Meet and Greet Lunch with Peggy McIntosh.

On November 19th at 1pm, the Sociology Department and the Traditions Board will offer a meet and greet lunch with Peggy McIntosh. Peggy McIntosh is the nationally recognized author of White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.  The event will take place on the 7th floor of Gruening building. For more information please call 474-5494. 

Also, check out this cool animation on white privilege. 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzAein4X37g

Nationally Recognized Race & Gender Expert Peggy McIntosh to speak at UAF

Peggy McIntosh, a nationally recognized expert on race and gender relations, will deliver a lecture on unearned race and gender privilege titled "Coming to See Privilege Systems: The Surprising Journey" on Thursday, November 19, at 7:00PM in the UAF Wood Center Ballroom. The lecture is free and open to the public, however seating is limited.

McIntosh is the Associate Director of the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women. She is the author of many influential articles on curriculum change, women's studies and systems of unearned privilege. She is best known for authoring the groundbreaking article "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” (1989), which has been influential in putting the idea of privilege into the discussions of gender, race and sexuality. She is also the founder and co-director of the National S.E.E.D. Project (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity).

McIntosh will be in Fairbanks as part of UAF's International Education Week. This lecture is sponsored by the Nanook Traditions Board, LIVE Program, the Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs and Diversity, the Women's Center, the UAF Sociology Department and the Student Activities Office.

For more information contact Cody Rogers in the UAF Student Activities Office at 907-474-6026.

"The Morality of Same-Sex Marriage" with Dr. Joseph Thompson

On Friday, November 20th at 6pm, Dr. Joseph Thompson of UAF's Philosophy department will be giving a lecture on "The Morality of Same-Sex Marriage". The event will be held in Schaible Auditorium and is sponsored by the UAF Socratic Society.

University Women's Association 41st Annual Holiday Bazaar

 

The University Women's Association (UWA) will be hosting the 41st Annual Holiday Bazaar November 7th and 8th from 10 am to 4 pm in the Wood Center on UAF campus. Admission is free. 

The Holiday Bazaar provides a retail outlet for area craftspeople to sell their locally made, hand-crafted items and/or artistic creations, and for the Fairbanks and surrounding communities to support our local craftspeople while getting superb items and gifts for the holiday season. 

Proceeds from the UWA Holiday Bazaar help to fund scholarships for women at UAF.  

 

Screening of "The Laramie Project"

The UAF GSA will be hosting a screening of  "The Laramie Project". The screening will take place in Schaible Auditorium this Saturday November 7th at 3pm. Admission is free.

The Laramie Project is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Moisés Kaufman. Based on The Laramie Project, a play by Kaufman, the film tells the story of the aftermath of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. It premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and was first broadcast on HBO in March 2002. (Wikipedia)

Global Gender Gap Report 2009

Check out the Choices Campus Blog @
http://feministcampus.blogspot.com/2009/10/gender-inequality-around-glob.html
for highlights from the recently released Global Gender Gap Report .

Of 134 countries analyzed, the US ranks 31st, a dropping four slots from last year.

A wake-up call for those who believe women have achieved equity! 

Panel on Anti-Gay Discourse 10/27/09

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on

Anti-Gay Discourse

**interrogating the limits of academic freedom

and free speech**

1-2 PM Tuesday, October 27th

UAF Wood Center Multi-level Lounge

A Panel Discussion Featuring

 

Dr. Sine Anahita (Sociology)

Dr. Chris Coffman (English/WMS)

Dr. Tim Lower (Psychology)

Dr. Joseph Thompson (Philosophy)

Dr. Jordan Titus (Sociology)

 

Looking forward to seeing you at this panel discussion!

UAF Chancellor Brian Rogers on Enduring Values at UAF!

The Women's Center has been a staging ground for preparation and celebration on the issues Chancellor Rogers addresses in the opening of his Convocation 2009 address. The UAF GSA (Gay Straight Alliance - meetings in the Women's Center Mondays at 5:00 pm ) has been hard at work to promote love and understanding in place of hate and derision. We thank Chancellor Rogers for his understanding and support!

Restorative Justice

Wednesday September 16, 7PM
Wood Center Ballroom, UAF Campus

Linda Biehl speaks about her daughter Amy, who was a Fulbright Scholar studying the role of women and gender rights during South Africa's transition from it's apartheid regime to a free multiracial democracy. Amy was killed in an act of political violence in South Africa in 1993. Linda Biehl's message is one of peace and reconciliation-using the very personal example of how she built a relationship with two of her daughter's killers. The men are now social activists in their community, working for the Amy Biehl Foundation Trust. The foundation embraces restorative rather than retributive justice, and works to fulfill the South African Constitution: the rights to education, equal employment, and health.

For more information please call 474-7494 or go to www.amybiehl.org

Honorary Doctorate to Yup'ik elder/storyteller Annie Blue

Graduation at UAF in 2009 brought much to celebrate! Here at the Women's Center, along with our celebration of all graduates and their accomplishments, we were particularly excited about the opportunity to celebrate the honorary doctor of humane letters degree bestowed upon Yup’ik elder and storyteller Annie Cungauyar Blue during the 87th UAF commencement ceremony.

Annie Blue is known throughout Alaska for her work to share and preserve Yup’ik stories and culture. From the time of her birth in a remote camp on the Togiak River in 1916, Blue has lived and learned the traditional ways and stories of her people and passed on and shared that knowledge with succeeding and future generations. Highlights from a UAF standpoint include Blue's collaboration on and featuring in the “Math in a Cultural Context” series of elementary school math modules based on traditional Yup’ik knowledge, as well as her work with the Alaska Native Language Center sharing her stories in the 2007 book and CD “Cungauyaraam Qulirai ‘Annie Blue’s Stories’.” In addition to these academic endeavors, Annie Blue shares her knowledge informally with community, government and school groups throughout Alaska, the nation and the world.

THANKS to Annie Blue for all she does and continues to do, and congratulations on this tremendous honor. Congratulations also to UAF for their recognition of the work and accomplishments of this outstanding woman!

UAF Photo (of Annie Blue) by Todd Paris