Chatting with Meredith Walrafen and Kathy Rose-Mockery.
I have missed follow-up posts about our two past Tea Talks, which have been (in my opinion) our best interviews of the semester! We hosted two very intelligent, amazing and important women and activists on our KU campus: Meredith Walrafen and Kathy Rose-Mockery. They are both fighting for important causes and we had the pleasure to get a peek into their passion.
Meredith Walrafen is a senior majoring in business. She is not only a fantastic student, but she is also extremely involved on campus with a variety of things including the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, founder of the campus OxFam KU chapter, president of Sellards Scholarship Hall and much more. She discussed this work as well as her projects this year. She talked about her work on a campaign promoting public water systems and encouraged the university to choose tap water. She is now interning at the Center for Sustainability to continue her work. All this work began this summer at Corporate Accountability International in Boston, while she worked on the Think Outside the Bottle Campaign. This campaign works to protect and promote public water systems by encouraging individuals, establishments, and governments to choose tap water over bottled water. If you are interested in working with her her contact information is as follows: Her email is mwal22@ku.edu.
Kathy Rose-Mockery is the Director of the Emily Taylor Women’s Resource Center (ETWRC), which is housed in the Student Involvement and Leadership Center on the 4th floor of the Kansas Union. The Emily Taylor Women’s Resource Center provides information, resources, and assistance on women’s and gender-related issues for students to get informed, get involved, and get empowered! Kathy and the staff believe the first step to taking action and taking charge is educating one’s self about the many ways gender affects the self and others. Then the next step is to apply the knowledge and connect with others by taking an active role in the community. Students must also use knowledge and involvement to find your voice, advocate for yourself and others, and make a difference in the world. Through their various programs, such as Commission on the Status of Women, students follow all these steps ETWRC encourages, in honor of Emily Taylor, the women for which the center is named. This month, in honor of women’s history month, ETWRC is hosting a KU women’s history scavenger hunt! Check out the website (http://www.etwrc.ku.edu/) for more information about this event and about all the programming for all students.
from hannah and emily
photo by alex applegate
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