Category: Women of Color

Mia McKenzie: Lyllye B. Parker Women of Color Speaker Series

Global Scholars Great Hall 1710 E. 15th Ave. Room 123 The ASUO Women’s Center Presents the Lyllye B. Parker Women of Color Speaker Series: Mia McKenzie Mia McKenzie is a black feminist writer and a smart, scrappy Philadelphian. She is…

Exhibit & reception for Reconoci.do: Dominicans of Haitian Descent

Reception JSMA 1430 Johnson Lane Exhibit March 03, 2015 to May 03, 2015 In the wake of a recent decision by the Constitutional Tribunal in the Dominican Republic, many Dominican youth of Haitian descent are unable to go to school,…

5 Ways to Support Women’s Research and Creativity at CSWS

How to Help To support the work of CSWS, call (541) 346-5015 or email csws@uoregon.edu. To send a check, mail to: Center for the Study of Women in Society, 1201 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1201 1. Postdoctoral Fellowship in…

Cuban Filmmaker Marilyn Solaya to Screen “In the Wrong Body”

“In The Wrong Body” tells the story of Mavi Susel, who underwent Cuba’s first gender reassignment operation in 1988. In addition this documentary explores such timely issues as the meaning of femininity in the macho and patriarchal society of Cuba.…

CSWS Women of Color Project Writing Workshop

Jane Grant Conference Room 330 Hendricks Hall 1408 University St. Writing, Procrastination, and Resistance: How to Identify Your Funk and Move Through It All CSWS affiliates are invited to the workshop lead by Kerry Ann Rockquemore, President and CEO, National…

Book Talk — Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music: The Limits of La Onda

111 Alder Building 818 E. 15th Ave. Deb Vargas is an associate professor of ethnic studies at the University of California at Riverside. She earned her PhD in sociology with an emphasis in feminist studies at the University of California…