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Women's Resource Center
basement Stevenson Hall

Are you a Women's Studies Minor? Join the Group - Declare your minor - Go to your college dept. office.

Vagina Monologues!
WHAT-The Vagina Monologues! - an empowering performance about women's lives!!
WHEN - Performances Thurs., Feb. 9th, and Friday, Feb. 10 @ 7 p.m. - doors open at 6:30 p.m.; Sat. Feb. 11 @ 1 p.m., doors open at 12:30 p.m.
WHERE - Tarble Arts Center Atrium
ADMISSION - $10 Adults; $7 Students and Seniors. Tickets are available at the MLK Union ticket office 581-5122
All proceeds benefit Sexual Assault Counseling and Information Service (SACIS), a local not-for-profit organization providing crisis and on-going services to victims of sexual assault, sexual abuse and sexual harassment AND HOPE of East Central Illinois, a private non-profit agency serving victims of domestic violence through the provisions of Housing, Outreach, Prevention, and Education.
Silent Auction sponsored by local businesses before the show.

Monday, Jan. 23, 5:00 p.m., Women's Res. Ctr.
Come for FREE SOUP and Great Insight
Good Women Have Abortions: The 39th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Hosted by the Women's Empowerment League

Living History Informational Meeting
Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7:00 p.m.
Coleman Hall 1731

Women's History and Awareness Month
WOMEN IMAGINE CHANGE

Keynote Lecture
LINDA HOGAN - Native American Author, Novelist, Poet & Memoirist
Tuesday, March 6, 5:00 p.m., Doudna Theatre
Free and open to the public

Tuesday, March 20, 4:30-6 p.m., Booth Library Conf. Rm. 4440
Women Imagine Change: Faculty Research Panel
Presenters: Melanie B. Mills, Robin L. Murray, M. Caroline Simpson

2011-2012 Women's Studies Monthly Prog. Meetings
Sept. 14 | 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Coleman Hall Rm. 1621

Oct. 12 | 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Coleman Hall Rm. 1621

Nov. 16 | 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Coleman Hall Rm. 1621

Dec. 14 | 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Women's Resource Center

Jan. 11 | 11:00 a.m. - Noon
Women's Resource Center

Feb. 8 | 11:00 a.m. - Noon
Women's Resource Center

Apr. 11 | 11:00 a.m. - Noon
Women's Resource Center

Women's Resource Center

The Women's Resource Center was established and is directed by the EIU Women's Studies Program. The center is open to all Eastern Illinois University Students and is located in the basement of Stevenson Hall.

The Women's Resource Center, or WRC, provides an informal setting for students, faculty, staff, and community members to gather and discuss all topics related to gender, sexuality, and systems of power and privilege.

Welcome to the Women's Studies Program

The Women's Studies Program is a University-appointed body of faculty, staff, and students. The Program's primary focus is the educational concerns and needs of women at EIU and in the community.

The purpose of the Women's Studies Program is to promote an understanding of how issues related to gender, age, race, economic status, sexual identity, and nationality affect women's lives and the communities in which they live. In order to promote an equitable and sensitive environment for all persons, the Council also responds to issues affecting women on campus and in the community.

Women's Studies RSO Clothesline Project. Pictured are Ashley Wiberg, Tara Crawford, William Kendall and Becki Rowe.

Click below to learn about the multi-discipline courses offered through the Women's Studies academic minor program at Eastern Illinois University.

Donate to the Women's Empowerment Fund!