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 the impact of the prison industrial complex on woman-identified people.
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://wlrc.uic.edu/womens-heritage-month/.
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Women in Health Sciences Books Highlighted
Throughout the month of March
Library of the Health Sciences - 1750 W. Polk
The Library of the Health Sciences on the west side of the campus has a book display that includes for March books on women's history in the health sciences. We also have highlighted women's history in the health sciences books from all of our health sciences libraries. Most of these are in print and can be requested if they're not located in Chicago.
Here is a link to the collection:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/UICLibrary&tag=Women%2527s%2BHistory%2BMonth
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Art for Gender Justice
Tuesday, March 8th
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Montgomery Ward Gallery, 2nd floor, Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted Street
Engage in an interactive letter writing workshop and discussion on incarceration, immigration, and reproductive justice issues.
Co-sponsored by the Asian American Studies Program, Asian American Resource and Cultural Center & Alpha Phi Gamma at UIC.
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Reception and Round Table on Women’s Rights
Tuesday, March 8th
3:00 PM Reception
3:30 PM Round table discussion
UH 1250, 601 S. Morgan Street
Please join us for refreshments and a round table conversation with past CECSCO awardees,
Cynthia Ibarra, Virginia Martinez, and Joy Messinger. As committed organizers and advocates for the rights of women and other marginalized communities in Chicago and nationwide, the panelists will share their insights on the significance of Women’s History to current organizing efforts in Chicago.
The "Civic Engagement, Community Service, and Community Organizing in Chicago" Awards recognizes outstanding alumni of UIC who have made a significant difference in the lives of women by advancing causes focused on racial, gender, or social justice, and/or advocating for rights of and respect for LGBTQ people in Chicago.
Hosted by the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies.
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Crafting for Community: Button Jewelry
Tuesday, March 8th
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Burnham Hall, 828 South Halsted Street, B6 (Basement)
Creating jewelry is a fun way to establish a second stream of income and/or make inexpensive gifts for yourself and others. In this gathering we'll teach you how to make button jewelry and we'll help the local community by donating many of the creations to Deborah’s Place which serves women experiencing homelessness. You may attend one or both sessions. Please bring $1 and whatever refreshments you want to enjoy. No alcoholic beverages allowed.
Come and go as your schedule allows!
RSVP required at http://ccsw.uic.edu/crafting/. Open to the community.
Co-sponsored by CCSW Minority Concerns subcommittee, Donate by Design student organization, and the UIC Office of Career Services.
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The UIC Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Women - Faculty Concerns and Development Subcommittee presents:
*I’ve Been Asked to Present, Now What? Techniques for Effective Presentations*
Wednesday, March 9th
12:00 -1:00 PM
College of Nursing, Room 158, 845 S. Damen Avenue (West Campus)
Are you looking for techniques to become a more effective public speaker? If so, please join us for this lunch & learn session facilitated by Laurie Schellenberger.
Laurie Schellenberger is the Human Capital Development Coordinator in the UIC HR Organizational Effectiveness department. Laurie joined UIC in the fall of 2010 focusing on employee and leadership skill and professional development. “I inspire, engage, and transform others and self to success through a passion for lifelong learning.” Laurie achieved her Master of Arts in Training and Development at Roosevelt University.
Faculty and Staff are invited to attend
Lunch provided (Thai): Please RSVP and REGISTER HERE
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lahJTnL26OCPjjfF7VjnsM4XLQQD-tbZBwujhwV4KDg/edit?usp=sharing
Contact Aleeca Bell or Julie Carbray for more information.
CCSW events are designated as official Chancellor’s Status Committee meetings, and are thereby considered approved for employee participation. CCSW Website: http://ccsw.uic.edu/
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COMING UP NEXT WEEK…
Gone But Not Forgotten: Quilting Circle
Tuesday, March 15th
5:30 - 8:30 PM
Montgomery Ward Gallery, 2nd floor, Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted Street
Participate in a combination quilting circle and peace circle where you will sew together and discuss questions of transformative justice, police accountability, and community safety.
RSVP at http://apnagharcircle.eventbrite.com
Co-sponsored by Apna Ghar and the Collected Voices, Shared Journeys art show. Led by We Charge Genocide and Rachel Wallis.
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WISE WIKI Women’s History Month Meeting
Wednesday, March 16th
3:00 – 5:00 PM
WLRC/CAN Programming Room – 728 Roosevelt Road, Parking Lot Entrance
Bring your laptop
If you require a laptop, please email WISE at wiseuic@uic.edu.
Did you know that less than 20% of those who edit Wikipedia pages are women?
Not only does this lead to a lack of women having Wikipedia pages, but having top-notch, thorough Wikipedia pages. This includes women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
UIC WISE is out to move the needle!
UIC WISE is launching WISE WIKI: An effort to train UIC students, especially women students, on how to edit and create Wikipedia pages. WISE WIKI will begin by focusing on current Wikipedia pages for UIC women faculty members in STEM departments.
Because there is an online training curriculum, we ask all students to register for the training using our form on our website. Additional training information will be sent to those who register.https://crwg.uic.edu/wise-home/campus/monthly-workshops-panels/wise-wiki/
Everyone is invited!
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Netflix and Chill?
Tuesday, March 15th
3:30 - 4:30 PM
WLRC/CAN Programming Room – 728 Roosevelt Road, Parking Lot Entrance
Join us for an open discussion about hooking up and how consent impacts those experiences
Hosted by the UIC Counseling Center.
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Tangerine – Film Screening & Discussion
Wednesday, March 16th
3:00 – 5:00 PM
Latino Cultural Center, Lecture Center B2
Tangerine is an American comedy-drama film that premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. The story follows a transgender sex worker who discovers her boyfriend and pimp has been cheating on her. As such, she tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.
Stay after the film (approx. 88 minutes | Rated R) for a facilitated dialogue with S, Assistant Director at the Gender and Sexuality Center. Free refreshments and admission.
Presented by the UIC Latino Cultural Center and the Gender and Sexuality Center. Co-sponsored by the Women’s Leadership & Resource Center (WLRC) and student organizations Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE), Queer Compass, and Pride.
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Part of the Feminisms Lunch Lecture Series
DEANA G. LEWIS
I See You: Hyperinvisibility of Black Women & Girls in Dialogues on Criminalization and Justice
Thursday, March 17th
12:30 – 1:30 PM
WLRC/CAN Programming Room – 728 Roosevelt Road, Parking Lot Entrance
This lecture will discuss two current campaigns - #SAYHERNAME and #SurvivedAndPunished - that work to bring to light the invisibility of trans and non-trans Black women and other Women of Color in depictions of police, state, and interpersonal violence. In this discussion, we will highlight the stories of these women and girls who have been left out of discussions about the prison industrial complex and criminalization. As a group, we will discuss tangible ways we can continue to fight for justice and liberation for these women and girls.
Deana G. Lewis is a graduate student in the Educational Policy Studies Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Her research interests include Black girlhood studies, the school to prison nexus, and youth incarceration.
Lunch will be served. RSVP by 3/16 at can.wlrc@gmail.com.
https://www.facebook.com/events/739309689539737/.
This program is part of the FEMINISMS Lunch Lecture Series where we explore, discuss and highlight feminisms and examine them within various cultural locations and contexts. This series creates a safe space to explore the varied and complex realms of feminism. Guest presenters open up opportunities and guide us as we delve deeper into and broaden our understanding of this complex and multifarious movement while expanding the conversation about what it means to be a feminist.
Hosted by the Women’s Leadership & Resource Center.
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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.
