The UCSB A.S. Womyn’s Commission is an educator about and an advocate for womyn’s rights, with a commitment to representing and improving the status of womyn on campus and in the community. The A.S. Womyn’s Commission is working toward becoming a diverse group of members reflecting the different voices of the campus and community.
The A.S. Womyn’s Commission constantly redefines itself to actively try to recognize how womyn’s issues function within the intersections of race, class, age, sexual orientation, religion, culture and physical ability. Recognizing this means that members of the committee acknowledge that one group can never represent the voices of all womyn across these intersections. Therefore, the members look beyond the Womyn’s Commission and into the campus and community.
This year the commission presented the 3rd Annual “I AM BEAUTIFUL RUNWAY SHOW” a celebration of all types of beauty. The show, which took place in Corwin Pavilion is a challenge to socially accepted standards of beauty and the way these standards lead to both womyn and men being dissatisfied with their bodies. The Student Commission on Racial Equality (SCORE) co-sponsored this event.