2015 Women’s Heritage Month Celebration at UIC
“Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives”
The goal of our annual Women’s Heritage Month (WHM) celebration at UIC is to promote activities and lectures that engage and inform our community about the diverse roles and unique contributions of women in our community. A variety of departments and organizations throughout the UIC campus community are hosting a month long array of programs and events that have a strong common thread: they delve into and celebrate the lives and impact of women from a diversity of communities and cultures. This year the Women’s Leadership & Resource Center will be focusing its WHM programming around issues of reproductive justice and abortion rights.
By centering UIC faculty, staff & student research and community involvement in this month-long program, we hope to provide a unified voice sharing Women’s Heritage Month activities and events to the campus community and beyond. Come join us!
Be sure to check out all the wonderful events scheduled for this week of Women's Heritage Month and the weeks ahead at http://womenslrc.uic.edu/womens-heritage-month/.
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Gender in the City: Street Harassment & Safety
Part of the Great Cities Institute Real Time Chicago Lecture Series
Wednesday, March 4th
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Gallery 400 Lecture Room, 400 South Peoria Street
Join us for a discussion with Scheherazade Tillet, Executive Director of A Long Walk Home, Jasson Perez, National Co-Chair of Black Youth Project 100 and Respondent: Brenda Parker, Assistant Professor, Urban Planning & Policy.
Free. Lunch will be provided. For disability accommodations contact christia@uic.edu or 312.996.8700.
Hosted by the Great Cities Institute. Co-sponsored by the Women’s Leadership and Resource Center. For more information visit greatcities.uic.edu.
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2014 Woman of the Year Reception for Dr. ROBIN J. MERMELSTEIN
Thursday, March 5th
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Michele Thompson Rooms, Student Center West, 828 S. Wolcott Avenue - West Campus
Please join us to congratulate Dr. Robin J. Mermelstein, as the Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Women’s 2014 Woman of the Year.
This event is designated as an official Chancellor's Status Committee event, thereby considered approved for employee participation. It is open to everyone from UIC Community.
To RSVP your attendance at the Woman of the Year Reception, go to http://www.uic.edu/depts/ccsw/activity/WOY/rsvp.html.
Hosted by the Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Women (CCSW).
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JESSICA D. COOK
The Violence of Low-Wage Temporary Staffing Work
Part of the REAL TALK – A BROWN BAG SERIES
Thursday March 5th
12:30 - 1:30 PM
1550 University Hall
Low-wage temporary staffing work is a growing sector that utilizes and contributes to poverty and structural and interpersonal violence. Through poverty wages, wage theft, rampant health and safety violations, racial and immigration based discrimination, interaction with the immigration detention and prison industrial complexes, and sexual harassment and assault, this sector and their client companies profit through the use of power and control dynamics similar to that seen in interpersonal and family violence.
In addition to this violence in the work place, the exploitation in this labor market sector further marginalizes women, people of color and immigrants from social and financial security and inclusion in their community and personal lives.
Lunch will be provided. RSVP with subject: “Real Talk RSVP” to dcairo2@uic.edu
Hosted by the Campus Advocacy Network (CAN), Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) and Movement Against Sexual Violence (MASV). Throughout the series, we examine various social justice issues through the lens of interpersonal violence. We hope to inspire connections – not only between ideas and movements – but also between people who are social justice agents of change.
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UTERI-CHAT
Friday, March 6th
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Montgomery Ward Gallery, 2nd floor, Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted Street
Join us for an interactive art filled afternoon with the Wandering Uterus Project: A DIY Movement for Reproductive Justice. Come create a uterus and discuss important issues surrounding gender, sexuality, reproduction and the body.
Students attending this event may document their activities as part of The UIC Experience Program. For more information, visit http://www.uicexperience.uic.edu.
Questions? E-mail: sgrbic2@uic.edu. Require accommodations? Please call 312-413-5070 at least one week prior to the event.
Presented by: CEW Design Studio, UIC Campus Programs, Apna Ghar Inc., Campus Advocacy Network.
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COMING UP NEXT WEEK…
The Mask You Live In – Film Screening
Part of the Reimagining Masculinity Initiative at UIC
March 9th
4:00 – 7:00 PM
Cardinal Room, Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted Street
Compared to girls, research shows that boys in the U.S. are more likely to be diagnosed with a behavior disorder, prescribed stimulant medications, fail out of school, binge drink, commit a violent crime, and/or take their own lives. The Mask You Live In asks: As a society, how are we failing our boys? –The Representation Project
Join the Reimagining Masculinity Initiative at UIC as we screen and hold a reception for this new documentary film. The Mask You Live In is one narrative that explores ideas of masculinity and the socialization of young boys.
Screening & Community Dialogue Schedule:
4:00 - 4:30pm Reception & Networking
4:30 - 6:15pm Welcome & Film Screening
6:15 - 7:00pm Community Dialogue
To RSVP to the reception and film, visit goo.gl/o54LHO
If you have any questions, call (312) 413-1025 or email uic.masculinity@gmail.com
Special thanks to the UIC Centers for Cultural Understanding & Social Change and Honors College for their support in creating the Reimagining Masculinity Initiative; and to the Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Latinos (CCSL) and Movement Against Sexual Violence (MASV) for co-sponsoring this collaborative project.
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MY JOURNEY DOWN AMERICA'S WALK OF SHAME: A presentation by Emily Letts
Tuesday, March 10th
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Women’s Leadership & Resource Center, 728 W Roosevelt Road, Parking Lot Entrance
Emily Letts made national and international headlines last May when she filmed her own abortion while working as an abortion counselor in New Jersey. The video went viral after Cosmopolitan published an interview of her titled, "Why I Filmed My Abortion". She was featured in Huffington Post, NBC News, The Dr. Drew Show, BBC, Salon.com and many other major media sources. The video now has millions of views and counting. Emily is now a dual master’s student in social work and public health at UIC and has agreed to share her journey with us. Hear her speak about her efforts to de-stigmatize abortion, her experience with the media and what she has learned from the stories of thousands of women across America.
Food will be served. Please RSVP at WLRC@UIC.EDU.
Questions? Require accommodations? Call us at 312-413-1025.
Hosted by the Women’s Leadership & Resource Center.
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Life Hacks by Grace Hopper
Wednesday, March 11th
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Women’s Leadership & Resource Center, 728 W Roosevelt Road, Parking Lot Entrance
Did you know that Grace Hopper not only pioneered the field of computer science, but she did not learn to code until she was 37! Local film maker, Melissa Pierce, will join us to share some life hacks she has learned while making a film about Grace Hopper.
This event is NOT just for computer science or just for WISE students. Everyone is welcome because we believe the wisdom of Grace Hopper is for everyone.
Hosted by the UIC Women in Science & Engineering Program (WISE).
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Noche de Poetas
“Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives”
Thursday, March 12th
5:30 - 7:30pm
Latino Cultural Center, 803 S. Morgan Street, Lecture Center B2
Join us for Noche de Poetas around the national theme “Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives” in collaboration with Fight for 15.
Hosted by the Latino Cultural Center. Co-sponsored by the Women's Leadership & Resource Center, Campus Advocacy Network, MeSA, SAFEHR, SJP & UPRS.
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SCOUT BRATT of the Chicago Women’s Health Center
Bringing Your Feminisms Into Healthcare
Part of the Feminisms Lunch Lecture Series
Thursday, March 12th
12:30 – 1:30 PM
Women’s Leadership & Resource Center, 728 W Roosevelt Road, Parking Lot Entrance
Health care is a human right, and all individuals deserve access to not only health care but also health education that empowers self-determination and informed decision-making. How do you ensure that you get the health care and education you deserve? Join the Chicago Women’s Health Center to explore and consider how we are present, feminist, and self-advocates in health care settings. Together, we will discuss challenges and barriers to being and feeling empowered in health care settings, as well as share strategies, recommendations, and resources for ensuring your whole self is seen, heard, and respected in any and all health care settings.
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP at WLRC@UIC.EDU.
Questions? Require accommodations? Call us at 312-413-1025.
Hosted by the Women’s Leadership & Resource Center.
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DOROTHY ROBERTS
Fatal Invention: Why The Politics of Race and Science Still Matters
IRRPP Annual Bowman Lecture
Thursday, March 12th
4:00 PM
Room 302, Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted Street
About the Speaker
An acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and the law, Professor Dorothy Roberts is the fourteenth Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, George A. Weiss University Professor, and the inaugural Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights at University of Pennsylvania. She holds appointments in the Law School and Departments of Africana Studies and Sociology. Professor Roberts received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Harvard Law School.
About the Bowman Lecture Series
This lecture was established to honor Phillip J. Bowman’s contributions to UIC during his tenure as Director of IRRPP and Professor of African American Studies. It features national scholars of race, ethnicity, and public policy who provide timely analysis of issues of critical importance to the field and to communities of color.
RSVP to irrpp@uic.edu
Hosted by The Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy (IRRPP). Co-sponsors: Medical Education, Institute for the Humanities Health and Society Working Group, Gender & Women's Studies, Sociology, Biocultures, Racialized Body Cluster, African American Studies
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COFFEE TABLE SERIES ON DACA/DAPA RELIEF
Thursday, March 12th
4:30 - 5:30 PM
Montgomery Ward Gallery, 2nd floor, Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted Street
Hear from UIC students who have benefited from Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) relief and learn how youth and families can benefit from Comprehensive Immigration Reform.
Presented by Apna Ghar, SAAPRI, IAC, CDYR, Campus Advocacy Network, UIC Campus Programs.
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Creating Cultures of Consent
Friday, March 13th
3:30 – 5:00 PM
Women’s Leadership & Resource Center, 728 W Roosevelt Road, Parking Lot Entrance
Join the Campus Advocacy Network, Prof. Jennifer Richardson (Department of Gender and Women’s Studies), and Movement Against Sexual Violence (MASV) for a conversation about the ways in which popular culture impacts the way we understand sex, rape, and power.
Does pop culture cause people to do harm? Do the things we see in the media accurately reflect how people interact? If so, should we change it?
Hosted by the Women’s Leadership & Resource Center, UIC Gender and Women’s Studies Program and Movement Against Sexual Violence (MASV).
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Chicago Abortion Fund Bowl-A-Thon
Sunday, March 15th
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Timber Lanes, 1851 W. Irving Park Road
Raffle, silent auction, pizza and bowling to strike down barriers to reproductive justice.
Want to get involved? Check out chicagoabortionfund.com or facebook.com/chicagoabortionfund
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All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.
If you have a program you would like to see added to our calendar, please send info to wlrc@uic.edu.
