Featured this month
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Women’s HerStory Month: ‘StorySlam’ March 29
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EDIA steering committee gears up for 2023
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$5K Thornburgh awards available
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Mini-grants for sexual assault awareness efforts
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Come join our team
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Women storytellers will share narratives March 29
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The Women’s History Month “HerStory Slam” will bring together women storytellers from across Pitt and the greater Pittsburgh community to share true, personal stories that explore the breadth, depth, and diversity of being and becoming a woman. All stories from all women are welcome.
The theme of the HerStory slam is about a pivotal moment in the formation of your identity: What was that moment you walked into your identity and said “Here I am!”
The event and reception will take place at 6 p.m. March 29 at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium and Cloisters. Click here to RSVP.
Submissions are due by March 15. Stories will be reviewed by a committee and selected by March 17.
If you want to participate, please prepare a roughly three-minute story about a real-life, personal experience. Please see the links below for some helpful hints about how to choose and prepare your story. Stories can be told through prose, song, or poetry.
You can submit your proposal online using this form.
If your story is selected, you will be asked to attend a storytelling workshop and rehearsal the week of March 20.
Tips for Telling Your Story
First-Person Arts: Tips for Telling Your Story
Story-Telling Tips and Tricks
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Book club and discussion: ‘The Blues Walked In’
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Join us at 12 noon March 28 for a Pittsburgh-centric Women’s History Month discussion of “The Blues Walked In” by Kathleen George.
George will help facilitate the book club gathering in Room 537 of the William Pitt Union.
“The Blues Walked In” is a work of historical fiction. In 1936, life on the road means sleeping on the bus or in hotels for Blacks only. After finishing her tour with Nobel Sissel’s orchestra, 19-year-old Lena Horne is walking the last few blocks to her father’s hotel in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. She stops at a lemonade stand and meets a Lebanese-American girl, Marie David. Their chance meeting sparks a relationship that will intertwine their lives forever.
In addition to “The Blues Walked In,” George is also the author of the acclaimed novels “Taken,” “Fallen,” “Afterimage,” “The Odds,” “Hideout,” “Simple,” and “A Measure of Blood.” All seven of these titles are part of her series of procedural thrillers set in Pittsburgh.
Reserve your copy
The first 30 registrants for this discussion will receive a free copy of the book, which can be picked up on the 31st floor of the Cathedral of Learning.
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The Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh will mark its 50th anniversary with a day-long celebration March 24.
Founded as the Women’s Studies Program in 1972, Pitt’s GSWS is one of the oldest women’s studies programs in the United States.
The program is marking this milestone with a series of events designed to recognize past accomplishments, its founders, its first graduates, and its growth and evolution.
“We hope that learning more about the visions and efforts that fueled this program’s creation, starting in the late 1960s, will offer resources and insights for the 2020s and beyond,” organizers said. “As we plan for the future of GSWS, how can we continue to grow, flourish, and bring new opportunities to our students, faculty, and affiliates?”
Events will include panel discussions, research presentations, lunchtime conversations, and a keynote address at 6:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall from State Rep. La’Tasha D. Mayes, a Pitt alumna.
Dinner and dancing will follow Mayes’ remarks.
Advance reservations are required and may be made online.
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EDIA committee enjoys day-long retreat
Members of the University’s Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Accessibility steering committee met March 3 for an all-day working retreat at the University Club in Oakland.
Topics included upcoming events, training and education opportunities, and updates from staff members in the Office for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion.
EDIA team members also broke out for two discussions: What is the future of DEI in higher education? And how does your unit or department foster a sense of inclusion and belonging for students, staff, and faculty?
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Deadline for $5K Thornburgh award is this week
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Although it’s Spring Break, don't miss this opportunity.
The Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy is now accepting applications for the 2023 Disability Service Award.
The deadline to apply is this Thursday, March 9.
This $5,000 award is available each year to a University of Pittsburgh student from any campus whose service has made a difference in the lives of children and adults with disabilities.
Candidates for this award may be nominated by a University of Pittsburgh faculty or staff member or they may apply themselves. The applicant may or may not have a disability. The winner is selected by a review committee of University of Pittsburgh administrators.
Applications should be submitted online.
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Mini-grants available for sexual assault awareness
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the University marks the occasion by making an extra effort to amplify the voices of people who are engaged in education and dialogue aimed at eradicating sexual violence.
It’s also a time when we hold space for the survivors on Pitt’s campus and honor our community members who have experienced trauma.
To support these efforts, the SAAM Task Force is offering mini-grants to student organizations and Pitt Communities to increase prevention initiatives and broaden support for survivors.
Your group or organization may qualify if you have initiatives and programs designed to create welcoming, inclusive, and safe spaces for survivors of sexual misconduct; provide education targeted at reducing sexual misconduct on Pitt’s campus; encourage dialogue around healthy relationships, sexuality, and sexual agency; or build awareness around these issues.
Grants of up to $400 are available. The deadline to apply is March 15. More information and the grant application are available online.
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The Office for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion is hiring a sexual violence prevention educator. This person will work with the entire University community, including students, staff, and faculty to promote educational initiatives and help evaluate the campus culture. Come join our team!
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PAAR office hours Wednesdays
Sexual violence can affect anyone. Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR) has office hours at OEDI on the 31st floor of the Cathedral of Learning, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon every Wednesday. Additional office hours are from 1 to 4 p.m. every Wednesday on the mezzanine level of the medical building at 120 Lytton Ave., Oakland.
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GSWS will welcome author and activist Nancy Rosenstock at 4 p.m. March 28 for a special presentation during Women’s History Month.
Rosenstock’s book, “Inside the Second Wave of Feminism” is a landmark account of a key radical feminist organization, offering lessons for today’s women’s liberation movement.
Activist members of the radical feminist organization Boston Female Liberation provide an inside account of the group’s history, strategy, and legacy in this compelling contribution to the historiography of Second Wave feminism.
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In case you missed it
Ron Idoko, the founding director of the Racial Equity Consciousness Institute in the Center on Race & Social Problems, wrote an op-ed for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette entitled “Finding the vaccine for racism.”
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Meet six Pittsburgh-area champions of Black Resistance
Six Pittsburghers who have been champions for equality, inclusion, and anti-racism initiatives were honored Feb. 22 during the K. Leroy Irvis Black History Month celebration at Alumni Hall.
More than 200 invited guests attended.
“Now more than ever, it is important for us to acknowledge Black history, it is important for us to champion Black history and it’s important for us to do so in a public forum,” said Clyde Wilson Pickett, chief diversity officer and vice chancellor for equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Read more in The Pitt News.
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Circle Up conversations empower students to discuss agency and intimacy
Undergraduates are talking with one another about personal experiences — including sexual agency, consent, relationships, and identity — through the help of a new dialogue series.
Circle Up aims to prevent sexual violence by encouraging students to think about their own sexual agency and to respect their peers.
Read more in Pittwire.
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