March 2, 2021 MACOMB, IL The Women s Center at Western Illinois University will celebrate Women s History Month 2021 throughout March with a wide variety of events planned.
This year s schedule includes:
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Monday, March 8, 6-7 p.m. – Meet Me at my Intersections; Navigating Spaces as a Black Queer Woman. Keynote speaker Tamika Austin will discuss navigating spaces as a Black, Queer Woman – the address will be virtual at wiu.zoom.us/j/95851078502 and registration can be completed on PurplePost. For additional information, contact Taylor Ziegler at tl-zeigler@wiu.edu.
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Tuesday, March 9, 5 p.m. – Finding Love in Your Own Body, a discussion of body standards and a painting session related to body positivity hosted in the Multicultural Center by Alpha Sigma Tau. For additional information, contact Aleezah Washington at a-washington2@wiu.edu.
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An HC Black Music and Arts Association class on pan-African culture at the Arcata Marsh. Photo by Valetta Molofsky
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Sarah
Vevoda’s 7-year-old daughter Jaz used to say she had “up hair,”
her natural Black curls growing upward instead of hanging down like
nearly everyone else’s around her, including her family. Sarah, who
is white, says Jaz has commented on not seeing other people who look
like her. “It’s very hard for her to be in a sea of white people
everywhere she goes,” says Vevoda, noting Jaz is darker skinned