Thursday, September 25 | 3 - 4:30pm
Hybrid: Commuter Center & Zoom
Audience: UIC Students

Are you interested in building connections, healing, and working towards justice with survivors? Join our drop-in gathering space for UIC students who have experienced gender-based violence and those who support them.

At our opening session, we will get to know each other and explore what we want and need from this survivor-centered space. You’ll leave with a stronger community and strategies for caring for yourself and others.

[ID: "HEALS: Healing for Engagement, Action, & Leadership by Survivors" & details about the program in white text in a blue-purple box, on a pink-purple background.]

Monday, October 6 | 12:30 - 2pm
Hybrid (info shared upon registration)
Audience: UIC Students

Learn why professional growth also means showing up as your authentic self in the workplace. Hear from engineering alumnae on how culture and community play a role in their careers.

[ID: Headshots of four engineers, with details about the PERSIST(Σ) Authentic and Empowered event below them.]

Apply by October 15
Audience: UIC Undergraduate Students

WLRC offers tuition awards to support the educational pursuits of women undergraduate students who have a great deal of financial need that is not being met by financial aid or loans.

We especially encourage applications from women who are members of marginalized groups, e.g., lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women; women of color; women with disabilities; undocumented students; veterans; and students returning to college to complete their education.

[ID: At the top is a purple-blue award ribbon with "WLRC" in the center. In the center is purple-blue text that reads "Tuition Award." Below that is the WLRC logo in black.]

Survivors, we are here for you! Please reach out to the Campus Advocacy Network any time you need support, information, resources, answers, and/or advocacy related to safety, healing, or gender-based violence (sexual assault, domestic/dating violence, stalking, harassment, family abuse).

Our services are free, confidential, and open to all members of the UIC community.

We can help you

We're also here for allies! Please reach out to us if you are in a role where you may need to support survivors on campus (instructors, mentors, advisors, student leaders, friends, or colleagues) or have questions about resources, mandated reporting, and more. 

To connect with an advocate:

[ID: A grey t-shirt with "Someone you love is a survivor" painted on it, and a brown tabletop with a few buttons on it. The buttons have messages including "Take a stand," "Survivor," "Love shouldn't hurt," "Feminist," and "Be a voice."]

If you are a student leader, instructor, or supervisor, please consider inviting CAN to speak to your class through our Don’t Cancel Your Class! program, or request a training for your department, college, student organization, or other campus unit. 

[ID: Three students participating in a dating timeline activity on a tabletop.]

Faculty, please include info about us in your curriculum and syllabus:

"If you have experienced sexual assault, domestic/dating violence, stalking, or harassment, there is help available. The Campus Advocacy Network provides free and confidential services to UIC students, faculty, and staff who have experienced or are experiencing interpersonal violence. 

Pregnant and parenting students are also welcome to contact CAN for resources, information, and support.

If you would like to speak with an advocate, please email CAN at can-appointment@uic.edu, call (312) 413-8206 and leave a voicemail message, text (312) 488-9784, or fill out CAN's Ask An Advocate form online at can.uic.edu/ask. To learn more, visit CAN's website at can.uic.edu."

[ID: A CAN team member standing next to a presentation screen and facilitating a discussion on how to respond to a disclosure of gender-based violence.]

Congrats, Flames--we've made it through the first month of the semester! Now that we've settled in, it's time for a change in weather and (eep!) the approaching mid-terms season.

What is keeping you motivated right now? Who is helping you stay focused on your goals? How are you staying healthy?

Check back next week for your responses and a new question!

Last week, we asked, "What are your current feminist movie, TV, and book recommendations" Here are some of your responses from our poll and our Open House last Thursday:

Thank you for sharing your recommendations with us! We have a lot to check out!

[ID: "What do you think?" in yellow block letters inside a yellow-orange frame on a purple-blue gradient background.]

IRRPP: Funding Opportunities for Faculty & Grad Students
IRRPP welcomes scholars from all disciplines and especially encourages those from historically underrepresented backgrounds to apply.

Gender and Women's Studies & Black Studies: Open Study Hours
Mon - Thu | 1-5pm, 1250 UH
We invite UIC students to our Open Study Hours in our multipurpose space. Free coffee, tea, and snacks!

UIC Latinx Heritage Month: Semillas del Futuro
September 15 - October 15
From cultural events and keynote speakers to workshops and performances, Latinx Heritage Month at UIC is an invitation to reflect on our collective past while nurturing the seeds that will shape our future.

The Network: Technology-Facilitated Abuse: Community Panel
Friday, September 26 | 10-11:15am, Zoom
Got questions about technology, digital safety, and how you can support survivors experiencing tech-facilitated abuse? Join our panel of experts to help you better understand—and navigate—the challenges and risks of our digital world. 

UIC Social Justice Initiative: Opening Reception: We're Not All Here/No Estamos Todes
Friday, September 26 | 6-8:30pm, Chicago Justice Gallery
This exhibit by Canadian-Chilean artist Soledad Muñoz, curated by Lola Ayisha Ogbara, is a transnational archive of absence--including woven portraits, a sound installation, a film, and an interactive set of maps documenting missing and murdered Black and indigenous women and girls--that trace interconnected histories of disappearance, loss, and memory as resistance from Chile to Palestine to Illinois.

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence 101
Wednesday, October 1 | 1pm, Zoom
This session will help new advocates, allied professionals, students, and the general public achieve a basic understanding of this complex issue and how they can be part of the solution.  

Between Friends: Light Up the Lakefront
Wednesday, October 1 | 6-8pm, Ohio Street Beach
To mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Between Friends will gather at Ohio Street Beach to light candles in a striking visual tribute to all those affected by domestic violence. Volunteers also needed!

DV/SA organizations across Chicagoland: You Are Not Alone
Tuesday, October 7 | 12-1pm, Daley Plaza
Come be part of a united front as organizations from across our communities come together to share resources, offer support, and show their unwavering commitment to survivors. 

SAAPRI & SAAJCO: Breaking the Silence: Domestic Violence & Immigrant Rights
Thursday, October 9 | 5-6pm, Zoom
This session aims to provide crucial information for immigrants and their allies on recognizing, addressing, and seeking support for domestic violence.

IRRPP: Researching, Teaching, and Building in Troubled Times
Wednesday, October 15 | 12-1:30pm, Zoom
Join us for a panel discussion about how to continue doing critical research in contentious times, featuring UIC professors Teri McMurtry-Chubb, Nadine Naber, and Jane Rhodes.

UIC Student Affairs: Shaping the Future of Lactation Spaces on Campus: A Needs Assessment to Support Student-Parents
Monday, November 17 | 2pm, SSB Conference Room A
During this presentation, Dr. Jessica Rothstein, Assistant Professor of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, will share key findings highlighting participants’ satisfaction with various aspects of UIC's existing lactation rooms and identifying areas for improvement.

KAN-WIN & UIC AARCC: Domestic Violence Training
November 8-16 | AARCC, 723 W. Maxwell
Participants will complete 20 hours of self-paced modules provided by the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV), followed by 20 hours of in-person training provided by KAN-WIN. 

CAASE: Upcoming Events
The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) addresses the culture, institutions, and individuals that perpetrate, profit from, or support sexual exploitation through prevention, policy reform, community engagement, and legal service.

Resilience: Upcoming Events
Resilience works to end rape culture and empower sexual assault survivors through advocacy, education, and healing.

Check out what's happening at all our sibling centers this week!

[ID: A statement about who the UIC Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change are, which can be found on our website.]

In light of actual and potential threats to our communities, both here at UIC and throughout the Chicago area, it's important to know what our rights are when interacting with immigration and other law enforcement officers.

WHAT TO DO

UIC's administration has shared official protocols for such interactions on campus. In short: 

If you need assistance or suspect ICE presence anywhere in IL, you are also encouraged to call the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) Hotline: 1-855-435-7693.

CAMPUS RESOURCES

UPCOMING TRAININGS

We are here for you and will continue to share resources and information with our campus community.

UIC Women’s Leadership and Resource Center
& Campus Advocacy Network

1700 Student Services Building (MC 363)
1200 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60607

(312) 413-1025 ∙ wlrc@uic.edu ∙ wlrc.uic.edu

Subscribe:
Did someone forward you this newsletter? Please subscribe to ensure you receive future updates!

Missed a newsletter?
Visit our archive to read recent weekly digests.