By Kiki Johanson

sfcc.kristina.johanson@gmail.com

According to their website, The Women’s Club is “an organization that promotes greater unity, friendship, and active participation among the female members of the Student Body.”

Kellie Fischer is the adviser of The Women’s Club.

“The club is about women’s health and rights issues,” Fischer said. “It’s about women having fun and supporting each other.”

Josie Reeves is the president of The Women’s Club.

“This club to me is encouraging for our academics,” Reeves said. “To go to club events, you have to have a certain grade point average, so it encourages you to have high grades.”

According to Fischer, many people assume the club is something it’s not.

“It is not a place to bash men,” said Fischer. “It is something that men can be a part of, and we do get male members sometimes.

“It is not a feminist club. Feminism has some negative connotations, and we choose not to label it that way.”

The Women’s Club gives students a place to get involved socially and a chance to make an impact on the community.

“One of the major events we do is The Vagina Monologues,” Fischer said. “90 percent of the proceeds go to a local women’s organization like The Women’s Hearth and YWCA.”

The club was unable to do The Vagina Monologues this year.

The club has had issues in the past with people on campus tearing down the flyers advertising The Vagina Monologues.

“We have to put in the funds to get the posters out,” said Reeves. “It’s not cheap by any means.”

Other events the club hosts are geared towards helping people who are fighting breast cancer.

“Come spring quarter we do the Susan G. Komen Race For the Cure,” said Reeves.

“When we do our breast cancer events we usually have people who are fighting or beat it. Last year we actually had a man with breast cancer who spoke. It was really interesting because most of the questions came from the men.”