UWO Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

It’s , come celebrate and help raise funds for our student scholarship.

Join us for a day of fun at Remixx (8386 WI-76 Suite B, Neenah, WI 54956)—food, drinks, bingo, and a drag show featuring Airin Skye, Jessica B, and emcee Miss Mimi Jackson! The $20 entry fee gets you a bingo card and a complimentary beverage. Proceeds go towards the UW Oshkosh and UW Oshkosh LGBTQ Resource Center Pride Scholarship.

Everyone ages 18+ is welcome! So spread the word and get your dollar bills ready. Who knows, you might win a few rounds of bingo while you’re at it!

Why are culturally-specific services an important part of sexual assault response and prevention?

Join us for a panel discussion on this topic.
🗓 Tuesday, April 26
⏰ 1 - 2 PM
📍 Virtual - link in bio

Our panel discussion will be conducted with advocates who provide culturally-specific services at Reach Counseling, the sexual assault service provider for Winnebago County.

Panelists include:
• Ciara Hill, Advocacy Program Director and Black Women Support Group Facilitator
• Julie Thao, Southeast Asian Outreach Advocate
• Mary Carmen Fabian, Bilingual Latina Advocate
• Noelle Metoxen, Native American Advocate

“Seeing race is not the problem. Refusing to care for the people we see is the problem.”

Join us for an evening with The New York Times best-selling author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander.

She will talk about her work on breaking the silence about racial injustice in the modern legal system to reveal how mass incarceration has come to replace segregation. The conversation will be a moderated Q&A by our own Dr. Damira Grady, Associate Vice Chancellor for Inclusive Excellence and University Diversity Officer.

An Evening with Michelle Alexander
🗓 Thursday, April 14
⏰ 7 PM
📍Zoom (https://tinyurl.com/SpeakerSeriesMichelle)

“Seeing race is not the problem. Refusing to care for the people we see is the problem.”

Join us for an evening with The New York Times best-selling author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander. She will talk about her work on breaking the silence about racial injustice in the modern legal system to reveal how mass incarceration has come to replace segregation. The conversation will be a moderated Q&A by our own Dr. Damira Grady, Associate Vice Chancellor for Inclusive Excellence and University Diversity Officer.

🗓 Thursday, April 14
⏰ 7 PM
📍Zoom (link in bio)

Don't miss a favorite campus tradition—Titan Nights! This month, our premiere event will be the annual Drag Show (co-sponsored with ).

Other activities include a Scavenger Hunt, Wii Bowling on the Big Screen, Cotton Candy/Popcorn, Ladder Ball, Late Night Breakfast, Spring Wreaths, Air Plant Terrariums, DJ's Alcohol X, JENGA, Bean Bag Toss, Super Smash Ultimate, Drag BINGO and more!

Free with a TitanCard and guests are allowed if accompanied by a UWO student.

Don’t miss a favorite campus tradition - Titan Nights! This month, our premiere event will be the annual Drag Show (co-sponsored with ).

Other activities include a Scavenger Hunt, Wii Bowling on the Big Screen, Cotton Candy/Popcorn, Ladder Ball, Late Night Breakfast, Spring Wreaths, Air Plant Terrariums, DJ’s Alcohol X, JENGA, Bean Bag Toss, Super Smash Ultimate, Drag BINGO, and more!

Free with TitanCard and guests are allowed if accompanied by a UWO student.

As we wrap up , we want to spotlight just a few women who have influenced history in the state of Wisconsin.

Dr. Fannie Hicklin
In 1964, Hicklin became the first African American faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater by accepting a theater professor position, and in 1991, she became the first African American president of the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Board of Curators.

Milly Zantow
Zantow helped write Wisconsin’s first mandatory state recycling law, which was passed in 1990. She also developed the system that is now used worldwide to identify and separate the seven different types of plastic for recycling.

Ardie Clark Halyard
She and her husband opened the first African American-owned S&L—Columbia Savings and Loan—with just a ten-dollar bill. This Milwaukee establishment helped many African Americans secure home loans free from discrimination based on race and thus have the same home-owning opportunities as whites.

Source: wisconsinhistory.org

Meet Shouacua Xiong (She/Her/Hers)!

Shouacua is a Human Services/Leadership and Communication Studies student. She is a Women’s Center intern, Student Support Services Learning Group Leader, and part of the Hmong Student Union.

When asked what it means to “belong,” she responded: “I think my idea of belonging has many moving parts. Belonging means that I not only get to have a seat at the table, but I am allowed to join in on the conversation and be listened to and understood, and I have enough room to pull up another chair next to me for someone else to get the same opportunity. I would never feel like I truly belonged if I wasn’t given space, being heard, and actively making room to allow others to speak as well.”

Often when we celebrate womxn during the month of March, we forget that the learning does not end in April. Celebrating voices and stories of womxn empowerment is an everyday practice.

The voices and stories are everywhere, here are some to check out:

🎥 Films:
Parched (2015)
Tangerine (2015)
On the Basis of S*x (2018)

📚 Books:
The Body Is Not An Apology (Sonya Renee Taylor)
The Moment of Lift (Melinda Gates)
A Thousand Sisters (Lisa Shannon)

🎧 Podcasts:
ReWilding For Women
On Her Turf
H.E.R Space Podcast

What makes you unique?

Share some love for yourself or a friend in the comments ⬇️

Quote: "We are all different, which is great because we are all unique. Without diversity, life would be very boring." - Catherine Pulsifer