WGAC is psyched to announce our lineup for SAAM 2014! Check out our events below!
TUESDAY APRIL 8TH
SAAM Keynote Performance by Guante
8-9pm • LSC Theater
Critically-acclaimed hip hop artist, two-time national poetry
slam champion, social justice activist, educator and writer. He and/or his work has appeared on
Upworthy, MSNBC, Racialicious, and Feministing. He’s shared bills with Talib
Kweli, Saul Williams, Brother Ali, Dead Prez, Sage Francis, Colorado’s own
Andrea Gibson and more. Guante also founded the MN Activist Project and Hip Hop
Against Homophobia concert series, write articles nationally and facilitates
writing/performance workshops for Youth.
APRIL 9 • WEDNESDAY
WGAC Open House
10am-3pm • Women and Gender Advocacy Center (112 Student Services Building)
Stop by WGAC to say hi, meet the staff, enjoy refreshments and check out some of our
resources. We will have games, raffles, and snacks all day.
APRIL 15 • TUESDAY
Porn: Would You Know It If You See It?
7-8pm • LSC 228
In this open session of Men in the Movement, we will discuss the pervasive mainstreaming of pornography in the US. To learn more about the messages and implications, come as you are!
APRIL 16 • WEDNESDAY
Self-Compassion for Survivors: An Intro to Using Acceptance, Gratitude,
and Mindfulness to Relieve Emotional Suffering
6-7pm • Behavioral Science 131
Pain is inevitable, but suffering is not. This workshop will explore ways to cope with pain in meaningful ways that may help you to live a life you value with--not in spite of--your past.
APRIL 17 • THURSDAY
Take Back the Night
Hosted by the Campus Feminist Alliance
7-9pm • Montfort Quad
This internationally recognized rally and protest creates an atmosphere of empowerment, while raising awareness about sexual violence. The event begins with a speak-out and ends with a march to Old Town.
APRIL 23 • MONDAY
Film Screening & Discussion • “The Line”
Co-sponsored by Fraternity and Sorority Life
7-8pm • Natural Resources 113
Told through a “sex-positive” lens, THE LINE is a short documentary about the filmmaker, who confronts her rapist on film. Sex workers, survivors and activists discuss justice, accountability and today’s “rape culture.” The film asks: where is the line defining consent?
APRIL 24 • THURSDAY
The Clothesline Project
6-8pm • Durrell Center
The Clothesline Project is a visual display of shirts with messages and illustrations that have been designed by survivors of violence (or by a survivor’s loved ones). T-shirt making sessions will allow survivors to make a free anonymous shirt for the exhibit.
APRIL 25 • FRIDAY
Presentation: Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act & Title IX -
Role and Responsibilities of Faculty and Staff
12-1:30pm • Clark A206
Please join the Women and Gender Advocacy Center, Support & Safety Assessment, and Conflict Resolution & Student Conduct Services to explore how federal legislation and guidance influence ways in which sexual misconduct cases are addressed at CSU. Additionally, there will be time for Q&A for faculty and staff to better understand THEIR role if a student discloses an account of interpersonal violence.
APRIL 26 • SATURDAY
Personal Protection and Empowerment Workshop
Sponsored by GUIDE
10am-2pm
Yup… you read that right. WGAC is offering a personal protection and empowerment class. Allow us to explain. :) WGAC firmly believes that the only person responsible for preventing violence is the person who chooses to commit it. Period. End of story. Having said that, we also recognize that for some students, walking across campus at night, declining a date, being away from home or navigating past trauma can feel daunting. Everyone deserves to feel safe on campus and this session will explore the gendered dynamics of “safety” and teach interpersonal/psychological strategies that increase (rather than restrict) freedoms. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED - Email Monica.Rivera@colostate.edu
APRIL 28 • MONDAY
Rape: The Reality of Blurred Lines
A Workshop by Cori Wong, PH.D.
12-1:30pm • LSC 224
Unfortunately, our cultural assumptions surrounding rape often don’t align with actual experiences of rape, sexual assault, and sexual coercion. Because of these misperceptions, many survivors might remain silent because they don’t know if their experience “counts” as rape, and many perpetrators may not realize how they are crossing sexual boundaries and harming others.
APRIL 28 • MONDAY
CTMO Consent Carnival • Sponsored by GUIDE
6-8pm • Corbett Hall
The annual consent carnival will include carnival games, prizes, snacks, and the CTMO photo booth.
For more information, contact the Women and Gender Advocacy Center
at (970) 491-6384
