Women’s Herstory: Grounded in Justice, Moving Forward Together
C+V Community Talk in Partnership with Heritage Months
“Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, reveling in our differences; this is the process that brings us closer, that gives us a world of shared values, of meaningful community.”
― bell hooks, Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope
This month’s Women’s Herstory Community Talk is a part of the phenomenal annual HerDU conference and draws inspiration from the conference theme, inspired by bell hooks: Justice. Provost Mary Clark and panelists will delve into the need for a community-based approach to truly transform institutions and greater society.
In order to see this true transformation, communities of support for all women are critical, as systems are challenged and new ways of carrying out work are brought to the forefront. DU is honored to support seven unique and empowering communities of support for women at DU (listed below under Resources). This C+V Community Talk will dive into why it is so important to be in community together as women. Additionally, panelists will discuss how the DU community can, as the Women's Coalition states, “foster an inclusive, safe, and empowering environment at DU and beyond” through “partnering with women and groups with different cultural and social backgrounds and goals.”
The panelists will engage in conversation around how a community can push boundaries, take on systems of inequity, and make institutional and societal change. This talk will highlight how women have done this throughout history at DU and beyond and will continue to do so as an empowered group of women in solidarity, together, moving towards the future.
Learn more about our panelists below!
Thursday, March 3, 2022 | 1:00pm-2:00pm
New this year! For our Heritage Months partnership events, community members can gather for a Community Viewing of the webinar in-person and post-event debrief after the event in Community Commons - Room 3701 (North).
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Resources:
Women's Leadership Council (WLC)
Women's Staff Alliance for Networking and Development (WAND)
Association of Sisters in Higher Education (ASHE)
Hermanas Latinas
Women's Faculty Association
STEM Women Faculty Association (SWFA)