WRC Events

Fall 2009

  • 11/5/09, 11/6/09 - Auditions for the 2010 productions of the Vagina Monologues, 6pm-9pm WRC lounge. Please contact cjarls@pdx.edu for more information.
  • 11/12/09 - Faculty Favorite Lecture Series: Rachel Hardesty, lecturing on Women Accessing Tertiary Education Opportunities and Challenges Online, 1pm-3pm WRC lounge FREE
  • 11/12/09 - Love Your Body Day! Film Night + Discussion, 5pm-7pm WRC lounge FREE
  • 12/4/09 - Hellooooo Cancer: A Nearly One Woman Show! Featuring WRC staff member Carmen Anderson, 7-8pm 5th Ave Cinema.

Recurring Events:

Stitch & Bitch - Tuesdays and Wednesdays 12-2pm WRC FREE, materials provided
Women of Color Zine Workshop - 10/16/09, 11/13/09, 1/15/10, 2/12/10, 4/23/10, 5/21/10, 5-7pm WRC

For more information on an event, click on the link in the calendar below.

08-09 Highlights:

  • In the 2008-2009 academic year, the WRC sponsored 49 events, and an additional 38 events were co-sponsored with various community partners.
  • Collaborated with Bitch Magazine, Willamette Weekly, KBOO Radio, to host a four part national speaker's series:  Feminist Perspectives on Pop Culture made possible by a grant from the Oregon Council for the Humanities
  • Partnered with the Portland Women's Crisis Line, the Women's Resource Center at PCC Sylvania, The Illumination Project and others to host an outstanding and well attended Take Back the Night
  • Partnered with the Tri-County Sexual Assault Task Force to bring the educational presentation: "Drunk Sex"
  • Monthly Faculty Favorite Lecture Series brings partnerships across campus and consistently shows excellent attendance
  • Feminisms Conference:  hugely successful attendance of approximately 100 people from both on and off campus.  Community Partners included Allies Against Rape Culture, Student Parent Services, Las Mujeres, Office of Diversity and Equity, and NAACP

 

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