UMKC Women's Center

It's nearing the end of the semester, and our interns are giving their farewells. Read them here!

It's day two of the US Women's Open and one golfer is on her way to history! Check out what inspired Inbee Park to pick up a club and as always, show some support for women in sports!

Mandala number eight, the final one! This wraps up our Shrink Your Stress event. We hope you enjoyed any and all of the mandalas we've posted throughout the day today. A collage of all the mandalas we posted is on our Instagram @umkcwomenc! GOOD LUCK to everyone taking finals!! Don't forget to take a minute or two to destress so you don't burn yourself out.

Happy Veteran Day to all the women who serve our country!!!! Check out this link highlighting CPT Burner the first female Captain of a rifle company in the Missouri National Guard. https://www.army.mil//meet_the_first_female_to_command_mis

A revolutionary time is beginning in Washington and Kamala Harris isn't the only woman stepping into power with Biden stepping into his role as President of the United States. Biden's daughter is quite the activist and is already an outstanding feminist role model. Check out the girl who will be filling Ivanka Trumps' shoes in the next term! https://www.tatler.com/article/ashley-biden-first-daughter

Mandala number seven! Only ONE more mandala will be posted after this one!

Mandala number six!

Hey Roos! Just a friendly reminder to keep being safe out there, wear a mask, wash your hands, and be kind to one another.

Good afternoon, y’all! Today we are back with another Parenting During COVID resource. Today we put a spotlight on Children’s Mercy meal program. Children’s Mercy Adele Orbits Caftereia and Children’s Mercy Clinics on Broadway are offering free, hot meals to children aged 1-18. This service is available 11 a.m.-3p.m. Monday through Friday through Summer 2021. Check out the attached flyer and link for more details! https://www.childrensmercy.org/in-the-commun/kids-eat-free/

Happy Tuesday, Roos! For anyone who wants to come to the Women's center for the rest of the semester, please make an appointment! If you need any of our services or resources, such as menstrual products, lactation room, library, advising, etc.. Please can contact us at [email protected] or 816-235-1638 to schedule an appointment! We are here to help and support you!

"...the first woman, first Black woman, and first South Asian woman to be elected vice president, invoked suffragists and women who made history before her" Check out how Senator Harris paid homage to the feminists before her as she made history! https://bit.ly/3eHNYHr

Hey UMKC students! Will you be graduating soon? Don't miss our upcoming Salary Negotiation Workshop.

It's Veteran's Week. Check out these events honoring our UMKC Veteran community.

It’s Phenomenal Feminist Friday! And today we choose Mindy Kaling. Today is Abbie’s favorite feminist. She states: One of my favorite feminist icons is Mindy Kaling. She is one of the writers and actors in hit shows like The Office and The Mindy Project. She is phenomenal because she is solely herself and doesn’t feel the need to let Hollywood dictate how she should be. She stands up for women’s rights and believes that to be a feminist, you don’t have to fit into certain... boxes. She says in an interview with New York Minute Magazine that You can be whoever it is that you are at heart and still be an amazing feminist. She says that she often gets applauded for being able to write with all the men writers and be as good as they are but states that this is insulting because woman are always capable of doing any job they want. I really admire her as a person, a writer, a comedian, a feminist, and all the other things she brings to the table. See more

Stop by UMKC Multicultural Student Affairs in room 319 in the Student Union for some election week self-care and pick up some art supplies for the Stepping Stones activity.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the election today? Check out this video from our friends at A Window Between Worlds (AWBW) for a healing arts activity you can do to help manage those overwhelming feelings.

"We love you and we are counting on you" is just a snippet from this video letter by Native youth to their parents and other voters, encouraging them to "vote with love". Love for each other and love for the earth. Tomorrow is election day, as well as the third day in November, Native American Heritage Month. Did you know that while Native people received citizenship in 1924, Natives did not have the right to vote in every state until 1962? Even then, there were many things ...that impacted, and continue to impact, their ability to vote. When November comes around, Native people are mentioned more so than usual. They are normally referred to in the context of Thanksgiving and are too often spoken about only in the past tense. We urge you to educate yourselves on current Native issues and consider them year round, in the present tense. And of course, we encourage you to vote with love.

Many members of the Native community are speaking out against CNN's use of the term "Something Else" to categorize Native voters in an exit poll. It is important to keep fighting for Native visibility, no one wants to be called "Something Else". Read more here: https://najanewsroom.com//naja-demands-cnn-apologize-for-/

Should fairytales be rewritten to reinvent the figures children look up to? Let us know what you think of this article in the comments! #UMKC #feminist https://bit.ly/3p2UAoL

This week!! Hope to see you for this amazing discussion!

Tamara Lukic was a refugee of the Yugoslavian Civil War in 1995. In her early twenties, the age most of us are at right now, her entire world imploded. She was no longer studying, working, going to bars. Her home was suddenly a warzone. She no longer thought about where she would spend her next weekend, but rather if her boyfriend will be drafted, if her friends will be killed on the street. But she did not lay down and accept defeat. She kept her head up and did what she ha...d to do. During the war, she found out she was pregnant. Now a mother, her instincts kicked in. She did whatever she could to keep her family safe. At the first chance she got, she held her baby in one hand, her husband’s hand in the other, and with only a bag of clothes and the equivalent of $20 in her pocket, she boarded a plane to America. Tamara knew not one word of English, but that did not stop her. She gritted her teeth and worked any and every job she could. She made ends meet so that her child could have everything she needed. She raised her girls to know they could do absolutely anything and that they were a lot stronger than they thought.

Happy Friday, Roos! Join the UMKC Women's Center, UMKC Multicultural Student Affairs, UMKC LGBTQIA, and UMKC Counseling Services for some Election Self-Care next week. And don't forget to #VOTE next Tuesday!

Tonight! Don't miss this panel discussion co-sponsored by UMKC Multicultural Student Affairs, UMKC LGBTQIA, UMKC Department of Race, Ethnic, and Gender Studies, UMKC Student Government Association, UMKC Henry W. Bloch School of Management, and @UMKC pubUMKC's Department of Public Affairs. Register here: https://bit.ly/37Q8EMi

Hello everyone! Today for Women Wisdom Wednesday we are going to share with you a Netflix original T.V. show Cable Girls. Cable girls focuses on four women in the 1920s revolution and how they managed romance, friendship, and the modern workplace while gaining more equality with men. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=echLiKsNYr4