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The Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center Field Trip

Join the Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies (CGRAS) for a field-trip to the Mashantucket Pequot Museum &  Research Center (MPMRC). Your fully-funded visit includes transportation, admission, lunch (vegan options included). an interactive workshop entitled "Witness to a Genocide: A Social Justice Approach," and a curated tour of the MPMRC. Email Lori Buckley (LBuckley@clarku.edu) […]

A Voter’s Gender Guide to Making Election Choices

Arthur M. Sackler Sciences Center, 120

A lecture by Cynthia Enloe, Ph.D. Americans - along with Britons, Italians, Turks, and South Africans - have to sort out gender-tangled fears, claims, hopes, and myths in order to cast their votes thoughtfully. Using a feminist curiosity can help. Click for more details

Voter Suppression and Disenfranchisement: The language of theft

Fireside Lounge, Dana Commons

In her lecture, Maya Contreras will examine the policies that weaken and threaten our democracy through voter disenfranchisement, gerrymandering, and voter suppression. She will suggest strategies to create fair electoral maps, close voting gaps, and enfranchise voters across the United States. Click for more details.

Women and New Media: Representation and Inclusion

Leir I Anderson House

Maya Contreras, TV Host of the Emmy award-winning “Brewed in New York” (PBS) and voting rights advocate, will lead a workshop on women in new media. RSVP Required by 10/10 LBuckley@clarku.edu Click for more details.

Women Candidates and Women Voters in 2018

Location: Grace Conference Room, Higgins University Center Jennifer Abod, a filmmaker, activist, and poet will be present for a screening of her documentary film, The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen, followed by discussion. View Flyer

Women’s and Gender Studies Program: Drop-In Session

Jefferson 400

Abbie Goldberg, Director of Women’s and Gender Studies and Professor of Psychology, will hold an informational session about the major. This event is for majors and prospective majors. Click for more details

Talking Books/etc

Fireside Lounge

Conversations by faculty and students about their new publications. Featuring: Professor Abbie Goldberg for "LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution: Psychological and Legal Perspectives and Implications for Practice" (co-written with Adam P. Romero). Professor Heather Silber Mohamed for "The New Americans? Immigration, Protest, and the Politics of Latino Identity." Professor Valerie Sperling and graduate student Melike […]

Sponsored by: Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies

SASA Presents: Decolonizing Queerness

Dana Commons Fishbowl Lounge

Sponsored by the Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies, PEC, OPEN, Women's and Gender Studies, Political Science Department, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and Peace Studies.