The Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy

GITA had a blast clowning around at the Consent Turns Me On Carnival last Wednesday! 🎪 🎈🤹

Special thanks to the and entire SAAPM planning committee for putting on this event! ✨

Join GITA for Feminist Tarot Collage! 🌙

Craft your own cards using copies of feminist magazines and learn about the card meanings in a community based crafting space!

✨Thursday, April 30th
✨12:30-2:00pm
✨Central 314

Hosted during our crockpot so you can grab a bite while you craft!

Join for their UndocuCareer workshop this Thursday! ✨

Lunch will be provided

Join us on Tuesday April 8 from 11am-1pm in the Tivoli 320s for a Community Forum. We will share, strategize, and make connections. Massage and meditation will be offered at the end of the session for anyone interested!!!

This event is co-sponsored by GITA, the MSU Denver Departments of Africana Studies, Political Science and Anthropology.

GITA is very excited to be hosting Dr. J Finley as our 33rd Annual Bridge Speaker on Thursday February 27th, 2025.

Dr. J Finley is a critical, an interdisciplinary scholar who studies Black women’s history, performance, and cultural expression. Her current research focuses on the performative and political efficacy of Black women’s humor and comedy. Specifically, Finley conducts ethnographic and interdisciplinary analyses of humor and comedic materials, paying close attention to how various aspects of history, identity and experience influence and saturate Black women’s expressive practices.

The title of Dr. Finley’s talk is titled Black Women’s Humor and the Politics of Joy and will be held Thursday February 27th, 2025, in the Tivoli 320s at 11am.

Later that afternoon, Dr. Finley will be also hosting a small comedy and writing workshop for students titled Experience, Practice, Art: Stand-up Writing for Beginners. Workshop participants will receive a copy of J. Finley’s book Sass: Black Women’s Humor and Humanity.

Interested in attending the writing workshop? Register via our Linktree!!!

Thank you to our co-sponsoring offices for this support:

Stop by GITA next eeek and make a valentine with us! This event will be in support of the American Friends Service Committee and their annual campaign to bring valentines to immigrants being detained in the for-profit detention center, GEO. We will provide all the materials and gita of course always has the best snacks. Tuesday 2/11 and Wednesday 2/12. GITA is located in the Boulder Creek building, Room 132 and is open from 9-4.

‼️ATTENTION‼️

GITA has extended the deadline to apply for the student staff position! 😁

Don’t miss out on this opportunity, apply before this friday, May 31st 🌈

We would love to see you on our team 🎉

Hey everyone! Our regular in-person summer hours will resume tomorrow, Wednesday May 22nd! 🙌

Come check out our space, get snacks and other resources! 🌈

We are here to support you and hope you all have a fun and restful summer! ☀️