Who Belongs in Power?: Women & the 2018 Election 

2018-2019

 

Beauty & Belonging

Monday, April 22, 2019
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

poster_beauty_and_belonging.pdf

 


A Panel Discussion on beauty with:

Rabéa Ballin, Visual Artist / Art Department Chair, Lone Star College
Jennifer Graves, PhD, Lecturer, Sociology Department, University of Houston
Joy Sewing,  Houston Chronicle Fashion & Beauty Editor
Jess Waggoner, PhD, WGSS Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Houston

Moderator:
Chau Nguyen, Chief Marketing & Development Officer, Houston Area Women’s Center

Free to students/UH faculty & members of the Friends of Women's Studies

$10 general public

PARKING: Welcome Center garage at Entrance 1, cross street to Library
RSVP: wgss@uh.edu OR 713-743-3214  (Refreshments provided with RSVP)

Come early for a tour of the Shuart Archives at 11AM
RSVP for a tour of the archives: velee@uh.edu

Who Belongs in Power?: Women & the 2018 Election 

Wednesday, October 24, 2018
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

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UH Main Campus, MD Anderson Library
Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion, 2nd Floor
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A Panel Discussion with

Kat Castro-Clemons, President of ROADwomen
Eesha Pandit, Center for Advancing Innovative Policy
Annise Parker, President and CEO of Victory Fund and Victory Institute, 61st Mayor of Houston
Amy Zachmeyer, Co-Chair Houston Democratic Socialists of America

Moderator:
Andrea Georgsson, Houston Chronicle

Free to students/UH faculty & members of the Friends of Women's Studies
$10 general public

PARKING: Welcome Center garage at Entrance 1, cross street to Library 
RSVP: wgss@uh.edu OR 713-743-3214. Refreshments provided with RSVP

Video Recording

Belonging, At the Border: Immigration & Family Separation

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

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UH Main Campus, MD Anderson Library
Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion, 2nd Floor
[map]

A Panel Discussion on Immigration, Gender and Family Separation with

Tatiana Obando, Managing Attorney at RAICES
Anne Chandler, Executive Director at Tahirih Justice Center Houston
Ruth Maria Lopez, PhD, Assistant Professor at University of Houston College of Education 

Moderator:
Elizabeth Trovall, Reporter with Houston Public Media


Free to students/UH faculty & members of the Friends of Women's Studies
$10 general public

PARKING: Welcome Center garage at Entrance 1, cross street to Library 
RSVP: wgss@uh.edu OR 713-743-3214. Refreshments provided with RSVP

Join or renew with the Friends of Women's Studies for 2018-19 by phone, at the door, or online at: https://giving.uh.edu/wos

www.friendsofwomen.org

Video Recording

 


2017-2018

Food & Culture:
Women in the Kitchen, Making a Difference
 Foodways: Food & Culture


Keisha Bocage, Executive Chef & Owner, Bocage Catering
Jenny Wang Hou, Owner, Hunan Garden Restaurant; Founder, Houston Chowhounds; Freelance Food writer 
Monica Pope, Chef & Founder, Sparrow Bar + Cookshop
Justine K. Fanarof, JD, MPH, Lawyer & Mediator

Moderator:
Dr. Monica Perales
, Associate Professor, UH History Department;  Co-director, Gulf Coast Food Project


 

#MeToo

 

Video Recording

 

The Politics of Food and Family: The Healthy Food Movement

Monday, November 27, 2017
11:30am-1pm

A panel discussion with:

Bettina Elias Siegel, Writer & Advocate, The Lunch Tray
Gwen J. Sims, MEd, RD, LD, Division Director, Nutrition and Chronic Disease Prevention, Harris County Public Health
Betti Wiggins, Officer of Nutrition Services, Houston ISD

Moderator: Daphne C. Hernandez, PhD, MSEd, Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Obesity Studies, & Health Disparities, University of Houston

UH Main Campus, MD Anderson Library
Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion (2nd Floor)

Biographies | Video Recording

Tuesday, Nov. 7: Living Archives: Houston Perspectives on the 1977 Conference

Houston Perspectives on the 1977 Conference

The Barbara Karkabi Living Archives Series

2017-18 Theme: Food for Feminist Thought


2016-2017

Power to Heal: Women in Healthcare
Power to Heal: Women in HealthcarePostcard
Monday, February 27, 2017
11:30am - 1pm
A panel discussion with:
Rola El-Serag, MD, Medical Director of the Women Veteran's Health Program, Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center
Norma Olvera, PhD, FTOS, Director of The Latino Health Disparities Lab, Executive Director of the BOUNCE Healthy Lifestyle Programs, Professor, Psychological, Health, and LEarning Sciences Department, UH
Shreela V. Sharma, PhD, RD, LD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, UT, School of Public Health
Elizabeth Travis, PhD, FASTRO, Associate Vice President of Women Faculty Programs, Professor in the Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Moderator: Kathryn Klein Williams, Director of Corporate Communications, Memorial Hermann
Come early for a tour of the Shuart Archives at 11AM. RSVP: velee@uh.edu
UH Main Campus, MD Anderson Library
Rockwell Pavilion (2nd Floor)
Free to students, faculty, & members of the Friends / $10 general public RSVP: wgss@uh.edu (Lunch provided with RSVP)
Join or renew with the Friends for 2014-15 by phone, at the door, or online at: https://giving.uh.edu/wos
Parking available in Welcome Center garage at Entrance 1; cross street to the Library
The Barbara Karkabi Living Archives Series features interviews with Houston women on diverse topics which are videotaped and collected in the Carey C. Shuart Women's Archive at the UH library, Special Collections.
Questions? or to become a member: amccloud@uh.edu or 713.743.3773
www.friendsofwomen.org
Join us for Upcoming Living Archives events:
Who Needs Kids? Motherhood & Economic Power
Monday, April 24, 2017
Power of One: Women in Leadership
Monday, March 6, 2017

Video Recording
 
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Earlier this year:

Latina Power:

The Next Generation of Activism

Postcard Latina Power
The Barbara Karkabi Living Archives Series features interviews with women from the Houston area, which are videotaped and collected in the Carey C. Shuart Women’s Archive at the UH library, Special Collections.
Thursday, September 22,
11:30am-1pm

Video Recording


2015-2016

M.D. Anderson Library, UH Main Campus, Rockwell Pavilion
Free to students and members of the Friends
$10 general public
RSVP for all events: wgss@uh.edu
Lunch provided with RSVP
Parking available in Welcome Center garage at Entrance 1, cross street to Library
A Panel Discussion with
Bernadette Alvarez, Entrepreneur and Community Activist

Rep. Ana Hernandez, Texas House Representative
Claudia E. Ortega-Hogue, Community Advocate
Yudith Nieto, Environmental Justice Activist
Frances Valdez, Immigration Attorney, FValdezLaw PC
Monica Villarreal, Visual Artist & Activist
Moderator: Christina Sisk, PhD, UH Associate Professor, Dept of Hispanic Studies & WGSS Affiliate Faculty Member
Biographies

Women in Sports

Women in Sports Postcard
April 13, 2016
1-2:30pm