UWO Women’s Center

Campus Center for Equity & Diversity
717 W. Irving Ave.
Oshkosh, WI 54901

(920) 424-0963
womenscenter@uwosh.edu

Fall 2021 Hours (Starting 9/13):

Monday: 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.

Tuesday: 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.

Wednesday: 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.

Thursday: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Friday: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

*Hours may be updated once staffing is finalized.

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Upcoming Women’s Center Events

Date/Time/Place	Event
September 5 - October 16	The “red zone” is shorthand for the first six weeks at the beginning of the school year when a disproportionate number of campus sexual assaults take place. The Department of Justice has identified the period between students’ arrival on campus in late August and Thanksgiving break as the stretch of time when sexual violence perpetration is most likely to occur. This does not mean that sexual and interpersonal violence are not perpetrated at other times of the year. At UW Oshkosh, the Red Zone is a six-week series of sexual violence prevention programming organized by departments and organizations across campus. Find the full calendar of events here.
Tuesday, September 21 6:00-8:00 p.m. Women's Center or Zoom	Level Up! A Feminist Gaming Initiative Level Up! provides a safe space for women and minority gamers to build community around feminist gaming while critically analyzing the media we love. Level Up! will be held virtually and biweekly this semester. During the meetings we will discuss topics and strategize how to make our community more inclusive. Topic: Machismo and Masculinity
Wednesday, September 22 6:30-7:30 p.m. Women's Center	Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene Do you menstruate? Would you like to learn more about environmental and financially sustainable solutions to menstrual hygiene management? Join us for a Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene workshop! Participants learn about different sustainable menstrual hygiene products and their environmental impacts. Thanks to initial funding from the Green Fund and ongoing funding from the Women's Advocacy Council, student participants who menstruate will leave with a sustainable menstrual hygiene kit, while supplies last, to promote the adoption of sustainable menstrual management. Email womenscenter@uwosh.edu with questions or if you would like to schedule a workshop for your group!
Monday, September 27 6:00-7:00 p.m. Women's Center	Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene Do you menstruate? Would you like to learn more about environmental and financially sustainable solutions to menstrual hygiene management? Join us for a Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene workshop! Participants learn about different sustainable menstrual hygiene products and their environmental impacts. Thanks to initial funding from the Green Fund and ongoing funding from the Women's Advocacy Council, student participants who menstruate will leave with a sustainable menstrual hygiene kit, while supplies last, to promote the adoption of sustainable menstrual management. Email womenscenter@uwosh.edu with questions or if you would like to schedule a workshop for your group!
Tuesday, September 28 12:00-1:00 p.m. Zoom	CHARGE: CHange Agents Rallying for Gender Equity Allyship is a verb and requires constant reflection and commitment renewal. Join the Women’s Center for open virtual discussions on how to be an effective active ally to marginalized communities within and beyond UW Oshkosh. Discussions will be adaptive to current events and will focus on skill building.
Tuesday, September 28 6:00-8:00 p.m. Women's Center or Zoom	Level Up! A Feminist Gaming Initiative Level Up! provides a safe space for women and minority gamers to build community around feminist gaming while critically analyzing the media we love. Level Up! will be held virtually and biweekly this semester. During the meetings we will discuss topics and strategize how to make our community more inclusive. Topic: Sexual Harassment and Gendered Violence in the Gaming Industry
Monday, October 4 7:00-8:30 p.m. Zoom	From the Firing Lines to a Fireside Chat - Combatting Fraud and Cybercrime As former White House CIO, Theresa Payton has been on the front lines of implementing emerging technologies while protecting the world's most coveted data. In this talk, Theresa covers AI, Internet of Things, 5G, Tracing and Tracking Tech, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency and tells real behind the scenes stories, shares tips on how to think like the adversary, and discusses the hottest technology trends you can deploy to beat cybercriminals. Funding for this event is provided by the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership through their Speaker Grant program. Co-sponsors: UWO Women's Center, Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership, UWO Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, UW System Women and Science Program, UW System Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium, UWO Department of Computer Science, UWO Women’s Advocacy Council, UWO Department of Public Administration
Wednesday, October 6 5:00-8:00 p.m. Zoom	Fox Valley Take Back the Night Take Back the Night is an annual event that provides attendees with the opportunity to become educated on and take a stand against sexual & domestic violence in our community. This year we will be centering the Hmong community. We hope you will join us for another year of raising our voices against the epidemic of sexual and domestic violence, and lifting up the voices of survivors. Thank you to becket's for graciously donating their event space. Due to the ongoing global pandemic, we made the decision to host the event virtually instead of in person. We hope to see everyone on Zoom! Co-sponsored by Christine Ann Domestic Abuse Services, Inc., Reach Counseling, and UW Oshkosh.
Tuesday, October 5 6:00-8:00 p.m. Women's Center or Zoom	Level Up! A Feminist Gaming Initiative Level Up! provides a safe space for women and minority gamers to build community around feminist gaming while critically analyzing the media we love. Level Up! will be held virtually and biweekly this semester. During the meetings we will discuss topics and strategize how to make our community more inclusive. Topic: #GamerGate and Cybersecurity
Monday, October 11 6:30-7:30 p.m. Zoom	Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene Do you menstruate? Would you like to learn more about environmental and financially sustainable solutions to menstrual hygiene management? Join us for a Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene workshop! Participants learn about different sustainable menstrual hygiene products and their environmental impacts. Thanks to initial funding from the Green Fund and ongoing funding from the Women's Advocacy Council, student participants who menstruate will leave with a sustainable menstrual hygiene kit, while supplies last, to promote the adoption of sustainable menstrual management. Email womenscenter@uwosh.edu with questions or if you would like to schedule a workshop for your group!
Tuesday, October 12 12:00-1:00 p.m. Zoom	CHARGE: CHange Agents Rallying for Gender Equity Allyship is a verb and requires constant reflection and commitment renewal. Join the Women’s Center for open virtual discussions on how to be an effective active ally to marginalized communities within and beyond UW Oshkosh. Discussions will be adaptive to current events and will focus on skill building.
Tuesday, October 12 6:30-8:00 p.m. Reeve Ballroom or Microsoft Teams	Kids in Crisis: You're Not Alone Documentary on youth mental health produced in partnership with the USA TODAY Network-Wisconsin and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Four young people share their mental health journeys in hopes of encouraging others to get help for their mental health challenges. Panel discussion with youth featured in the documentary will follow the viewing.
Monday, October 18 5:00-6:00 p.m. Women's Center	Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene Do you menstruate? Would you like to learn more about environmental and financially sustainable solutions to menstrual hygiene management? Join us for a Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene workshop! Participants learn about different sustainable menstrual hygiene products and their environmental impacts. Thanks to initial funding from the Green Fund and ongoing funding from the Women's Advocacy Council, student participants who menstruate will leave with a sustainable menstrual hygiene kit, while supplies last, to promote the adoption of sustainable menstrual management. Email womenscenter@uwosh.edu with questions or if you would like to schedule a workshop for your group!
Tuesday, October 19 6:00-8:00 p.m. Women's Center or Zoom	Level Up! A Feminist Gaming Initiative Level Up! provides a safe space for women and minority gamers to build community around feminist gaming while critically analyzing the media we love. Level Up! will be held virtually and biweekly this semester. During the meetings we will discuss topics and strategize how to make our community more inclusive. Topic: LGBTQ+ Coming Out Stories
Monday, October 25 4:15-5:30 p.m. Zoom	Exploiting Trust - The Human Element of Security Security protocols are often built on trust --trust which is exploited by attackers like me. From email to phone communications, attackers study how to insert themselves within your trusted circle and protocols to leverage that trust against you. This keynote will dive into the anatomy of trust exploitation in real world social engineering attacks, walk through step-by-step examples of attacks happening during COVID-19, and the steps you can take to protect your data, money, security, and privacy from real world attackers, even during a global crisis. Funding for this event is provided by the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership through their Speaker Grant program. Co-sponsors: UWO Women's Center, Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership, UWO Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, UW System Women and Science Program, UW System Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium, UWO Department of Computer Science, UWO Women’s Advocacy Council, UWO Department of Public Administration
Tuesday, October 26 12:00-1:00 p.m. Zoom	CHARGE: CHange Agents Rallying for Gender Equity Allyship is a verb and requires constant reflection and commitment renewal. Join the Women’s Center for open virtual discussions on how to be an effective active ally to marginalized communities within and beyond UW Oshkosh. Discussions will be adaptive to current events and will focus on skill building.
Tuesday, October 26 6:00-8:00 p.m. Women's Center or Zoom	Level Up! A Feminist Gaming Initiative Level Up! provides a safe space for women and minority gamers to build community around feminist gaming while critically analyzing the media we love. Level Up! will be held virtually and biweekly this semester. During the meetings we will discuss topics and strategize how to make our community more inclusive. Topic: Free Play – Scary Games
Wednesday, October 27 5:00-6:00 p.m. Women's Center	Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene Do you menstruate? Would you like to learn more about environmental and financially sustainable solutions to menstrual hygiene management? Join us for a Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene workshop! Participants learn about different sustainable menstrual hygiene products and their environmental impacts. Thanks to initial funding from the Green Fund and ongoing funding from the Women's Advocacy Council, student participants who menstruate will leave with a sustainable menstrual hygiene kit, while supplies last, to promote the adoption of sustainable menstrual management. Email womenscenter@uwosh.edu with questions or if you would like to schedule a workshop for your group!
Monday, November 1 7:00-8:00 p.m. Zoom	Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene Do you menstruate? Would you like to learn more about environmental and financially sustainable solutions to menstrual hygiene management? Join us for a Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene workshop! Participants learn about different sustainable menstrual hygiene products and their environmental impacts. Thanks to initial funding from the Green Fund and ongoing funding from the Women's Advocacy Council, student participants who menstruate will leave with a sustainable menstrual hygiene kit, while supplies last, to promote the adoption of sustainable menstrual management. Email womenscenter@uwosh.edu with questions or if you would like to schedule a workshop for your group!
Tuesday, November 2 6:00-8:00 p.m. Women's Center or Zoom	Level Up! A Feminist Gaming Initiative Level Up! provides a safe space for women and minority gamers to build community around feminist gaming while critically analyzing the media we love. Level Up! will be held virtually and biweekly this semester. During the meetings we will discuss topics and strategize how to make our community more inclusive. Topic: Mental Health
Tuesday, November 9 12:00-1:00 p.m. Zoom	CHARGE: CHange Agents Rallying for Gender Equity Allyship is a verb and requires constant reflection and commitment renewal. Join the Women’s Center for open virtual discussions on how to be an effective active ally to marginalized communities within and beyond UW Oshkosh. Discussions will be adaptive to current events and will focus on skill building.
Tuesday, November 9 7:00-9:00 p.m. Reeve Ballroom	University Speaker Series: Dominique Jackson From fleeing persecution as a transgender woman in her home country of Trinidad and Tobago to starring in television hits, Dominique Jackson has seen it all. After experiencing homelessness and rejection from her own family, Jackson has used her success to shed light on the challenges transgender women like herself too often face. Jackson stars in Pose, an FX television series about the African American and Latinx LGBTQ+ gender-nonconforming ballroom culture scene in the 1980s and 1990s. For Jackson, her character is more than just someone she plays in front of the cameras. She is a representation of what Jackson and many transgender women go through when they lose their families after coming out. Sponsored by University Speaker Series.
Wednesday, November 10 7:00-8:00 p.m. Zoom	Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene Do you menstruate? Would you like to learn more about environmental and financially sustainable solutions to menstrual hygiene management? Join us for a Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene workshop! Participants learn about different sustainable menstrual hygiene products and their environmental impacts. Thanks to initial funding from the Green Fund and ongoing funding from the Women's Advocacy Council, student participants who menstruate will leave with a sustainable menstrual hygiene kit, while supplies last, to promote the adoption of sustainable menstrual management. Email womenscenter@uwosh.edu with questions or if you would like to schedule a workshop for your group!
Monday, November 15 4:00-5:00 p.m. Women's Center	Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene Do you menstruate? Would you like to learn more about environmental and financially sustainable solutions to menstrual hygiene management? Join us for a Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene workshop! Participants learn about different sustainable menstrual hygiene products and their environmental impacts. Thanks to initial funding from the Green Fund and ongoing funding from the Women's Advocacy Council, student participants who menstruate will leave with a sustainable menstrual hygiene kit, while supplies last, to promote the adoption of sustainable menstrual management. Email womenscenter@uwosh.edu with questions or if you would like to schedule a workshop for your group!
Tuesday, November 16 6:00-8:00 p.m. Women's Center or Zoom	Level Up! A Feminist Gaming Initiative Level Up! provides a safe space for women and minority gamers to build community around feminist gaming while critically analyzing the media we love. Level Up! will be held virtually and biweekly this semester. During the meetings we will discuss topics and strategize how to make our community more inclusive. Topic: Indigeneity in Video Games
Tuesday, November 23 12:00-1:00 p.m. Zoom	CHARGE: CHange Agents Rallying for Gender Equity Allyship is a verb and requires constant reflection and commitment renewal. Join the Women’s Center for open virtual discussions on how to be an effective active ally to marginalized communities within and beyond UW Oshkosh. Discussions will be adaptive to current events and will focus on skill building.
Tuesday, November 30 6:00-8:00 p.m. Women's Center or Zoom	Level Up! A Feminist Gaming Initiative Level Up! provides a safe space for women and minority gamers to build community around feminist gaming while critically analyzing the media we love. Level Up! will be held virtually and biweekly this semester. During the meetings we will discuss topics and strategize how to make our community more inclusive. Topic: Escape Room
Wednesday, December 1 3:30-4:30 p.m. Zoom	Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene Do you menstruate? Would you like to learn more about environmental and financially sustainable solutions to menstrual hygiene management? Join us for a Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene workshop! Participants learn about different sustainable menstrual hygiene products and their environmental impacts. Thanks to initial funding from the Green Fund and ongoing funding from the Women's Advocacy Council, student participants who menstruate will leave with a sustainable menstrual hygiene kit, while supplies last, to promote the adoption of sustainable menstrual management. Email womenscenter@uwosh.edu with questions or if you would like to schedule a workshop for your group!
Monday, December 6 4:30-5:30 p.m. Women's Center	Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene Do you menstruate? Would you like to learn more about environmental and financially sustainable solutions to menstrual hygiene management? Join us for a Go Green for Menstrual Hygiene workshop! Participants learn about different sustainable menstrual hygiene products and their environmental impacts. Thanks to initial funding from the Green Fund and ongoing funding from the Women's Advocacy Council, student participants who menstruate will leave with a sustainable menstrual hygiene kit, while supplies last, to promote the adoption of sustainable menstrual management. Email womenscenter@uwosh.edu with questions or if you would like to schedule a workshop for your group!
Tuesday, December 7 12:00-1:00 p.m. Zoom	CHARGE: CHange Agents Rallying for Gender Equity Allyship is a verb and requires constant reflection and commitment renewal. Join the Women’s Center for open virtual discussions on how to be an effective active ally to marginalized communities within and beyond UW Oshkosh. Discussions will be adaptive to current events and will focus on skill building.
Monday, December 13 Women’s Center 12:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.	Finals Survival Night If you need a place to study or de-stress, we are here for you! We will be staying open late and have coloring books, board and video games, and other activities to help get you through the stress of finals. Survival kits filled with goodies will be available, while supplies last.