All Maine Women has adopted the campus' annual Take Back the Night survivor speak-out and march. The event is being held on the green outside Fogler Library from 5-7 PM on Thursday, October 1st. The event will be socially distanced and masks are required. Linked below is the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1033382890407759/
7th Annual UMaine March Against Domestic Violence (MADV) Wednesday, Oct 7 at noon via Facebook live stream: https://www.facebook.com/UMaine-March-Against-Domestic-Violence-113298030464862 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD8n8pdvlYA
Thursday, October 8, 2020, 12:30 pm via Zoom UMaine Explores Gendered Environmental Issues Join three University of Maine scholars and advocates to discuss Women and the Environment. Our topics will be wide-ranging including ecofeminism and early women activists like Rachel Carson whose scientific contributions to our understanding of ecosystems and pesticides led to wider public […]
Title: A white guy talks about himself: revelations about identity and liberation Description: Suppose I start by stating that I am a straight white cis man from a working-class family. What does that even mean? How does it affect my actions, my values, and my decision to give this talk? Is this talk problematic? Do we […]
Please join us for a Zoom panel on Tuesday, October 27 at 5:00 pm on "Let's talk about sex... and justice." Two of the three speakers at this panel will be Julie Jenkins and Lindsey Piper who will be teaching WGS 201, "Sexual and Reproductive Health and Justice," in Spring 2021. Our panelists: Lindsey Piper of […]
"Discussion du Cupbette"* on Franco-American Women’s Future and Life Changing Events Tuesday, Nov. 17th at 3-4:30 PM. Rhea Côté Robbins, Susan Poulin, Ellen LaFleche, and Kristin Langellier, Ph.D. will present their views on life changing events and choices they made for their future selves as Franco-American women/girls. The focus of this panel is on the future of the […]
The Women and Climate Change course (WGS 301) will include a series of lectures on Thursdays at their class meeting time of 2:15 to 3:45 PM. To register for all these events, see umaine.edu/mhc/event/wcc/ […]
A Legacy of Advocacy: A Reflection on the History of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of Maine (online) February 25 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm The President’s Council on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is hosting its inaugural session for the Nine Pillars of Diversity Lectures Series. Guest Lecturer: Dr. JoAnn Fritsche, Former Director of Equal […]
Maine Film Center has an upcoming Cinema in Conversation event that might be of interest to the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department. We’d love if you could forward this to your colleagues and/or students. We started this series as a way to connect with our audience during the cinema’s closure due to COVID-19, through […]
