UPCOMING EVENTS (Spring 2012)
Recess!
Sexpressions!
Sexpressions Call for Performers
Miramontes
48 Hour Feminist Challenge
Women's Herstory Week
Miss Representation
Sugar Free Feminsim
Well Fed
I Love Me
Recess!
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Women’s Resource Center is holding “Recess,” an open house to help deal with the stress that comes with the end of semester! We’ll have games, crafts, massages provided by Haven through Community Health, and some really wonderful people! Recess will be held on May 1st from 12 to 3 in UMC 415 and 417. Students, staff, and faculty are all welcome! Contact
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Sexpressions!
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Sexpressions is a fun night of food and entertainment hosted by the Women’s Resource Center. It is a talent showcase celebrating a positive expression of women’s sexuality. As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Sexpressions is intended to be a safe and affirming environment for women! The event is open to the public, so please join us April 27th in Club 156 for a night of fantastic performances. Doors open at 5:00, show starts at 5:30. Contact Ruvini Defonseka (ruvini.defonseka@colorado.edu) |
Sexpressions Call for Performers
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Sexpressions is a fun night of food and entertainment hosted by the Women’s Resource Center. It is a talent showcase celebrating a positive expression of women's sexuality. As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Sexpressions is intended to be a safe and affirming environment for self-identified women! The event is open to the public, so please join us for a night of fantastic performances. We are currently looking for performers of any type! If you are interested please contact Jessica Behring with a brief description of what you would like to perform/contribute and your contact information. Deadline to sign up is April 20th at 5pm. Contact Ruvini Defonseka (ruvini.defonseka@colorado.edu) |
Miramontes event - Veiled Humor |
Tissa Hami, a Muslim woman comedienne will be performing for an enjoyable night of laughter. As part of Miramontes, a celebration of women in the arts, come see the stand-up comedy of Iranian-American comic Tissa Hami. Her performance will be March 14th at 7:45, in UMC 235. Doors open at 6:30. Contact |
48 Hour Feminist Challenge
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The 48-Hr Feminist Challenge is a call to action, asking you to critically analyze your everyday interactions in the classroom, with friends, on the bus, at work, etc. The goal of the challenge is not to convert you into a feminist, but for you to view your everyday life through a feminist lens. Ask yourself: Where does sexism come up in your life? What do you do when people make statements like: “Stop acting like such a girl!”? Pledging for 48 hours will challenge you to be an ally and advocate for women. The challenge will take place March 5-8th. Come sign up for your 48hr time slot in the Women's Resource Center (UMC 416) starting Monday (2/27) or visit our tables in the UMC 2/29-3/2 Contact |
Women's Herstory Week
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Come join the WRC for our annual Women’s Herstory week events, March 5th- 8th!
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Miss Representation
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“Miss Representation” is a film about how the media portrays women, especially women in power. Media is a pervasive force in society that reinforces harmful ideas about women- that their value lies only in their beauty and youth, that they have no capacity as leaders. These messages play out in real life, making it difficult for women to advance in leadership roles. All screenings will be in ATLAS 100. All screenings are free.
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No nonsense programs |
Sugar-Free Feminism is our series of small programs, including:
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Well Fed Women Navigating the World of Food and Wellness
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Well Fed is a women’s health & nutrition programming series held in the Women’s Resource Center. We discuss topics from cooking to body image—and we eat, of course. We meet bimonthly at 12 noon, in UMC 416. Our meetings are every second and fourth Thursday of the month. This week, we’ll talk about loving and appreciating our bodies, and enjoy healthy winter comfort foods from Alfred Packer Grill. Contact Facebook
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I Love Me Spring Open House |
Join the WRC and celebrate yourself during our annual spring open house. I Love Me! Decorate cookies, eat some delicious treats, make cards, and enjoy a chair massage and aromatherapy to treat yourself on Valentines Day. Join us on February 14 from 11:00 to 2:30 in UMC 415-417. Contact |
PAST EVENTS (Fall 2011)
Career Paths: A Conversation About Women in The Working World (canceled)
Relaxation Open House
Women Who Make A Difference
Sugar Free Feminism Series
Rumor Has It Series
Where Is My Clitoris Again?
Career Paths: A Conversation About Women in The Working World |
This event is canceled due to weather. This is an opportunity to hear from women who have succeeded in a variety of career paths. We have invited 5 women from the Boulder community to discuss challenges women face, choices they have made, and things that have helped them along the way. After each woman tells her story, you will have a chance to network in a fun, business casual environment and hopefully find inspiration for your own journey! Please join us December 1st 2011from 5:00 – 7:00 in the C4C, Presentation Room S350. Contact
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Relaxation Open House |
Take a break from end-of-the-semester stress and join us for a Women’s Resource Center sponsored Relaxation Open House! There will be free food and drinks, free massages provided by Community Health, and holiday crafts!!!! Stay for the whole time or just stop by! Join us Decemeber 1st, from 2:00 to 5:00 in UMC 425. Contact |
Women Who Make A Difference |
Do you know a woman who’s made a difference in your life or the lives of others? The Women’s Resource Center invites you to nominate her for Women Who Make a Difference, a celebratory dinner on December 6th for influential women in the campus community. Nomination forms are available in UMC 416 or here. Submissions are due Friday, November 11 by 4pm to UMC 416 or Jessica Behring at Jessica.behring@colorado.edu Contact
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No nonsense programs |
Sugar-Free Feminism is our series of small programs, including:
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Rumor Has It
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"Rumor Has It" is a program the Women’s Resource Center put together to build community between students, staff, and faculty and campus resources, while having difficult conversations about issues affecting women on and off campus. "Rumor Has It" meets on Tuesdays from 12:00-1:00pm in the WRC (UMC 416). Our conversations will include:
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The Women's Resource Center Presents “So Where Is My Clitoris, Again?” Questions about Sex, Sexuality, and Pregnancy that You Were always too Embarrassed to Ask in Public. This is a frank, open, non-vulgar, down-to-earth Q & A about topics around sex, from sexual health to sexual experience to gender identity to pregnancy—whatever you’re curious about. The format is completely anonymous (participants write down their questions and pass them to the front for the panel to answer.) But, if you feel comfortable asking a question aloud, by all means! Panelists include representatives from Planned Parenthood, Boulder Valley Women’s Health, the Women’s Resource Center, and Wardenburg’s Community Health. Feel free to stop by, ask a question, or just listen! And free condoms! The event will be held on Thursday, September 15, 2011, at 4pm, in UMC 247. Contact Facebook |
PAST EVENTS (Spring 2011)
Sexpressions!
48 Hour Feminist Challenge
Stuff Michelle Made
LYNX Performance
100th Internat'l Women's Day
Girl Talk
I Love ME!
Sugar Free Feminism Series
Rumor Has It Series
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Sexpressions is a fun night of food and entertainment hosted by the Women’s Resource Center! It’s a talent showcase celebrating the positive expression of female sexuality. As part of Sexual Assault Activism Month, Sexpressions is intended to be a safe and affirming environment for self-identified women. The event is open to the public, so please join us for a night of fantastic performances on Friday, April 15th from 7-9 PM (doors at 6:30) in Club 156! Interested in performing in Sexpressions? Check out our call for performers on the Get Involved page! The deadline to sign up your performance is Friday, April 8th at 5 PM! Contact Facebook |
48 Hour Feminist Challenge
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The WRC is asking YOU to pledge to take the 48 Hour Feminist Challenge. The goal of the challenge is not to convert you into a feminist, but for you to view everyday life through a feminist lens. This means that your goal is to be critical of your everyday interactions in the classroom, with friends, on the bus, at work, etc. Ask yourself: How do I stand up against sexist actions/language? Where does sexism come up in your life? What do you do when people make statements like: “Stop acting like such a girl!” Pledging for 48 hours will challenge you to be an ally and advocate for women. Do you have what it takes? We will be kicking off the 48 Hour Feminist Challenge on March 8th, at the 100th International Women’s Day Celebration. You can sign up for the challenge during the week of March 8th, in the Women’s Resource Center (UMC 416). You will start your challenge during the week of March 14th, during which you will have the opportunity to attend events from our week-long series entitled, “Sugar Free Feminism: Women’s Herstory Edition.” Contact Facebook |
Stuff Michelle Made
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From March 9th through the 11th, the Women's Resource Center will be showcasing the artwork of marketing coordinator Michelle Brooke Barry. Michelle is a senior Drawing & Painting major with an interest in the grotesque, gender deconstruction, sexuality, and humor. She will be showing a variety of paintings, drawings, and a few surprises! Come see Michelle's art in the WRC (UMC 416) between the hours of 10 AM and 5 PM, March 9-11. Contact Facebook See some of Michelle's art online |
LYNX
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As a part of the Miramontes Festival celebrating women in the arts, the Women's Resource Center is bringing LYNX to campus! LYNX is an innovative singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, beat-boxer and producer. LYNX’s music combines elements of electronica, folk, and indie pop. She has been breaking new ground in both the live and electronic music scenes playing events all over the world including the US, Asia, Europe and Canada. Come see LYNX perform at Club 156 on March 8th! Contact LYNX on the Web |
100th International Women's Day Celebration
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Come celebrate the 100th International Women’s Day on March 8th, from 5:00–6:30 PM in UMC 415 & 417! We will have balloons, free food, and a few speakers on the importance of International Women’s Day. Eat, mingle, and kickoff singer/songwriter/beatboxer LYNX’s performance later in the evening with the Women’s Resource Center! Contact Facebook |
Girl Talk |
Come decorate cupcakes and enjoy “girl talk” with your fellow freshman women! We will discuss what women should know in their first year of college as well as many other topics centered around female first-year students. Come to “Girl Talk” on February 22nd at 7 PM in the Hallet Hall Student Lounge. We hope to see you there! Contact See our awesome poster HERE! |
I Love ME! |
Join the Women’s Resource Center and celebrate yourself during our annual spring open house, “I Love Me!” Decorate cookies, make cards, and enjoy a chair massage and aromatherapy—treat yourself on Valentine’s Day! “I Love Me!” will take place from 1–3 PM on Monday, February 14th in UMC 415 & 417. Contact Facebook |
No nonsense programs |
Sugar-Free Feminism is our newest series of small programs, including:
Contact Facebook |
Rumor Has It
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"Rumor Has It" is a program the Women’s Resource Center put together to build community between students, staff, and faculty and campus resources, while having difficult conversations about issues affecting women on and off campus. "Rumor Has It" meets on Tuesdays from 12:00-1:00pm in the WRC (UMC 416). Our conversations will include:
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PAST EVENTS (Fall 2010)
Recess!
Women Who Make a Difference
Marie C. Wilson: Add Women, Change Everything
Sugar Free Feminism Series
Destination Dissertation
Rumor Has It Series
Find Your Center! Open House
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Relax, eat, and play at this throwback to recess! Need a break before finals? Come to “Recess,” the Women’s Resource Center’s open house! We’ll have games, tea, food from your childhood, and fun arts and crafts. Recess will be held on Friday December 3, from 2-4 PM in UMC 415 and 417. Students, staff, and faculty are welcome and encouraged to stop by. Come relax, eat, and play with us! Contact Facebook |
Women Who Make a Difference
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Join the Women’s Resource Center in celebrating women in the campus community who have made a difference. Come show your appreciation for these amazing women at a reception on Wednesday, December 1st at 6:00 PM in UMC 235! Contact Check out our poster with the names of everyone who was honored: click here! |
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Marie Wilson: Add Women, Change Everything! An advocate of women’s issues for 30 years, Marie C. Wilson is founder and president of The White House Project, co-creator of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day and author of Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run the World. Campus and Boulder communities are welcome to come hear Marie’s call to action for Women in Politics on Tuesday, October 12 from 5:30-6:30 in UMC Room 235. Contact Facebook |
Sugar-Free Feminism
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Sugar-Free Feminism is our new series of small programs, including:
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Destination Dissertation |
Graduate students: Want to get off to a good start on your dissertation journey? Destination Dissertation can help! Come learn strategies from Drs. Sonja Foss and William Waters, who will lead a workshop on Friday, September 17th from 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. in the Dennis Small Cultural Center (UMC 458) based on their successful book and Scholar’s Retreats. This event is free and no registration is required. Room capacity is 60, however, so come early and with questions! Sponsored by The Graduate School and the Women’s Resource Center. SCHEDULE (Friday, Sept. 17th): 10:30-11:00 | Overview of the dissertation journey Contact Facebook |
Rumor Has It
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"Rumor Has It" is a program the Women’s Resource Center put together to build community between students, staff, and faculty and campus resources, while having difficult conversations about issues affecting women on and off campus. "Rumor Has It" meets on Tuesdays from 12:00-1:00pm in the WRC (UMC 416). Our conversations will include:
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Find Your Center! |
Welcome back to the WRC! Come enjoy some free food, fun, and feminism with the Women’s Resource Center at our fall open house! “Find Your Center” will take place on Wednesday, September 8th from 1:00-3:00pm on the fourth floor of the UMC, rooms 415 & 417. We hope to see you there! Contact Facebook |
PAST EVENTS (Spring 2010)
Recess!
Sexpressions
Gender Speakout
English & Disabilities Studies Presentations
Coco Fusco
Herstory Movie Nights
I Love ME!
Rumor Has It Series
Recess! |
Relax, eat, and play at this throwback to recess! Need a break before finals? Come to “Recess,” the Women’s Resource Center’s open house! We’ll have massages, aromatherapy, tea, food, games, and fun arts and crafts. Recess will be held on Friday April 30, from 1:00-3:30 in UMC 415 and 417. Students, staff, and faculty are welcome and encouraged to stop by. Come relax, eat, and play with us! Contact Facebook |
Sexpressions |
Featuring Rene Marie! Sexpressions is a fun night of food and entertainment hosted by the Women’s Resource Center. It is a talent showcase celebrating the positive expression of female sexuality. As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Sexpressions is intended to be a safe and affirming environment for self-identified women! The event is open to the public, so please join us for a night of fantastic performance! We're very excited to announce our headlining performer: RENE MARIE! Rene Marie is a tremendously talented and nationally known jazz artist, writer, and actress. She will be performing an excerpt from her original one-woman show, "SLUT ENERGY THEORY"—a show about abuse, laughter, life, music, survival, and hope. (“Slut Energy Theory” contains explicit language and content.) Visit Rene Marie's website to learn more about her: Contact Facebook |
Gender Speakout |
Stop by the UMC Fountain at noon on Thursday, April 22 for our annual Gender Speakout, where you will hear an array of speakers from across campus talk about women and their communities! Contact Facebook |
English & Disabilities |
CU's Lit Club Presents English & Disability Studies: a double lecture and crossdisciplinary dialogue. Come to Eaton Humanities Room 250 on Friday, April 2 at 5pm for two free lectures, followed by a reception: Click here for more details. Contact |
Coco Fusco |
Cuban born author and mixed media artist COCO FUSCO will present her work and that of other artists in response to the theme “CRIMINALIZATION IN THE INFORMATION AGE.” The event is sponsored by Faculty Council, the Program for Writing and Rhetoric, the Women’s Resource Center, Libby Hall Residential Academic Program, the BFA Diversity Committee, and the Department of Art & Art History. Coco Fusco is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist. She has performed, lectured, exhibited and curated around the world since 1988 and received numerous awards. Fusco’s work combines electronic media and performance in a variety of formats, from staged multi-media performances incorporating large scale projections and closed circuit television to live performances streamed to the internet that invite audiences to chart the course of action through chat interaction. Her most recent work deals with the role of female interrogators in the War on Terror, and Fusco is currently researching the experience of incarceration in the United States. Coco Fusco will be presenting on Monday, March 15 at 7 PM in the Visual Arts Complex, Auditorium 1B20. Contact Website |
Herstory Movie Nights |
In celebration of Women’s Herstory Month, the Women’s Resource Center is hosting movie nights. We will be viewing films that bring a focus to and honor the struggles of women across identities. Food and snacks will be provided. Help us celebrate women and their herstory! Please join the WRC in UMC 416 on March 16 at 5:00 pm for “Iron Jawed Angels” (a film about suffrage), and March 31 at 3:00 pm for “Who Does She Think She Is” (a film about women artists and identity). Contact Facebook |
I Love ME! |
Come join the Women's Resource Center in celebrating ourselves for Valentine's Day! Decorate cookies, make cards, and celebrate the wonderful women in your lives. (We'll also have chair massages, aromatherapy, and tea!) I Love ME! will take place from 12:30-3:30 on February 12 in UMC rooms 415 & 417. Contact Facebook |
Rumor Has It
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"Rumor Has It" is a program the WRC put together to help provide a connection between students, staff, and faculty and campus resources, as well as to build community while having difficult conversations about issues affecting women on and off campus. "Rumor Has It" meets on Tuesdays from 12:30-1:30pm in the WRC (UMC 416). Our conversations will include:
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PAST EVENTS (Fall 2009)
Recess!
Women Who Make a Difference
Rumor Has It
Christa Bell's CoochieMagik
The WRC turns 15!
Recess!
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Need a break before finals? Come to "Recess," the Women's Resource Center's open house! We'll have massages, aromatherapy, tea, food, games, and arts and crafts! Recess will be held on Tuesday December 8th, from 12-3pm in UMC 415 and 417. Students, staff, and faculty are all welcome and encouraged to stop by. Come relax, eat, and play with us! Contact Facebook |
Women Who Make a Difference
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Know a woman who's made a difference in your life or the lives of others? Nominate her for Women Who Make a Difference, a celebratory dinner on December 2nd for influential women in the campus community. The nomination form is available here and in UMC 416. Submissions are due FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13th by 4:00pm. You can turn them in to UMC 416 or email them to valencia.evy@gmail.com. Contact |
Rumor Has It
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"Rumor Has It: Real talk at the WRC" is a bi-weekly conversation series with the goals of bringing students in touch with other campus resources and engaging in tough conversations. These conversations occur on Tuesdays from 12:30-1:30pm in the Women's Resource Center (UMC 416). Our conversations will include:
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Christa Bell
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The Women's Resource Center invites you to a performance by Christa Bell, an award-winning feminist performance artist, comedian, and spoken word poet whose work focuses on the feminine divine and empowering women in their sexuality and spirituality. Her performance, "CoochieMagik: A Spoken Word and Musical Comedy," will be on Thursday, October 29th at 6:30pm in UMC 235. Christa Bell will also be leading "SHEism: A Woman Worship Workshop" on Friday, October 30th, at 10:00am in UMC 325. For more info about Christa Bell and her work... Contact |
The WRC turns 15!
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The Women's Resource Center turns 15! Come join our Quince anniversary party and celebrate our herstory with free food, a wonderful performance, music, and mingling! When: Wednesday, October 14th, 5-8pm Where: Koenig Alumni Center (map) Contact |
