston area restaurants, hotels and/or merchants for the AIDS Fundraiser auction.  Ideally, the Boston specific items should allow Society members to redeem or use the item at the Annual Meeting from July 31-August 2, 2008.

 

If you are able to obtaining donations for the auction please contact:

 

Gordana Rabrenovic, Local Arrangements Chair

 

Associate Professor and Director

Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

571 Holmes Hall

Northeastern University

Boston, MA 02115

 

email:

phone: 617-373-4998

 

Thank you,

Gordana Rabrenovic