Rice Women's Resource Center

The Rice Women’s Resource Center is hosting a self-defense class at the Rec on Saturday, November 20 from 4-5pm. Come out to learn some self-defense techniques from the awesome instructors at Elite MMA! We’ll be meeting in Multipurpose Room 1 upstairs. Dress comfortably and make sure to bring water and your Rice ID to swipe into the Rec. We will also be checking in through OwlNest, so please have your event pass ready when you arrive!

There are only 25 slots available and they are first come first serve, so make sure to sign up to secure your spot!

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If you are interested in joining RWRC, come to the virtual club fair happening right now! We aim to increase awareness of gender issues and promote gender equality.
The club fair will be on Owl Nest from 6-8 pm!

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Hi everyone! RWRC Coordinator Application will be due in 5 days. The ddl is 8/20 and interviews will be conducted over zoom!

RWRC Coordinator Application 2021-2022 Hello! This is an application to be a Coordinator for the Rice Women's Resource Center. We have many different leadership teams: Communications, Office Management, Volunteers, Wellness, Advocacy, and Zine. Everyone is encouraged to apply, regardless of your previous involvement with the RWRC! All su...

Hi Everyone!! RWRC Director Apps are out!!
Apps are due 7/12 and interviews will be conducted over zoom!!!!

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it’s official; the pandemic has lasted over a year. how do you restore your energy when you feel depleted?

the RWRC would love to know! engender is NOW soliciting submissions for our spring edition!!!

the theme is "restoration".

send us your creative works- poetry, paintings, short stories, essays, digital art, etc.- at tinyurl.com/engenderzine ; they're due by April 30!

make sure to check out our latest edition, available at https://issuu.com/ricewrc/docs/2020fallengender !

It’s the best time of year, VAGMO season!

We’re looking for performers, videographers, graphic designers, and writers for this year’s production of Rice’s Critical Approach to The Va**na Monologues!

If you are a person who supports the safety, respect and inclusion of other peoples, this is a great opportunity for you to support inclusionary and intersectional feminism awareness and activism here at Rice. This event will also be completely inclusive to remote students, so don’t let that stop you from being a part of the production! Please consider signing up for any of the roles mentioned above and if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact your friendly neighborhood VAGMO directors (Gargi Samarth at [email protected] and Piper Harris at [email protected]).

The Va**na Monologues are a collection of monologues written in 1996 by Eve Ensler to depict the experience of womanhood and femininity and are regularly performed all over the world and at many universities, including Rice. Because the original monologues are not representative of the experience of all women, nonbinary folks, and femme-aligned individuals, at Rice we take a critical approach towards the Va**na Monologues to better represent the diversity of experiences that exist surrounding s*x, gender, and s*xuality.

This year, our performance will be fully virtual and pre-recorded! We hope to have all pieces recorded and submitted by March 27th so we can show the performance the following week.

Link to the form to sign up:

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During this Black History Month, the Rice Women’s Resource Center is excited to celebrate the countless Black womxn, gender minorities, and allies who have made our campus, country, and world a better place. Black feminist theory has a long history in the US and has provided us with critical frameworks, such as intersectionality (Cooper; Crenshaw). These frameworks now guide the RWRC’s approach to advocacy. Now and in the future, we are committed to actively looking for ways to support Rice’s Black community. We have linked a few articles below that provide more information and resources. We are determined to continuously listen to the Black community and improve ourselves as allies.
Donate:
Black Women’s Health Imperative: https://bwhi.org/donate/
National Black Women’s Justice Institute: https://www.nbwji.org/donate
The Okra Project: https://www.theokraproject.com/
INCITE!: https://incite-national.org/
Learn More about some impactful Black women:
http://www.pbs.org/black.../explore/black-women-in-history/
https://www.rutgers.edu/news/civil-rights-diss-tracks-how-black-women-have-shaped-us-culture

From Civil Rights to Diss Tracks: How Black Women Have Shaped U.S. Culture Rutgers is open and operating. The spring semester will combine a majority of remotely delivered instruction with a limited number of in-person classes until further notice. Use the My Campus app before coming to campus and remember the three Ws: Watch Your Distance, Wash Your Hands, and Wear a Face...

Do you like theater? Do you want to be involved with a feminist production on campus?

If so, please consider applying to be a director for the Rice Women's Resource Center's Critical Approach to the Va**na Monologues!

Every year, the RWRC puts on a spring production of Eve Ensler's Va**na Monologues. In recent years, we have taken a critical approach to the monologues in order to promote inclusivity and intersectionality.

If you are interested in being one of the Directors of this year's production, please fill out this short application by next Saturday, February 13th: https://forms.gle/LZxVXvdtfxZEXipg8

No prior involvement with the RWRC or Va**na Monologues is required, and we really encourage anybody interested to apply!

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Happy Spring Semester!

If you are interested in getting involved with the RWRC or would like to learn more about what we do, come visit us at the Spring Club Fair!

We are hosting a virtual booth (on Zoom) during the time slot for Service and Social Justice Clubs, so you can come chat with us from 4-6PM CST on Thursday, February 4th (tomorrow) :)

Feel free to message our page for the Zoom link, or you can find it on the Student Center's OwlNest page (the event is called "Virtual Student Activities Fair for Service & Social Justice Clubs")!

CW: Gender-based violence/Anti-trans violence

Today on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we want to take this opportunity to honor trans and gender non-conforming individuals and remember those we have lost. We recognize and mourn the 386 (known) trans or gender non-conforming people who lost their lives to anti-trans violence worldwide within the past year, including 53 from the United States.

The RWRC stands with trans and gender non-conforming folx today and everyday. Anti-trans violence is a persistent and pervasive issue within the United States, as well as many other countries across the world, that we must all take active steps to combat. As an organization dedicated to eliminating all forms of gender-based violence, we encourage you to take these steps together with us:

Anti-violence Project: https://avp.org/
National Center for Transgender Equality: https://transequality.org/

We would also like to highlight the work of gender non-conforming artist Kah Yangni (Instagram: ) in celebrating Transgender Day of Remembrance. We've attached one of their pieces to this post.

Finally, we wanted to say the names of the 53 victims in the US, noting that a majority of them were Black and Latinx trans women.

Corbin Ray Bach, 23, Oct 6th, 2019, Paducah, Kentucky
Christine Zephier, 23, Oct 10th, 2019, Mankato, Minnesota
Daphne Dorman, 44, Oct 11th, 2019, San Francisco, California
Brianna “BB” Hill, 30, Oct 14th, 2019, Kansas City, Missouri
Nikki Kuhnhausen, 17, Dec 7th, 2019, Larch Mountain, Oregon
Angel Rose Garcia, 21, Dec 10th, 2019, Hyattsville, Maryland
Alice Carter ("Baby Alice"), 35, Dec 18th, 2019, Washington, D.C.
Yahira Nesby, 33, Dec 19th, 2019, Brooklyn, New York
Mia Penny, 26, Dec 29th, 2019, Washington, D.C.
Dustin Parker, 25, Jan 1st, 2020, McAlester, Oklahoma
Alex McCray, 22, Jan 4th, 2020, St. Louis, Missouri
Camila María Concepción, 28, Feb 21st, 2020, Los Angeles, California
Neulisa Luciano Ruiz, Feb. 24th, Puerto Rico
Yampi Mendez Arocho, 19, March 5th, 2020, Puerto Rico
John Scott Devore/Scottlyn Kelly Devore, 51, Mar 12th, 2020, Augusta, Georgia
Monica Diamond, 34, Mar 18th, 2020, Charlotte, North Carolina
Lexi "Ebony" Sutton, 33, Mar 28th, 2020, Harlem, New York
Lorena Borjas, 59, Mar 30th, 2020, Queens, New York
Ashley Moore, 26, Apr 1st, 2020, Newark, New Jersey
Henrietta Robinson, 79, Apr 3rd, 2020, Miami, Florida
Johanna Metzger, , Apr 11th, 2020, Baltimore, Maryland
Penelope Diaz Ramirez, April 13th, 2020 Puerto Rico
Serena Angelique Velazquez Ramos, April 21st, 2020 Puerto Rico
Layla Pelaez Sanchez, 21, April 21st, 2020 Puerto Rico
Nina Pop, 28, May 3rd, 2020, Sikeston, Missouri
Helle Jae O’Regan, 20, May 6th, 2020, San Antonio, Texas
Jayne Thompson, 33, May 9th, 2020, Orchard Mesa, Colorado
Tony McDade, 38, May 27th, 2020, Tallahassee, Florida
Selena Reyes-Hernandez, 37, May 31st, 2020, Marquette Park, Chicago, Illinois
Name Unknown, Age 16 to 20, Jun 6th, 2020, Chicago, Illinois
Riah Milton, 25, Jun 9th, 2020, Liberty Township, Cincinnati, Ohio
Dominique "Rem'mie" Fells, 27, Jun 9th, 2020, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brian Powers ("Eagle"), Jun 13th, 2020, Akron, Ohio
Brayla Stone, 17, Jun 25th, 2020, Sherwood, Arkansas
Tatiana Hall, 22, Jun 30th, 2020, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Merci Mack Richey, 22, Jun 30th, 2020, Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas
Draya McCarty, 28, Jun 30th, 2020, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Shaki Peters, 32, Jul 1st, 2020, Amite City, Louisiana
Bree Black, 27, Jul 3rd, 2020, Pompano Beach, Florida
Summer Taylor, 24, Jul 4th, 2020, Seattle, Washington
Angela Martinez Gómez, 42, Jul 6th, 2020, Santa Monica, California
Marilyn Monroe Cazares, 22, Jul 13th, 2020, Brawley, California
Tiffany Harris or ("Dior H Ova"), 32, Jul, 26th, 2020, The Bronx, New York
Queasha Hardy, 24, Jul 27th, 2020, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Aja Raquell Rhone-Spears or ("Rocky Rhone"), 32, Jul 28th, 2020, Portland, Oregon
Kee Sam, 24, Aug 13th, 2020, Lafayette, Louisiana
Shelley Lynn Rose, 16, Aug 26th, 2020
Elie Che, 23, Aug 31st, 2020, The Bronx, New York
Isabella Mia Lofton, 21, Sep 7th, 2020, Brooklyn, New York
Gia Valentina Romualdo Rodríguez, 46, Sep 15th, 2020, Miami, Florida
Aerrion Burnett, 37, Sep 19th, 2020, Independence, Missouri
Mia Green, 29, Sep 28th, 2020, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Michelle “Michellyn” Ramos Vargas, 33, September 30th, 2020, Puerto Rico

Our Wellness Coords recorded our "What No One Ever Told You About S*x" Panel so everyone who missed it can watch it on our YouTube channel! You can also listen to it podcast-style:

"What No One Told You About S*x" Panel 2021 | Rice Women's Resource Center The recording of this year's "What No One Told You About S*x" Panel, featuring our panelists: Dr. Kimbery Pilkinton, Practicing OBGYN Dr. Sara Holcombe, Spec...

As LGBTQ+ history month comes to a close, the RWRC would like to take this opportunity to clearly state our commitment to supporting all those who experience gender-based discrimination on our campus and beyond. This is not limited to women; it involves transgender individuals, gender non-conforming individuals, and many more whose identity falls along the spectrum of gender identities. Gender and s*xual minorities have played and continue to serve an integral role in the feminist movement and other social movements, something that often goes unrecognized. The RWRC exists to ensure gender inclusivity and appreciation for all individuals on our campus and in our community, including members of the transgender, GNC, and other gender minority communities. We are committed to learning to be better allies in the years to come.

To learn more about the spectrum of gender identities: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/gender-identity.

If you want to engage with the LGBTQIA+ community at Rice: https://ricepride.rice.edu/

If you would like to talk with us more about our commitment to gender inclusivity, please reach out! We welcome an email or message from you to let us know what we can do better.

[Krithika, [email protected], (512)300-5269]

[Ava, [email protected], (505)506-7046]

[Kirsty, [email protected], (281)309-8417]

Home Officials at Rice, along with health officials worldwide, are actively monitoring the local and global health status of the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease.