NOW! UConn Metanoia 2009: Preventing Violence Against Women

For complete information: http://www.metanoia.uconn.edu/

Sunday, Oct. 4
Past (1979), Present (2009), and Future (?): Preventing VAW

This panel – featuring participants from the 1979 Metanoia as well as current students and professionals in the field – will kick off the week of the 2009 Metanoia. Audience questions and discussion by the panelists will conclude the session.

4:00pm – 5:15pm
Dodd [...]

@UConn Take Back the night — starting tonight, 4/22/2009

The University of Connecticut’s Women’s Center would like to cordially invite you to attend the upcoming event Take Back the Night!
Take Back the Night is an annual international event, dedicated to raising awareness about sexual assault against women. The goal of Take Back the Night is to foster a supportive and safe environment for survivors [...]

UConn Events during April: Sexual Assault Awareness Month

UConn’s Violence Against Women Prevention Program (VAWPP) has planned many events on the Storrs campus. Here is their announcement.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. We ask that you join us in working to end violence against women. Please distribute to your students and colleagues.
7th Robert Jensen: [...]

At UConn: Permanent Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) Public Hearing, Wednesday, February 27, 2008

PCSW Public Hearing Topic: Getting To A Better Tomorrow: Economic And Financial Security — Wednesday, February 27, 2008
A large number of Connecticut families are finding that their costs are rising faster than their wages. A recent report, Where Connecticut Stands, commissioned by the PCSW stated that 19%, or one-in-five Connecticut households lacks enough money to [...]

Campus Event: Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture

The UConn Women’s Center invites you to a workshop next week:
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture

Date:
Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Time:
7:00pm – 10:00pm

Place:
Student Union Theatre, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Here’s a clip of Ariel Levy on Stephen Colbert.
“With the fresh voice of a young woman who grew up taking equal rights [...]

March newsletter from the Women’s Center

The March issue of the UConn Women’s Center’s newsletter is now available!

Celebrate Women’s Brown Bag Lunch Series

Spring 2007
PLEASE NOTE THESE SESSIONS WILL BE HELD IN THE STUDENT UNION ROOM 324 FROM NOON – 1 P.M.
March 12th – Hepatitis from A to C with George Wu, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology-Hepatology