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                       Spring 2008

RAD (Rape Aggression Defense)

Free Program for UIS student, staff & faculty women 

Wednesday Evenings in February 2008

February 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th

5:30-8:30 p.m.

Increase your awareness. Learn prevention skills &

hands-on self-defense by certified RAD instructors.

 

To enroll, call the UIS Women’s Center

 206-7173

 

UIS RAD Trainers:

 Sgt. Mike Stuart & Officer Amanda Parris

 

Offered every September and February.

Sponsored by the UIS Women’s Center & Campus Police



April 17, 2007
Winona LaDuke, “Politics, Women and Environmental Justice.” Co-sponsored with the Center for State Policy & Leadership, with support from the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs.

In conversation with students and professionals, the UIS Women’s Center identified this year as the “Year of EcoFeminism.” As a society, we are situated at an environmental crossroads; the time is now to educate and promote environmental awareness — in all its intricacies. The UIS Women’s Center seeks to promote women collectively and individually; to provide a catalyst for growth; to serve as a resource for support; to increase the spirit of community; and to promote tolerance for diversity. Our work leads us to the undeniable interconnectedness of the environment with those very issues: women’s collective and individual personal, professional, spiritual, and economic health are dependent on the environment; thus was born the Year of EcoFeminism.

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Naomi Lynn & Student Activist Awards

Recipients of UIS’ Lynn and Student Activism Awards Announced

April 27, 2006
SPRINGFIELD – Two annual awards recognizing contributions to a positive campus environment for women have been presented at the University of Illinois at Springfield. Jan Droegkamp received the Ninth Annual Naomi B. Lynn Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women at UIS. Leslie Rossman received the Second Annual Student Award in Recognition for Positive Contributions in Gendered Issues to the UIS Campus Community through Activism. Both awards were presented at a ceremony held April 25 on campus.
(Left to right) Blair Brown, Leslie Rossman, Anica Malabanan, Naomi Lynn, Barbara Ferrara, Jan Droegkamp, and Loni Oehlwein at ceremonies presenting awards for service and activism at UIS.
The Lynn Award is made by the UIS Women's Center Council in recognition of significant contributions to women at UIS and honors Lynn, who served as president of Sangamon State University and chancellor of UIS from 1991 to 2001. Recipients are recognized with a gift made in their name to the Women's Peace and Friendship Garden, which is located on the west side of the campus pond.
The Student Activism Award is presented by the Women's Issues Caucus at UIS to honor those students who contribute to gender issues on campus through activism. The cash award is open to any student, regardless of gender, who has made significant contributions to the campus community.

Read more - Click Here>>
http://www.uis.edu/pressreleases/apr06PR/04_27b_06.html

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

International Women's Day

Dr. Zakia Salime, an Assistant Professor from Michigan State University, spoke about the Feminization of Islamist Women and the Power of Women's Rights on March 8, 2006. The Center for State Policy and Leadership, along with the Women's Center presented this speaker in celebration of International Women's Day. For more information or to hear an interview with this speaker, click on the Zakia Salime link.

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

UIS Women on the Move

A packed audience saw the incredible V-Day performance by UIS students (pictured right). Through the Vagina Monologues the Women's Issues Caucus club donated over $3,000 locally to the Sojourn Shelter and the Prairie Center Against Sexual Assault as well as internationally to WWII 'comfort women.'

Now, club members would like to attend the June 2006 Conference for College Women Student Leaders sponsored by AAUW in Washington D.C. If you would like more information on the conference click on: http://www.aauw.org/nccwsl/2006/index.cfm

Help the UIS Women's Issues Caucus students go to the conference by donating to the Women's Center Student Focus Gift Account - (33952). http://www.uis.edu/development/

You may also donate to the center's Women's Peace & Friendship Garden Account (33327) or to where the need is greatest through the Women's Center Gifts Account (34572) .
http://www.uis.edu/development/

photo by Jason Satek courtesy of the UIS Journal