It’s time for LUNAFEST 2021! Wednesday, April 28 Now in its 20th year, LUNAFEST was the first traveling film festival celebrating stories by women, about women. We hope you will join us to hear these powerful untold stories & together we’ll raise awareness, support the UCONN WOMEN’S CENTER, and champion change directly with our […]
Events
Take Back the Night 2021
Our theme Rooted in Resilience mirrors the connection and growth within ourselves and each other. We are rooted in our experiences and origins because it makes us who we are. — Rode Batalille
Picture A Scientist
Film Screening and Discussion Co-sponsored by the Engineering Diversity and Outreach Center (EDOC)
The Body is Not an Apology: Radical Self-Love as Transformative Action with Sonya Renee Taylor
Join us for the closing event of Women’s Herstory Month! Co-sponsored nationally with the University of Virginia Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center, UMass Dartmouth Center for Women, Gender, & Sexuality, University of Iowa – WRAC (Women’s Resource & Action Center), Georgia College Women’s Center, University of New Mexico Women’s Resource Center, and Virginia Tech Women’s Center. […]
Calling In the Call Out Culture with Loretta Ross
Women’s Herstory Month Opening! Register HERE
Women’s Advance – Spring Series
As a prelude to the annual Women’s Advance Conference, the Women’s Center will be hosting a series of workshops this spring that are designed to expand skills, increase knowledge, and enhance networks to promote a more inclusive and supportive working and learning environment. Our theme this year is Forging New Paths – Manifesting Justice. […]
Imagine What Is Possible – Artivism
Tuesday, February 16 at 16pm – registration link below. If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Women’s Center womenscenter@uconn.edu.
Poetry As Activism
Learn how to use your voice to create change! In Full Color founder and director Summer Dawn Reyes leads a workshop on writing activist poetry, featuring performances by activist poets Stephanie Dinsae and Crystal Davis. In Full Color is an award-winning organization that empowers women of color through education and the arts. We lead a […]
Encounters: From Suffrage to Election
Join us Thursday, October 15, 6pm – Register HERE
My Feminism is… Campaign
The Women’s Center welcomes the UConn Community to share their sentiments on what feminism looks like to them. Join us in this opportunity to explore feminism in all the ways feminism exist today! Please send us a photo of you holding a sign with the following sentiment written on it: “My Feminism is _______”. Photos should […]