The Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center and the Division of Undergraduate Education and Student Success would like to welcome our new cohort of Umoja Black Scholars as well as incoming Black students to the UO. We will introduce our new students to the BCC, Black faculty and staff, and some returning Black students.
Play games, win prizes, and learn about some of the amazing resources available to all UO students through the Office of the Dean of Students (DOS).
Featured groups include the Women's Center, IMPACT, Nontraditional Student Union, Holden Center, LGBT+ Education & Support Services (LGBTESS), Sexual Violence Prevention & Education (SVPE), Substance Abuse Prevention & Education (SAPE), Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center (BCC), and the Men's Resource Center (MRC).
Interested in meeting other students at the intersection of Islam and queerness? Join us on Zoom every Friday at 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm (PST), starting on August 20th! Bring a cup of chai and come chat! NEW MEETING ID: 517 742 0152
Join Zoom Meeting
https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/95783544434
Please email qac@uoregon.edu for any questions
Hey folks! There is an LGBTea Time happening on Saturday, September 25th, from 2:00 to 5:00 PM over zoom!
The zoom ID is 444 929 5668.
Captions and a live transcript will be available, and there are no requirements or expectations surrounding whether you use the mic/camera or the chat feature to communicate!
Come hang out with other LGBTQ+ UO students, enjoy some beverages, and have a good time!
Hey everyone! We're hosting a movie night on Saturday, September 26th, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM!
In order to watch this stream, you’ll need access to the LGBTESS Discord Server. If you’re an LGBTQ+/Questioning student at UO and you need to get access to the server, check out the link here: https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5jdSlf3KXEuduOW
The movie night is drop in/drop out as needed, so feel free to show up late or leave early if needed! Come hang out to enjoy a fun movie, chat with LGBTQ+ folks at UO, and relax! Captions will be provided.
Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS) has a support group for members of the LGBTQIA+ community (18+) who have experienced any form of sexual violence in the past or present. SASS services are always free. http://sass-lane.org/
SASS's LGBTQIA+ Support Group
Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 5-6:30 p.m.
For any self-identified members of the queer community age 18+ who have experienced sexual violence.
Drop in. No registration needed. SASS services are always free.
The Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center welcomes new and returning students back to campus with a family cookout. We will have tables for Black Student Organizations as well as representatives from National Pan-Hellenic Fraternities and Sororities, often referred to as the "Divine 9". We welcome UO Black students, faculty, and staff to join us for the first of many events held at the LRP Black Cultural Center. More information to come on how to RSVP for the event.
Prevention and intervention rely on collaboration, but often those who work in this field of work find themselves in silos. One gap recognized was lack of connection among alcohol and other drug prevention, intervention, and recovery staff across the state of Oregon's institutions of higher education.
With support from Oregon Health Authority and leadership from the University of Oregon, the Oregon Prevention Coalition was formed.
Since its first meeting in the summer of 2020, the coalition has created a space for staff to build relationships, receive training, and garner statewide collaboration. The coalition meets on the first Tuesday of each month and averages one training each quarter.
Initially focused on public, four-year institutions, as of winter 2021 the coalition is expanding to community colleges. Eventually, the coalition will encompass the state’s private colleges and universities.
Learn more at: https://dos.uoregon.edu/opc
This program requires the submission of a short application.
Priority deadline: October 1, 2021
Final deadline: October 8, 2021
For questions, email holdenleadership@uoregon.edu. The series is a collaboration between the Holden Center and the Men’s Resource Center.
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Finding your dream job is tough enough. Be sure that you're ready when you do.
In addition to earning an official certificate of completion, participants of the 2021 Men's Professional Development Series will learn ways to stand-out from other applicants and to be better prepared for success from the moment they launch their professional careers. They'll discover tips and tricks for forging valuable professional connections, creating strong resumes, acing job interviews, managing projects, and developing important leadership skills.
Whatever stage of your academic career you're in, it's never too soon to start building toward your vision of professional success.
The Division of Student Life is pleased to announce the 27th celebration of Weaving New Beginnings, a networking reception to welcome all students, faculty, and staff of color and their allies. This year’s event includes welcome and keynote speakers from staff from both the Eugene and Portland campuses; opportunities to network with faculty, staff, and students of color; and introduction to student and university resources. New to this year, we will be hosting this event through the Eugene Campus, Portland Campus, and streamed via Zoom! We hope you will join us for this wonderful tradition and exciting event.
To sign up to attend this event, please fill out this RSVP form. In this RSVP form, you will indicate whether you plan on attending the Eugene Campus event, Portland Campus event, or Zoom event.
UO's 2022 Martin Luther King Keynote Speaker is organized by The Be Series and the Dean of Students: Multicultural Education Engagement and Student Success
The BE Series (@uobeseries) brings together thinkers, makers, disrupters in every field to share their ideas on issues that really matter.
Doors: 5:30pm
Presentation: 6pm-7:30pm
A rising community leader, Payton Head is invested in developing institutional cultures that are grounded in equity. He empowers students and campus administrators to fight hatred with radical love for others and themselves.
Following the events in Ferguson, he spearheaded conversations about improving race relations in the state of Missouri. Head’s viral Facebook post detailing his experience with fighting systemic injustice at Mizzou ignited the student body to fight for a more inclusive campus and be a change agent in higher education. A rising community leader, Payton Head details the adversities caused by race, gender, and sexual orientation discrimination and proven solutions to facilitate open dialogue and embrace marginalized communities.
With passion about the theory of education and action in order to affect change, with the National Campus Leadership Council and the US Department of Education in 2016, he co-authored a guide for student leaders on strategy for addressing inclusion at educational institutions and presents to university communities nationwide on the importance of creating a culture of acceptance.
Head’s latest work has been internationally focused. He spent the summer of 2018 in Amsterdam and at the European Parliament in Strasbourg analyzing the rise of populism in the West. He also traveled to Israel and Palestine and learned from activists and lawmakers in Ramallah and Jerusalem about American solidarity in the ongoing conflict.
Head represents American youth of the African Diaspora with the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent. In October 2019, he was selected to address the African Union and United Nations in Dakar, Senegal advocating for the investment in youth initiatives that unite young people of African Descent.
Payton has been featured on various outlets including The Melissa Harris-Perry Show, MSNBC, CNN, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post and Teen Vogue’s: How 3 Students Changed the Course of History at Their Schools amongst others. During his tenure at the University of Chicago, he served as communications director for UChicago’s Black Action in Public Policy Studies and Program Coordinator for the Inaugural Obama Foundation Scholar’s Master of Arts in International Development and Policy Program.
Head holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science with certifications in Leadership, Multicultural and Black Studies from the University of Missouri. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy Studies with certifications in Global Conflict and International Development Policy from the University of Chicago. He is a Fall 2014 initiate of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated and a 2020 New Leaders Council Chicago Fellow.
Please join the UO Women’s Center April 26th-April 29th for “Take Back the Night 2021: A Remote Movement Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.”
Take Back the Night is a yearly international protest aimed at raising awareness about the realities of Sexual and Domestic Violence on campus and in the community, both for Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence and those who want to support and bear witness in solidarity.
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this year’s event will be entitled “Take Back the Night 2021: A Remote Movement Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.” Monday-Thursday we will host Take Back the Night Virtual Rally Speakers with pre-recorded videos on Microsoft Stream (a platform which requires a UO ID to log in and view - a precaution for the personal safety and cultural sensitivity of our Speakers).
Virtual Rally Speakers will be representing the Latinx, Black, Refugee, Native American/Indigenous, Disabled, Asian, and LGBTQIA+ Communities and more.
Links to individual Rally Speaker videos will be posted on the Women’s Center’s website https://blogs.uoregon.edu/women, our Instagram (@uo_womenscenter) and our Facebook (UO Women’s Center) at 6pm each night.
Following the final Virtual Rally Speaker on Thursday, April 29th (the original night of Take Back the Night) will be a TBTN Virtual March on YouTube.
*JOIN* Take Back the Night 2021 by submitting your Virtual March Posters to be featured in the Take Back the Night Virtual March slideshow on YouTube. Submit photos and sign UO Model Release Forms online via https://tinyurl.com/TBTNPoster2021. Deadline for submissions is April 26th at 11:59 p.m.
For more information please contact Women’s Center Sexual Violence Prevention and Educator Coordinator, Kati Rodriguez, at SVPEWC@gmail.com or Women’s Center Director, Fatima Roohi Pervaiz, at fpervaiz@uoregon.edu
#TakeBackTheNight #SupportSurvivors #BelieveSurvivors #SAAM
Art by Kei Kort.