Category Archives: International Student

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

 

 

Take Back the Night 2020 – Final Rally Speakers Angela // Lauri // WC and VIRTUAL MARCH

The UO Women’s Center so proudly presents the FINAL night of our “Take Back the Night 2020 – Collective Healing at a Distance” Virtual Rally! Please join Angela as she addresses the intersections of Sexual and Domestic Violence and Native American/Indigenous Communities as well as the unacceptable prevalence of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Afterwards, please join Lauri to close out the Rally as she shares with us the intersections of Sexual and Domestic Violence and the Disabled Community, lessons on dignity, respect and consent for interacting with Disabled People as well as her guidance for how to heal through our own journeys after trauma. Special Guest appearance by her semi-retired Guide Dog Kimble.

Following the Rally is “A Collective Message from the UO Women’s Center Staff from our Spaces to Yours” and the Take Back the Night 2020 – Collective Healing at a Distance VIRTUAL MARCH! Please see below for full details!

With Love and Solidarity, The UO Women’s Center.

LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN20-Angela

LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN20-Lauri

LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN20-WC

LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN20-VirtualMarch

*Please note that this link will take you to the UOTBTN2020@gmail.com Google Drive where the Take Back the Night 2020 Virtual March video is located (as the file became too large for direct upload to our blogs.uoregon.edu/women) and requires no log-in for a wider audience to view. Please be advised that the quality of the video is greatly improved if downloaded to your device.

(The Take Back the Night 2020 Virtual March will also be uploaded to Microsoft Stream which will require a UO ID for access. LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN20-VirtualMarchStream)

Take Back the Night 2020 – Rally Speakers KW // Mandy

The UO Women’s Center so proudly presents night three of our “Take Back the Night 2020 – Collective Healing at a Distance” Virtual Rally! Please join KW as they address the intersections of Sexual and Domestic Violence and the LGBTQIA+ Community, as well as how we must honor the right to dignity, respect, agency and bodily autonomy for Sex Workers and BIPOC Folks. Afterwards, please join Mandy as she shares her personal healing and rebuilding process “brick by brick” after trauma and how as a Parent and a Survivor she teaches the importance of consent to her young sons on a daily basis.

With Love and Solidarity, The UO Women’s Center.

LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN20-KW

LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN20-Mandy

 

Take Back the Night 2020 Rally Speakers – UO Muxeres // Francesca

The UO Women’s Center so proudly presents night two of our “Take Back the Night 2020 – Collective Healing at a Distance” Virtual Rally! Please join Student Organization UO Muxeres as they address the intersections of Sexual and Domestic Violence and the Latinx Community. Afterwards, please join Francesca as she shares her own healing journey after multiple traumas and addresses the essential need for Allies in our mission to support survivors.

With Love and Solidarity, The UO Women’s Center.

LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN20-Muxeres

LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN20-Fran

Take Back the Night 2020 – Rally Speakers Olivia and Fatima

The UO Women’s Center so proudly presents our “Take Back the Night 2020 – Collective Healing at a Distance” Virtual Rally! Please join Olivia Rodriguez, Women’s Center Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Coordinator, and Fatima Roohi Pervaiz, Women’s Center Director, as they introduce and provide an overview of this year’s remote event, address the power and control dynamics of Domestic Violence, National Child Abuse Prevention Month and the impact of this current pandemic on safety. Resources for support will also be provided.

With Love and Solidarity, The UO Women’s Center.

Take Back the Night 2020 – Collective Healing at a Distance

The UO Women’s Center’s “Take Back the Night 2020 – Collective Healing at a Distance” begins TONIGHT at 6pm! Links to our Virtual Rally Speakers will be posted on Instagram, Facebook and our blogs.uoregon.edu/women every night 4/27-4/30 at 6pm! UO ID required to view Rally Speaker videos.

 

Please note: There will NOT be a Take Back the Night Speak Out this year. However, additional programming will be provided by the student organization Organization Against Sexual Assault (OASA) via Zoom following the Take Back the Night Virtual March on Thursday 4/30 at 7pm. Again, that will be a student-led discussion space and NOT a Speak Out. Please follow @uo_oasa on Instagram for more information.

 

This is a survivor-centered movement and a sacred space. We will not tolerate or engage with any actions which seek to disrespect that.

 

#TakeBackTheNight2020 #TBTN2020 #TBTN #VirtualRally #SAAM