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October 2023

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). Learn about DVAM events and other resources provided by our colleagues in the Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education
A few things on our radar during the very busy month of October:

Learning: Did you know that 43% of paid faculty at the U of MN Medical School are women? Check out the Office of Faculty Affairs 2022-23 Academic Year Report to learn more about how faculty in the medical school break down by gender, race, ethnicity, and rank.  

Practicing: Towards an Antiracist Pedagogy by Lauren Jones, Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, UMN School of Public Health

Celebrating: the 30th Anniversary of the Tucker Center for Research on Women & Girls in Sport

Supporting: Women* in Medicine (2023-2024 Gender Equity Grant Recipient). WIM's Gender Equity Week is October 23-27; check out the Women of Color in Medicine Panel on Oct. 25 and the Mentorship Mixer on Oct. 26 (Connect with them on Instagram)


As always, you can always catch up with us on Instagram and Twitter / X (@mnwomenscenter) in between newsletter editions. 

Highlights

Parent & Family Weekend 

Invite your family to join you on campus for a weekend (October 27-29) full of unique and fun events! Plus don't miss the "Family ReUnion" hosted by a variety of offices from the Office for Equity & Diversity!
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Fall 2023 Queer Book Club: Miss Major Speaks

Join the The Women's Center and The Gender and Sexuality Center For Queer and Trans Life (GSC) to read Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary. Sessions will take place November 3rd, 10th, and 17th from 2-3:30pm CST. Learn more ►

October 12 | 4:00-5:30PM CST
Our Voices Kick-Off
 

We're excited about the Our Voices community for indigenous women and women of color* undergraduate, graduate and professional students. This fall, we'll be doing a book club and reading Money Out Loud: All the Financial Stuff No One Taught Us by Berna Anat.

Join us for the in-person launch on October 12th, from 4:00-5:30pm in Appleby Hall, Room 303. There will be light refreshments and food available. During this time, we will also be introducing the 2023 Culture Corp Gender Equity Awardees, as they prepare to create Our Voices sessions for the spring! 

*Our Voices is a program by the University of Minnesota Women's Center designed to gather students of color to discuss and uplift important topics pertaining to their unique experiences, joys, and challenges. Anyone is welcome, with the recognition that this space is meant to center the stories and experiences of those that are Indigenous, Black, and/or people of color. Additionally, this space is meant to center those who have experienced or been socialized into "womanhood" including but not limited to trans and cis women, AFAB trans/nonbinary folks, gender nonconforming women, and more. Many of our topic areas confront the underlying messages of misogyny, femme-phobia, patriarchy, and binaries present in White Supremacy Culture and we hope to bring back to center those who are pushed furthest to the margins in our conversations.

For more information and Our Voices mailing list sign up ►

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