Register for the Fourth Annual LGBTQ+ IFO Conference

Registration is still open for the Fourth Annual LGBTQ+ IFO Conference on Wednesday, March 27 in St. Paul, Minn. Following the passage of a resolution at the 2018 IFO Delegate Assembly, faculty began to form Equity Caucuses (Faculty of Color, LGBTQ+, Women) on each of the seven campuses. The first Joint Equity Caucus meeting was held in summer 2018. Out […]

The Constitutional right to Associate and its implications: Historical Overview and Panel Discussion

Monday, Sept. 17 | 3:30-5 p.m. | CMU 200C Sean Taylor from History will provide a historical overview of the constitutional right to associate. Following that a panel will discuss the implications (e.g. formation of labor unions etc.) of the right to associate for organized labor. The panelists are: Paul Harris, Jean Hannig, Teresa Joppa (attorney for AFSCME), Patrice Arseneault (attorney […]

Film Festival – Women’s History Month

March 20-22 | 3-6 p.m. | CB 111 Celebrate Women’s History Month with six fabulous films over three days…plus trivia and prizes between screenings! From gender-bending Civil War spies to the first black woman to run for president to the Minnesota woman who filed the first successful sexual harassment case in the U.S., let the stories of these diverse women […]

‘Women of Steel’ with Deb Carter

Wednesday, March 21 | 6-7 p.m. | Women’s Center (Bridges 154) Join us for a talk about the committed and courageous women of the United Steelworkers union! Deb Carter is a member of USW Local 560 and is the highest-ranking woman in the North Dakota labor movement as an elected Trustee in the North Dakota AFL-CIO. She’ll speak about her […]

Call for LGBTQ+ Faculty

Craig Ellingson, Professor of Theatre, and IFO representative on the statewide LGBTQ+ Issues Committee, is seeking MSUM self-identified faculty members who would like to be part of ongoing LGBTQ+ discussion and activities here on campus. This involvement would also include other IFO statewide initiatives. The committee seeks to create spaces where support and action can assist in the recruitment and […]