Title Alternative
Klipsun, December 1995
Volume and Number
Vol. 26, Issue 1 1995
Files
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Publication Date
12-1995
Creator
Western Washington University
Editor in Chief
Kimbrough, Heather
Publisher
Western Washington University
City
Bellingham, WA
Production Staff
Managing Editor: Kristi Kiteley; Story Editors: Helen Buller, Eric Francis, Elizabeth Hovde; Illustrator: Kelly Jackson; Business Manager: Teari Brown; Writers: Britney Bartlett, Nina Boswell, Mike Brennand, Grant Clark, Dana Goodwin, Will Hutto, Sean King, Lars Lundberg, David P. Lynch, Steve Mohundro, Loc Nguyen, Yasuko Ogoshi, Michael H. Olson, Renee Pedranti, Jennifer Schwantes, Karl Schweizer, Josie Stroud, Stephanie Thomson, Jake Warnick, tim Klein
Description
Several Bellingham residents and Western students were among 30,000 delegates who traveled to China this summer for a parallel forum in Huairou. As the feature by David Lynch on page 26 discovers, the forum served as an energy booster and supportive venture. And although the conference ended two months ago, these women remain enthusiastic. They’ve continued the struggle for change. Here is a look at the outcome — the fledgling results. This is what Lynch, who lived in China for six years, tried to focus on.
A global networking took place in China, with women exchanging ad dresses and phone numbers. Creating this network of support is important for helping women in other communities and in our own country.
The story talks about how Western student Aimie Vallet now corresponds with a Croatian woman, who started a women’s group in Croatia. “After I returned to the United States I wrote her a letter telling her I was willing to help find support either there or here in the United States,” Vallet said. “That’s what networking is all about as far as I’m concerned.” Besides networking, women from here and other countries saw what life was like for women cross-culturally. What we face here is different from what other women around the globe face. Genital mutilation, inadequate nutrition and unsafe drinking water are types of things women in Third World countries go through.
Taking action toward change is a challenge for us all — to somehow use all the knowledge and discussions we’ve accumulated. It’s been great watching friends get jobs with AmeriCorps, the National Forest Service or as teachers in remote, impoverished areas. They’re using their ideas and dreams and making things happen. Just as the women coming back from China are doing, so too must we find a way to use our education for a worthwhile goal.
Photography Editor
Kellor, Ellen
Advisor
Dale, Carolyn. 1950-
Publisher (Digital Object)
Resources made available by the Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, and www.klipsunmagazine.com/.
Type
Text
Geographic Coverage
Bellingham (Wash.)
Disciplines
Higher Education | Journalism Studies
Keywords
Student life
Description
Independent Student Publication at Western Washington University
Document Type
Issue
Recommended Citation
Kimbrough, Heather, "Klipsun Magazine, 1995, Volume 26, Issue 01 - December" (1995). Klipsun Magazine. 165.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/klipsun_magazine/165
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. Any materials cited must be attributed to the Klipsun Magazine, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subject-Topical (LCSH)
College students’ writings, American--Washington (State)--Bellingham--Periodicals; Universities and colleges--Washington (State)--Bellingham--Periodicals
Subject-Names (LCNAF)
Western Washington University--Students--Periodicals; Western Washington University
Language
English
Format
application/pdf