The mission of the ASUO Women's Center is to advocate for the best educational and working environment for the women at the University of Oregon. We accomplish this by working toward societal change and the end of oppression and by supporting personal growth.

Come visit us:
EMU, Suite 3 (across from the Craft Center)
541.346.4095
womenctr@uoregon.edu

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Upcoming Events


Past Events 09-10

Major Feminist Sociologist to Speak
Institutional Ethnogrpahy- A Talk by Dorothy Smith
Friday, November 13 from 12-1pm
Lillis Business Complex, Room 285

dorothy Smith

Dorothy Smith is a major feminist sociologist, theorist, and methodologist. Among her many books are: The Everyday World as Problematic; Conceptual Practices of Power; and Institutional Ethnography: A sociology for people.

Dorothy Smith received the American Sociological Association’s Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award (1999) and its Jessie Bernard Award for contributions to feminist sociology (1993). She earned a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, taught at the University of British Columbia and was a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (University of Toronto) for 25 years. At present she teaches at the University of Victoria.

Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society, the Social Sciences Feminist Network Research Interest Group at CSWS. Cosponsored by the UO Department of Sociology and the UO Department of Women’s and Gender Studies.

Judith Arcana Feminist Activist and Writer
November 11, 12-1pm
EMU Maple Room, Across from the Ballroom
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Her poetry collection What If Your Mother offers poems and monologues examining a constellation of motherhood themes: abortion, adoption, miscarriage and the biotechnology of childbirth, and the daily expereince of mothering. Her latest publication is 4th Period English, a chapbook of poems in the voices of high school students talking about immigration in the USA.

Judith Arcana was a Jane for 2 years, working with the feminist underground service that helped more than 11,00 women and girls get safe illegal abortions in Chicago before the US Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade in January 1973. She continues as a reproductive justice activist, working with campus and community groups.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Toiletry Drive to Benefit Womenspace
Full sized shampoo, deodorant, razors, toothbrushes, lotion, pads, tampons and other unopened toiletries needed for survivors of domestic violence. Look for bins around campus. For more information or to host a bin contact the Women's Center at womenctr@uoregon.edu or 346-4095.

Mixed: One Woman Show

mixed posterThe play MIXED has been described as the first truly multi-cultural portrayal of Americans ever.  Finally, here we have the narratives of those ignored by the U.S. Census for years; those who have fallen through the cracks of the political system; those who were once told by doctors that they might be born “degenerate” or “deformed”.  After centuries of misunderstanding, these stories make the audience understand what it is to belong to many cultures and, simultaneously, to none. But what if racial collision occurred within one person?  What if the struggle to understand the roots of racism took place within one single inter-racial household?  MIXED is a new story entirely. www.mayalilly.com
October 29,  7pm, doors at 6:30pm
Gerlinger Gym

I’d Kiss You Now, but I Have to Save the World!: Gender and Superheroes
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Superhero roundtable with Rebecca Wanzo.
October 22,  3-5pm
Knight Library Browsing Room










Gringa: A Contradictory Girlhood Reading
October 15, 5pm
UO Bookstore

Set in 1970's Southern California, Gringa: A Contradictory Girlhood (Seal Press / October 2009 / $16.95), is the true story of a young girl conflicted by two extremes. Forced to live with her father by a judge who deemed her mother's lifestyle, "unnatural", Hart was only allowed to visit her mother and her partner two weekends a month. During these short stays, she embraced the culture of her mother's neighborhood, seeking solace in quesadillas, musicals, and her mother's ramshackle VW bus. At her father's house, she struggled with his hot temper, her inability to fit in, and the deep yearning for her mother. Hart weaves a powerful narrative of fleeting moments with her mother, her unfolding adoration of Oxnard's Latino culture, and the ways in which she's molded by the polarity of her parents' worldviews. Gringa offers a touching and reflective look at one girl's struggle with the dichotomies of class, culture, and sexuality.

Women's Center Open House
bootsLearn about ways to get involved with the Women's Center, Students for Choice, Assault Prevention Shuttle and the Sexual Wellness Advocacy Team. Snacks provided.
October 9, 4-6pm
Suite 3 EMU



Past Events 08-09

Staff Meetings
The ASUO Women's Center meets on Fridays from 10:30am-12pm in the Women's Center Lounge.

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