Spring 2016 WGRC Events
We Are More Than We Have Become: John Wesley’s call to holiness and service
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Stern Center | Great Room | 7 pm
Sandra L. Steiner Ball ’84
The first woman bishop of the United Methodist Church’s West Virginia Conference, Sandra Steiner Ball, will address Wesley’s desire to reform the Church and to move women and men from a passive connection with the Divine, to an active, relational, and accountable life of holiness and service to God. This subject is as relevant today as it was in the 18th Century. The Wesley Lecture is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues, the Center for Service, Spirituality and Social Justice, and the Office of the President and co-sponsored by the Department of Religion, Women’s and Gender Resource Center, Dickinson Christian Fellowship and the Churchill Fund.
Love at Landis House
Friday, February 12, 2016
12:00-2:00 pm
Cosponsored with Landis House Collective
Join us for Love at Landis: An Open House and celebration of Valentine's Day. Mingle with the staff and students who support the offices at Landis House. Make your own valentines, enjoy snacks, get a pic with your friends in the photo booth, and leave with some freebies.
LOVE YOUR BODY WEEK - February 18-25
Hair Journals
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Asbell Center for Jewish Life | 12:00-2:00 pm
A space for students to explore the politics of hair and cultural standards of beauty. Discussion topics include access to hair products, media representations of hair, debates over religious headgear, and discrimination based on hairstyle cholybwice. Co-sponsors: Hillel, Popel Shaw Center, and the Women’s and Gender Resource Center. Lunch provided; students must RSVP at psc@dickinson.edu. A Love Your Body Week event.
Kimberly Dark
Monday, February 22, 2016
Stern Center | Great Room | 5 pm
This spoken word performance uncovers the various ways women (and men) cheat the world of their fabulous human potential by focusing too often on appearance, sweetness and popularity. The show does not preach or instruct. Rather, audience members discover their own empowerment through Dark’s funny and personal tales. This event is only open to Dickinson community members; RSVP required to clarkeforum@dickinson.edu. This event is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Resource Center. A Love Your Body Week event.
The Hunting Ground
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Althouse 106 | 6 pm
Film screening and panel discussion
This 2015 documentary, which premiered at Sundance and has been screened at the White House, is based on the stories of two courageous student activists who have used their stories to engage communities in conversation about the struggle to achieve justice after having been sexually assaulted while at college. This event is sponsored by the Prevention, Education & Advocacy Center and cosponsored by the Women’s & Gender Resource Center, the Title IX Office, the Dean of Students Office, the Wellness Center, the Department of Public Safety, YWCA Rape Crisis Services, Yes PLEASE!, and the PEAC Student Advisory Council.
Clarke Forum Salon on Identity: Changing Identities: Passing, Privilege and Authenticity
Friday, March 4, 2016
The Clarke Forum | 4:30-6:00 pm
RSVP required to clarkeforum@dickinson.edu
Rachel Dolezal passes as African American. Bruce Jenner becomes Caitlyn Jenner. Andrea Smith claims to be Cherokee. All of these cases provoked strong public reactions from commentators, journalists, and academics. In what ways are identities fluid and mutable? When are they fixed and rigid? Who gets to decide? Can one ethically move between identities? Is it appropriation to assume a marginalized identity? Who has the privilege to pass? Join other Dickinson students, faculty and staff for this discussion about issues of identity.
This discussion will be moderated by Dr. Amy Farrell, Executive Director of the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues, and is co-sponsored by the Clarke Forum, Women's and Gender Resource Center, Popel Shaw Center for Race & Ethnicity, Office of LGBTQ Services and Academic Advising. Light refreshments will be provided. Access the readings that will start the discussion here.
Faculty Research Lunches
The WGRC and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department are pleased to present exciting research from Dickinson faculty and staff. Open to students, faculty and staff. RSVP is not required but encouraged. To ensure that we have enough food, please RSVP to wgrc@dickinson.edu.
Stout Girls and Golden Eaglets: Or, Why Should We Care about the Girl Scouts of the USA?
NEW DATE: Wednesday, March 9
Landis House | 12:00 pm
Faculty Research Lunch
Dr. Amy Farrell
In 1912, Juliette Gordon Low brought the Girl Scouts, modeled after the British Girl Guides, to the United States. A proto-feminist organization, the Girl Scouts simultaneously articulated concepts of sisterhood and democracy and delineated strict lines of segregation and hierarchy. Drawing from materials originating in the early decades of this massive organization--Girl Scout handbooks, novels, and the recruitment film The Golden Eaglet-- this talk will introduce some of Farrell’s early findings regarding the complexity of this institution, the significance of its reliance on concepts like "a helping hand" and a "friend to others," and the ways that it both reinforced and challenged discourses of gendered, classed and racialized privilege.
My Social Justice Journey: Literature, Feminism and Human Trafficking
Tuesday, March 22
Landis House | 12:00 pm
Faculty Research Lunch
Dr. Donna M. Bickford
Dickinson's new Women's and Gender Resource Center Director will trace her journey into feminism through literature and discuss the impact of this entry point on her scholarship, which focuses on the connections between literature and social change.
War Neuroses: disability, identity, and American psychiatry in World War I
NEW DATE: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Landis House l 12:00 pm
Faculty Research Lunch
Dr. Wendy Moffat
War Neuroses became a recognizable condition and a category of medical disability during World War I. More than two million American soldiers were drafted and sent to France between 1917 and 1919—and thousands returned with long-term psychiatric symptoms. Whose problem was this? How did America face it? And how did the trauma of the Great War shape categories of American identity?
We Want Roses Too (Vogliamo Anche Le Rose): a film by Alina Marazzi
In Celebration of International Women’s Day
8 Marzo: Festa della Donna!
Tuesday March 8, 2016
Althouse 106, 7 pm
This stunning visual masterpiece is an exuberant testament to the resolve of women of the ’60s and ’70s sexual revolution and feminist movement in Italy. The artistic and educational, personal and political converge beautifully in this fascinating film that transcends time and culture to reveal many of the universal struggles and inspirations of women’s equality. - Italian snacks will be served. This showing of We Want Roses Too is supported by the Italian Department, Women and Gender Resource Center, and the Department of Women & Gender Studies.
Gender and Sexuality Course Preview and Lunch
Friday, March 25, 2016
Landis House l 12:00 pm
Faculty teaching Fall 2016 classes encompassing feminist and LGBTQ+ issues will discuss their courses to help inform student course selection. Cosponsored by the Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department and the Office of LGBTQ Services. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to wgrc@dickinson.edu.
Gender and the 2016 Election
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Denny 317 | 7-8:30 pm
The 2016 election is an historic one for women. Hillary Clinton as a candidate in the Democratic primary. Carly Fiorina as a former candidate in the Republican primary. Equal pay, parental leave, and economic equality are all issues on the campaign trail. Jessica Grounds, an expert on women's political leadership, will discuss the importance of this election for women, the changing demographics of women voters, and other relevant trends and data. There will be an opportunity for dialogue and Q&A.
Run for Hope
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Starting at the Kline Center, 1:00 pm
Registration: $15 & includes a shirt that you can pick up the day of the run. Register in the Underground ($20 registration day of run). You can pay with cash of declining/charge
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Greek women, in collaboration with the PEAC and several other departments across campus, are helping to kick off the month by organizing the second annual Run for Hope. Please consider registering for this 5K run/walk to benefit the YWCA Rape Crisis Services. The Run for Hope is a collaborative effort between Greek Women at Dickinson, the Prevention, Education & Advocacy Center, the Office of the Vice President of Student Life, the Title IX Office, Student Life & Campus Engagement, the Wellness Center, the Women's & Gender Resource Center, Dickinson Athletics, and Yes PLEASE!
Witness the Power button distribution
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
12:00-2:00 pm
HUB
We’ll be distributing Witness the Power buttons at our table in the HUB – pick up a button to wear and show your support for women’s athletics.
Start Smart Salary Negotiation Workshop
Sunday, April 10, 2016
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Althouse 207
Lunch will be provided
Negotiate your highest possible salary and help close the wage gap. The American Association of University Women’s Start Smart Salary Negotiation Workshop empowers women with the skills and confidence to successfully negotiate their salary and benefits packages:
• Learn what the wage gap means to you
• Determine what your salary & benefits should be
• Develop a personal budget to determine your
minimum acceptable salary
• Practice salary negotiation skill-building exercises
Registration is required and the deadline to register is April 6; register here. Hosted by the Women’s and Gender Resource Center and cosponsored by the Career Center and the Dickinson College AAUW chapter.
From the Vatican to Madrid, Paris and Warsaw: “Gender Ideology” in Motion
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Stern Center, Great Room, 7 p.m.
After decades of steady progress in terms of gender and sexual rights, several parts of Europe are facing new waves of resistance. These oppose the so-called ‘gender ideology,’ and unveil a crucial role of the Roman Catholic Church. David Paternotte, lecturer in sociology at the Université libre de Bruxelles, will give an overview of anti-gender movements in Europe. The program is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Resource Center and the departments of Sociology and Italian Studies. For more information, visit the website or call 717-245-1875.
Equal Pay Day Event
Monday, April 11, 2016
Britton Plaza, 11:00-1:30 pm
Dickinson’s AAUW chapter and the WGRC are proud to be holding an event for this year’s Equal Pay Day. To help spread awareness about pay inequality, there will be a bake sale from 11:00am-1:30 pm and student performance groups from 12:00-1:00 pm on Britton Plaza on Monday, April 11th. Come and learn the facts about pay inequality so we can change them!
Sexual Assault Awareness Month Activities:
Teach-In on Take Back the Night
Monday, April 4, 2016
Social Hall, 7 pm
Dr. Crystal Leigh Endsley Talk and Reception
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Library, 4 pm
The writing and performance of spoken word poetry can create moments of productive critical engagement. In The Fifth Element, Crystal Leigh Endsley charts her experience of working iwth a dynamic and diverse group of college students, who are also emerging artists, to explore the connection between spoken word and social responsibility. She considers how themes of activism, identity, and love intersect with the lived experiences of these students and how they use spoken word to negotiate resistance and to navigate through life.
Take Back the Night
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Allison Hall, 6:30 pm
Sustain It Workshop: Menstruation Justice
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Social Hall East, 12-1 pm
Want to have a conversation about periods and learn about how menstruation connects to social justice issues? Come explore the topic of sustainable menstruation with us and confront period stigma. A free DivaCup with DivaWash will be raffled off! If you are able, consider bringing boxes of tampons/pads to be donated to Carlisle C.A.R.E.S. Cosponsored with the Center for Sustainability Education and the Wellness Center.
Comfort Food@Landis
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Landis House, 3-4:30 pm
Join us for Comfort Food@Landis and de-stress. Take a break from studying to enjoy some delicious food and celebrate the end of the semester!