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WOMEN’S CENTER EVENTS
all Women’s Center events are held in
107 Hanna Hall unless otherwise indicated
Brown Bag Series
Redefining “Coming Out” by Loving More Than One: Ethical Non-Monogamy/Polyamory
In recognition of National Coming Out Day
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Wednesday, October 15, 12-1 P.M.
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Presenter: Liane Ortis, Higher Education and Student Affairs
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We “Come Out” to be authentic, to challenge expectations about who we are told to be. Polyamorous people
believe we aren’t all monogamous! That love and sex don’t HAVE TO be limited to just one person: love is
infinite. The foundations of polyamory – boundless love, communication, trust, reduction of jealous behavior,
and sex positivity – include heavily gendered expectations that polyamorous individuals challenge in the pursuit of
equitable relationships. Each intentionally practiced aspect of polyamory creates safer and healthier environments,
relationships, and individuals. Come learn what it’s like to “come out” as polyamorous and challenge expectations
regarding love and sex.
Women’s Research Network
Taking Up Space: Indigenous Feminist Storying Practices as Historiography
In recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day
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Friday, October 17, 1-2:30 P.M.
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Presenter: Dr. Andrea Riley Mukavetz, English
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Indigenous feminists such as Paula Gunn Allen and Andrea Smith have critiqued a linear, singular history of
feminism that is commonly told as the “three waves of feminist” history. Both scholars demonstrate a
reorientation to American feminist history, one beginning with understanding the interplay between euro immigrants and indigenous peoples. Indigenous feminists use storying practices to intervene on a linear, colonial
imagining of feminism. Dr. Riley Mukavetz will explore how these storying practices can be used to make
relational, feminist historiographies.
Staff
Kristen Bunner, Graduate Assistant
Elizabeth Pysarenko, Graduate Assistant
Denise Robb, Graduate Practicum Student
Jean Marie Greene, Office Manager
Dr. Mary Krueger, Director
Mailing Address
108A Hanna Hall
Bowling Green, OH 43403
419.372.7227 (Phone), 419.372.6020 (Fax)
womencenter@bgsu.edu
http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/women/
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
FREE “Yoga As You Are”
Sessions
Mondays thru Dec. 8, 12:10-12:50 p.m.
Ethnic Student Center
Discussion Series: Name
Discrimination in the U.S.
The Women's Center, 107 Hanna Hall
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 5 p.m.
Take a short stress relieving break and participate in this free
gentle yoga class. This low-impact class includes gentle
stretches, balance and breathing as well as movements
designed to increase range of motion in joints and relieve
tension. Lastly, enjoy 5 minutes of mindful meditation at the
end of each class. Come as you are - all that's needed is a
yoga mat or towel. Registration is not required.
Ethnic Student Center, 318-B
Mathematical Sciences Building
Come discuss name discrimination as it pertains to race,
ethnicity, nationality, jobs, and housing in the United States.
This discussion is part of the Ethnic Student Center
Discussion Series and will be facilitated by Derron Borders,
Graduate Coordinator of Diversity Education Programs in
the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Sessions are facilitated by Caroline Dawson, certified
mindfulness and yoga instructor with over 18 years of yoga
and meditation experience. This program is sponsored
through a grant from Medical Mutual of Ohio and is
supported by BGSU WellAware, the Department of Human
Resources, the Women's Center and the Department of
Recreation and Wellness.
Coming Out in the Oval
Monday, Oct. 13, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Candlelight Walk
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 9:15 p.m.
Bowen-Thompson Student Union Oval
This event, hosted by Women Who Love Women, is held in
recognition of Coming Out Week at BGSU.
Bowen-Thompson Student Union Oval
Queering Comedy
Fundraising Dinner
Thursday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m.
This event, hosted by Vision, is held in recognition of
Coming Out Week at BGSU.
228 Multipurpose Room, Bowen-Thompson
Student Union
Jewelry Sale to support
Holocaust survivor Aliza
Greenburg
Monday, Oct. 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Vision and FORCE will be hosting their first annual benefit
dinner entitled “Queering Comedy,” which will include a
full meal as well as stand-up comic, Brooke Cartus. This
event is held in recognition of Coming Out Week at BGSU.
Tickets are $10 at the door.
Plain Congregational Church, 16011 W.
Poe Road, Bowling Green
Aliza Greenburg, a 78 year old Jewish woman born in
Romania, is one of the few remaining orphans of the
Holocaust. When Aliza was four years old, there was a
massacre in her town and her whole family was displaced.
Aliza was one of the lucky children to be placed in a foster
home in another country to escape the Germans, and she
traveled back and forth to Israel. She then spent her entire
life trying to find her family.
Come meet Aliza, look at her beautiful designer jewelry, and
hear her stories.
Not-So-Straight Skate
Saturday, Oct. 18, 9 p.m.
BGSU Ice Arena
This event , hosted by the LGBT Resource Center, is held in
recognition of Coming Out Week at BGSU. The first 30
people get in free.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sistas’ of Nia Support Group
Sundays, Oct. 19, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, and
Nov. 9, 2-3 p.m.
The Women’s Center, 107 Hanna Hall
Northwest Ohio Silent
Witness Project 2014
Unveiling Ceremony
Sistas’ of Nia is a FREE and confidential support group for
African American adult women survivors of childhood sexual
abuse. Nia means purpose. To restore African American
people to their traditional greatness and to be responsible to
those who came before (our ancestors) and to those who will
follow (our descendants).
Lenhart Grand Ballroom, BowenThompson Student Union
This group meets once a week for four weeks, and is a
closed group, meaning that people can only join the first
week. It is open to community members and students.
African American women are less likely than any race of
women to report rape or sexual abuse and being a survivor
of sexual abuse, living in silence, is a huge burden to carry.
Our hope is to bring awareness in the African American
community of women to let them know that there is healing
and they are not alone.
This group is peer facilitated but counseling resources are
available at the meeting. Free parking and snacks. For more
information, call The Link at 419-352-1545 and ask for
Taneisha from the SAAFE Center’s Sistas’ of Nia group.
“Keep it Flowing”
Program
Drop-Off Location: The Women’s
Center, 107 Hanna Hall
Monday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m.
The Silent Witness Project of Northwest Ohio is a memorial
to girls and women whose lives were ended abruptly and
violently at the hands of a husband, ex-husband, partner or
stalker. The Silent Witness exhibit has over 65 life-size
silhouettes of girls and women. This collection of mothers,
daughters, sisters, aunts, nieces, and friends is a powerful
testament of commitment to break the silence about
domestic violence. In order to keep the display current,
figures are "retired" after 10 years. However, their chest
plates are kept and displayed at the annual ceremony.
This year’s featured keynote speaker is Ulester Douglas,
Interim Executive Director of Men Stopping Violence, an
Atlanta-based national training institute that mobilizes men
to prevent violence against women and girls.
Sponsored by the Women’s Center at BGSU. Endorsed by
dozens of private, public and non-profit organizations in
northwest Ohio. For more information, contact 419-3727227 or switnesses@bgsu.edu. The event is free and open to
the public.
Last year, the Women's Center at BGSU implemented the
“Keep it Flowing” program. Through this project, we have
distributed hundreds of donated menstrual products to local
food pantries and shelters that serve homeless women.
Students are invited to help us "keep things flowing" by
dropping off tampons, pads or panty liners at the Women's
Center. For more information, call 419-372-7227.
To submit an event that you would like to have included in our weekly
update, please send the information to Kristen at wcgradasst@bgsu.edu.
GROUP meetings
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BGSU Employee Mother’s Circle
Every 4th Monday of each month, 12 – 1 p.m.
Share concerns and receive helpful guidance from other BGSU employee moms who are in your situation by joining the on-campus
mom’s support group. The group meets the fourth Monday of each month from noon to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch and enjoy time
discussing your little ones. For more information, contact Amanda Vrooman at mandyly@bgsu.edu.
Trans Awareness Group (TAG)
Tuesdays, 8 – 9 p.m.
TAG is the Trans Awareness Group for BGSU students who identify as Trans, Genderqueer, Gender non-conforming, or
Allies. TAG meets every Tuesday at 8 p.m. in room 107 in Hanna Hall. So if you want to come for support, fellowship, or just to
find out more about the group, feel free to stop on by! Contact: tagbgsu@gmail.com for further details.
Vision
Tuesdays, 9 – 11 p.m.
Vision is the undergraduate Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Questioning, and Straight Supportive
(GLBTQIQSS) student organization. One of Vision's goals is to provide a supportive and friendly environment for the
GLBTQIQSS community here at Bowling Green. To get more information, please email Luke at esgrabs@bgsu.edu.
Feminist Organization for Raising Consciousness and Empowerment (FORCE)
Wednesdays, 9 – 10 p.m.
FORCE is an activist student group comprised of both men and women. Our goal is to educate the community on issues of
domestic violence, sexual assault, environment, reproductive rights and GLBT issues. To get more information, please email Paige
Reinhart-Anez at preinha@bgsu.edu.
Graduate Women’s Caucus (GWC)
Every first Monday of each month, 1:15 p.m.
The Graduate Women’s Caucus is committed to providing opportunities for graduate students to channel their energy and resources
into promoting the awareness of women’s issues on campus and in the community. For further information or if you have questions,
contact Liz Adamo at eadamo@bgsu.edu.
Warm Up BG
Every 2nd & 4th Thursday of each month, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
A group for expert, beginner, or wishful knitters and crocheters… Warm Up BG creates items such as blankets that are donated back
to the BG community. We help families in need, keep people warm, and make a difference! Want to help but don’t know how to
knit or crochet? No problem -- we’ll gladly teach you! Anyone and everyone is welcome at our meetings no matter your skill level.
Contact: warmupbg@gmail.com for further details.
African Peoples’ Association
Fridays, 5 – 8 p.m.
The African Peoples’ Association of Bowling Green State University is a multicultural organization dedicated to providing awareness
of Africa and its culture, focusing on the diversity of the African continent. Members and students learn facts about Africa and obtain
cultural awareness, while exchanging ideas and values. Visit http://bgsu.orgsync.com/org/apa/About for more information.
National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
Mondays, 7 – 9 p.m.
The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) chapter at BGSU is part of a council of national African American women's
organizations and community-based sections. The NCNW mission is to lead, develop, and advocate for women of African descent as
they support their families and communities, and they fulfill this purpose through research, advocacy, and national and communitybased services and programs on issues of health, education, and economic empowerment. For more information about NCNW,
contact Leslie Potts, lesliep@bgsu.edu.