UO campus Gerlinger Alumni Lounge 1468 University St. A. Breeze Harper, editor of the anthology Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak On Food, Identity, Health, and Society, and the author of the social justice novel Scars: A Black Lesbian Experience…
Category: Women’s Rights
“To Gain Title to Our Bodies: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance in the Civil Rights Era,” a lecture by Danielle McGuire
375 McKenzie Hall 1101 Kincaid St. UO campus Free public lecture Danielle McGuire argues that Black women’s protests against sexual assault and interracial rape fueled the modern civil rights movement and that even the most well-known movement campaigns — the…
Twenty Students Per Week: The Report of the University Senate Task Force to Address Sexual Violence and Survivor Support
November 6, 2014—The University of Oregon Senate task force charged with studying sexual assault prevention methods at UO has released its final report, “Twenty Students Per Week: The Report of the University Senate Task Force to Address Sexual Violence and Survivor…
Panel linked to CSWS-funded survey proposes UO sexual violence office
October 23, 2014 Eugene, OR—A task force charged with studying sexual assault prevention methods at the University of Oregon recommended the creation of a single office on campus for sexual and gender violence. This was among 23 recommendations presented on…
CSWS-Funded Survey Reveals High Level of Sexual Assault on Campus
October 1, 2014, Eugene, OR—A survey by UO professor Jennifer Freyd (Psychology) and graduate students Carly Smith and Marina Rosenthal reveals that 35 percent of female students at the University of Oregon have had sexual experiences without consent. The survey…
Speakers urge UO to do more to prevent sexual assaults
Speakers urge UO to do more to prevent sexual assaults | Around the O. August 27, 2015—A crowd of about 50 gathered for the first public forum at the University of Oregon by the President’s Review Panel, which heard thoughts…
