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Events, FREE, LGBTQIA+, Out/Loud, Queer

OUT / LOUD Queer and Trans Performance Fest

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Please join the UO Women’s Center to celebrate our 24th annual OUT/LOUD Queer and Trans Performance Fest on Friday, May 17th from 6-8pm in the EMU Redwood Auditorium!

This year’s OUT/LOUD will center Decolonization and Indigeneity and feature our LGBTQIA2S+ Coordinator, Dim, with a Musical Performance in her Indigenous Zomi language – followed by a Musical Performance by Katherine Paul of BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT!

FREE Dinner catered by Royal India will be available first-come, first-serve at the event! Space is limited! Doors open at 6pm!

‼️This is a SAFE SPACE for the LGBTQIA2S+ Community. Harmful and abusive behavior will *NOT* be tolerated. Allies are encouraged to attend. For more information contact Dim at LGBTQWC@gmail.com or Fatima at fpervaiz@uoregon.edu.‼️

Book Aid, Essential Needs, FREE

Book Aid Link is now CLOSED for Winter 2024 Term

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The UO Women’s Center has ***CLOSED*** the application link for the Winter 2024 term Book Aid Program due to the projected cost of applications having exceeded our funding limit.
(as of 1:00 pm Friday, January 5, 2024)

The Book Aid program is offered at the beginning of Fall, **Winter** and Spring terms. It is intended to help those with financial difficulties and other hardships which make it difficult to attain the necessary resources for success within this system of higher education. For the qualified students who apply, we try to help on a ‘first-come, first-serve’ basis. It is suggested that the textbooks you request total under $50 because of our limited funds.

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The Book Aid fund is a regenerating resource where we purchase textbooks for current UO students, and lend the textbooks for the term. The expectation is that the student will return the textbook (excluding ebooks) by Finals Week of the term, unless other arrangements are made.

Comedy, Events, FREE, Free Food, Free Stuff, LGBTQIA+, Out/Loud

OUT/LOUD Queer and Trans Performance Fest

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Friday, May 26 at 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Global Scholars Hall, Great Room
1710 E. 15th Avenue Eugene, OR

Please join the UO Women’s Center to celebrate our 23rd annual OUT/LOUD Queer and Trans Performance Fest Friday, May 26th from 6-8pm in the GSU Great Room! OUT/LOUD will feature a performance by amazing queer comedian Mx. Dahlia Belle, She has been published in Cosmopolitan, The Guardian, The Stranger, and Portland Mercury, and been a repeat guest on NPR, CBC, and XRAY FM.

The Women’s Center will end our last major event of the academic school year by centering LGBTQIA2S+ Laughter and Radical Joy! Come party with us!

Students Highly Encouraged to Participate in Drag Show! Free Food & Admission; Fragrance Free Event; Masks not required but highly encouraged; Raffle Prizes! First Come, First Serve.

This is a SAFE SPACE for the LGBTQIA2S+ Community. Harmful behavior will *NOT* be tolerated. Space is Limited. For more information contact Heather at LGBTQWC@gmail.com or Fatima at fpervaiz@uoregon.edu. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Events, FREE, Take Back the Night

Take Back The Night 2023

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The Women’s Center is beyond excited to invite you to join in-person at our annual Take Back the Night Rally, March and Speak Out Against Sexual and Domestic Violence on Thursday, April 27th, 2023 starting at 6pm in the EMU Amphitheater!

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TBTN is a yearly international protest founded in 1976 which seeks to raise awareness about the realities of sexual and domestic violence on campus and in the community, both for survivors of sexual and domestic violence and those who want to support and bear witness in solidarity.

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TBTN is a survivor-centered event that begins with a Rally in the EMU Amphitheater at 6pm, continues at 7pm as a newly-routed March through the streets of Eugene to symbolize reclaiming people’s safety on public streets at night – and ends this year back on campus for a Speak Out on the Knight Library South Lawn.

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The Speak Out will be student-led (with non-university affiliated licensed mental health providers available nearby for confidential assistance) during which survivors can share personal stories of how sexual and domestic violence has impacted their lives. Snacks, beverages and blankets will be provided. *We ask that no UO Professional Staff or Media be present during this portion of the event to provide a sacred space for students to have dialogue circles of peer to peer support.*

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Our theme for this year’s event is rising up against the endless attacks on bodily autonomy taking place sociopolitically and socioculturally, addressing the oppressive realities of the prison industrial complex, as well as centering marginalized communities too often left out of essential dialogue about sexual and domestic violence – despite being disproportionately impacted by these systems of oppression. As always, the Women’s Center is committed to providing this essential event to support survivors, educate the community and prevent future harm.

PEOPLE UNITE! TAKE BACK THE NIGHT!

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Art by Savannah Zerbel.

Events, FREE, Free Food, International Student, Racial Justice

“Black Girl From Eugene” Podcast Host Ayisha Elliott!

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-Art by Savannah Zerbel

In honor of International Women’s Day, the UO Women’s Center proudly presents our annual Lyllye B. Parker Black, Indigenous and Women of Color Speaker Series featuring Ayisha Elliott of “Black Girl From Eugene” Podcast!

The Lyllye B. Parker Women of Color Speaker Series, named after longtime local advocate for Students of Color, Ms. Lyllye B. Parker, hosts a keynote speaker who addresses the intersections of racism, sexism and other systems of oppression Black, Indigenous and Women of Color face on individual, institutional and societal levels.

This event will include both a global and local perspective on privilege and oppression, beginning with education by WC International Student Coordinator Meghna Jain and move into a Fireside Chat with three generations of Black Women: Ayisha Elliott, WC Racial Justice Coordinator Danaya Lowe and Ms. Lyllye B. Parker herself!

Please join us on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 in the EMU Ballroom from 6-8pm.

 Free. Open to the Public. International Dinner Provided. First come first served. SPACE IS LIMITED.

Please contact DiversityWC@gmail.com for more information.

Events, FREE, Free Stuff, Intersectionality, LGBTQIA+, Out/Loud, Queer, Racial Justice, Women of Color

OUT/LOUD QUEER AND TRANS WOMXN’S PERFORMANCE FEST!

A Queer and Trans Comedy Fest featuring Comedians Mx. Dahlia Belle and Kile Atwater!

Wednesday, June 2nd on YouTube via tinyurl.com/OUTLOUD2021 beginning at 6pm!

FREE and limited OUT/LOUD Snack Packs available at the Black Cultural Center Patio from 2-5pm!

Art by Kei Kort. Video Editing by Ali Beaulieu.

#LGBTQIALaughter #RadicalJoy #PrideMonth2021

Events, FREE, International Student, Intersectionality, LGBTQIA+, Non-Trad Student, Racial Justice, Spoken Word, Student Parent, Women of Color

International Womxn’s Day Celebration 2021!

Please join the Women’s Center for our annual International Womxn’s Day Celebration on Monday, March 15th at 6pm via YouTube!

Please join us at tinyurl.com/IWDC2021 to watch people of all genders showcase cultural performances, educational presentations and radical joy from across the globe!

AND we want to feed you International Food while you watch the show!

The first 25 students to sign-up at: tinyurl.com/IWDC2021-FoodBox will have a FREE meal box with two meals reserved for them (including a vegan/gluten-free option) for pick up at the Black Cultural Center Patio on Monday 3/15 from 1-3pm! Sign-ups are first-come, first serve and supply is limited! Deadline to sign-up for meal box is Sunday 3/7 at 11:59pm!

Contact GlobalFemWC@gmail.com for more information about the event and Karyns@uoregon.edu for more information about the meal boxes.

Art by Kei Kort.

#WomensHistoryMonth #GenderEquity
#InternationalPeace #Healing #RadicalJoy #IntersectionalFeminism

 

 

Events, FREE, Intersectionality, Women of Color

The Women’s Center and Black Cultural Center Presents: The Black, Indigenous and Womxn of Color Speaker Series featuring Ms. Lyllye B. Parker!

Please join us next Wednesday, February 24th at 6pm via YouTube as Ms. Lyllye B. Parker, longtime advocate and activist for racial justice and gender equity and namesake of UO’s Black Cultural Center, addresses the intersections of racism, sexism and other systems of oppression that Black, Indigenous and Womxn of Color face, as well as the Black Lives Matter Movement, the juxtaposition of “yesterday’s” experiences vs. “today’s” in terms in racism, her own legacy as the first Black family to settle in Lane County (and herself the first Black baby to be born at Peace Health Sacred Heart Hospital just blocks away from campus) and her lessons to us as an esteemed elder in our community.

This “fireside chat” style event will be moderated by Women’s Center Racial Justice Coordinator, Violet Johnson, and will be available for viewing on on https://tinyurl.com/LBP2021.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackFuturesMonth #BlackLivesMatter

Art by Kei Kort.