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 Wednesday, Sept. 20 | 6-9 p.m. | Campus Mall

Join MSUM, Concordia College, and Minnesota State Community and Technical College for our annual BBQ and rally on the MSUM Campus Mall on Wednesday, Sept. 20. This year, we celebrate the 45^th anniversary of Title IX, which guarantees every student the right to an education free from discrimination based on sex. 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men will experience intimate partner abuse, sexual violence, or stalking  in their lifetime. Do you #KnowyourIX?  Read the rest of this entry →

Thursday, April 27 | 12-4 p.m. | Campus Mall

Students from the MSUM Experimental Printmaking class will be hosting a public printmaking intervention in the Great White Hall (event moved from the campus mall) on Thursday, April 27 from 12-4 p.m. All are welcome to screenprint feminist and anti-oppressive messages onto clean underwear during the event.

​There will be a limited supply of underwear to buy and print on. BYOU if you can! (Bring Your Own Underwear!)

This event is also sponsored by Women’s and Gender Studies.  Read the rest of this entry →

Friday, Nov. 18 | 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Women’s Center (Bridges 154)

Please join us for the WGS Colloquium talk presented by Dr. Kjersten Nelson, Assistant Professor of Political Science at NDSU called, “Gender and the 2016 Election.”  Read the rest of this entry →

DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION

Sept. 28 | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Intercultural Center – CMU 121  Read the rest of this entry →

Friday, Sept. 16 | 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Women’s Center (Bridges 154)  Read the rest of this entry →

Words Mean Things: Chicanx/Latinx Terminology in the 21st Century 

Thursday, Sept. 22 | 3:30-4:30 p.m. | CMU 121 
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Thursday, Sept. 15 | 5:30-9 p.m. | Campus Mall  Read the rest of this entry →

Friday, April 1 | 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Women’s Center – 154 Bridges

The last Women’s and Gender Studies Colloquium talk will feature Dr. Sara L. Puotinen who will discuss “On (Re)Claiming Education: One Story, lots of questions, some lists and an invitation from an Undisciplined Feminist Troublemaker Educator.” Read the rest of this entry →

Raymond Rea from the School of Media Arts and Design will present “LGBT Authorship in Film/Video” on Friday January 22, 2016 from 11:45am-1:00pm in the Women’s Center 154 Bridges.

Rea will examine the question, “how is film different when authorship is internal?” by screening several short films authored by and about various LGBT populations. Please join us for this engaging talk on Friday.

Kandace Creel Falcón, Director of Women’s Studies was accepted into the class of 20 participants of the Women’s Media Center Progressive Women’s Voices Class of 2015. Read the rest of this entry →

Troy White, an MSUM mass communications graduate of 1996, is a featured presenter for this weekend’s “How to Survive: A Conversation” event surrounding the release of the book “Authentic Voices: How We Survive” and 10-minute film screening by the same name.

White will be speaking Friday night. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. in Richard Barry Hall (811 2nd Ave. N. Fargo, ND) June 26, 2015. “Authentic Voices: How We Survive” features hope-filled messages from survivors of childhood abuse, and audience members will be encouraged to join the conversation about how we survive the challenges in our lives. Read the rest of this entry →

Kandace Creel Falcon, Director of Women’s and Gender Studies, discussed media depictions of women and aging on WCCO-AM on Sunday, May 24. You can find the show here with her segment labeled “5/24/15 Steel Talkin’: When Age Isn’t Just A Number.”

19th Annual Unity Conference
Wednesday April 29th – Thursday April 30th.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Simone Delerme, University of Mississippi will present Read the rest of this entry →

Tonight at 7 p.m. in the CMU Underground is the Women’s History Month event “Comedy Night with Jessica Sele.” Free to the community and free food will be served prior to the show at 6:30. Facebook event

There will be a stand up comedy workshop at 3pm today in the CMU 101. The workshop will be facilitated by comedian Jessica Sele.

Free to all. Lunch will be provided. For more information, check out the Facebook event.

Tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the CMU Underground is the Women’s History Month event “Comedy Night with Jessica Sele.” Free to the community and free food will be served prior to the show at 6:30.

Jessica Sele is a deeply weird human being and stand-up comedian living in Oakland, CA. She frequently performs up and down the west coast and sometimes in Fargo. Read the rest of this entry →

Please join Women’s and Gender Studies and the Campus Feminist Organization as we continue to celebrate Women’s History Month with a presentation and luncheon “Feminist Filmmaking: Practice and Process” featuring Dr. Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson and Jessy Hegland. Wednesday 12:00-1:00pm in the Women’s Center (Bridges 154). The talk will include clips from the speakers’ own film work and casual conversations about women and film. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Join us for the next meeting of the Feminist Community Book Group with the author of Love Imagined: A Mixed Race Memoir – Sherry Quan Lee. Read the rest of this entry →

Join Women’s and Gender Studies for the March WGS Colloquium talk Friday March 6th from 11:00a-12:30p in the Women’s Center (154 Bridges) featuring Sherry Quan Lee author of Love Imagined: A Mixed Race Memoir. Come to the public reading and presentation as part of the Women’s History Month events this month. Read the rest of this entry →

Next week there will be a series of events celebrating Women’s History Month: Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives. Events next week include: Read the rest of this entry →