SPA To Host Musician & Activist MILCK October 4
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Gender Equity Center hosts events to mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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In honor of Women’s History Month, the Penn State Gender Equity Center is hosting a variety of events open to the public throughout March.
Located at 204 Boucke Building at Penn State, the Gender Equity Center provides support for students affected by sexual violence, relationship violence, stalking, and harassment; it provides referrals, crisis intervention, support counseling, education, and advocacy.
The center offers programs and lectures every March to honor Women’s History Month, in addition to its various other events that run from September through April.
In choosing events and speakers, Program Coordinator Jennifer Pencek asks students she knows from peer education groups or students visiting the center for their opinions on what they would like to see.
March 15, at 6-8 p.m.
Film screening: Moxie Join the Gender Equity Center, in partnership with Penn State Libraries and Hillel at Penn State for a film screening and discussion of Netflix s Moxie.”
Emma Johnson (actor Josephine Langford) inspired by her mom s (actor Amy Poehler) rebellious past and a confident new friend publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school. We will discuss the main themes from the movie as well as discuss the history of grassroots activism by women for social and political change. Register here.
March 16, at 6 p.m. (virtual)
Practical Activism: Living Out Your Vocational Calling the Paul Robeson Cultural enter is hosting an event with Minniejean Brown Trickey, one of the Little Rock Nine who fought during the civil rights era to push for desegregation of schools. She has since then continued to fight for equality across the country. We will specifically look to talk about finding one s vocational calling and how that ca