Come celebrate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade with VOX, Voices for Planned Parenthood. We will be screening “The Abortion Diaries” and holding a discussion about the current state of abortion access in the US. Refreshments will be provided.

Working as an artist, Adda Birnir spends much time thinking about the masculine tradition of American landscape photography, In her work, she consistently investigates how being a woman shapes her experience in a landscape and how she relates the process of photographing it. The Women's Center Gallery exhibits a series documenting Birnir's experience of the Rockaways, a narrow peninsula comprised of a series of small towns south of Brooklyn, New York.

Lynne Cox is one of the strongest and best ocean swimmers of our time. In fact she is viewed as a scientific anomaly for the fact that she is able to swim and seem to thrive in ocean water temperatures that would literally freeze and kill others. After swimming the Catalina and English Channels, the five miles between Alaska and the Soviet Union, in 2002 Cox set out to swim a mile to the shore of Antarctica. She set a record not likely to ever be challenged, much less broken, by swimming 1.22 miles in 32 degree water for 25 minutes! Remarkably Cox survived, lived to tell about it and she will be here to mark our 10th anniversary National Girls and Women in Sports event.

Lynne Cox returns to UCSB as a celebrated alumna. Her books Grayson and Swimming to Antarctica will be available for sale and signing following her talk. Don’t miss this chance to hear one of the world’s top performing woman athletes and share her enthusiasm and commitment to the realm of open water swimming. Bring your daughters, teammates, sisters, and friends – every girl and woman who appreciates sports in her life, as well as the boys and men who cheer them on!

So you’ve sorted through the job ads, sent in your applications, printed out your additional materials, endured a first round interview, and received the much awaited call inviting you to campus. What now? Please join us for a discussion of campus visits—what to expect and how to prepare. Bring your questions, concerns, and stories.

Please join Chancellor Henry T. Yang, Executive Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas, and the Women’s Center for our annual reception honoring newly tenured women faculty. This light lunch reception honors this wonderful achievement by the following women: Tamara Afifi, Communication; Laurel Beckman, Studio Art; Debra Blumenthal, History; Janis Caldwell, English; Grace Chang, Women’s Studies; Rita Raley, English; Laura Romo, Education; and Tara Yosso, Chicana/o Studies.

Life as we know it, Teri Lynn Robinson, UC President's Post-Doctoral Scholar in Chemistry, reminds us, relies on the molecular recognition that is built into DNA and RNA. Thus the formation of the first self replicating molecule is the chemical equivalent to the origin of life. She will discuss efforts to understand this intriguing question which touch on our chemical history, present, and subsequent future.

How do so many women survive the violence of their daily lives? Where do they find hope? How can this violence be allowed to continue? This powerful collection provides a range of responses to the injustices that women sustain in their daily lives through critical examinations, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Shout Out provides living testimony for the need to put an end to oppression and violence. Please join co-editor Barbara Ige for a book release and reading from this necessary collection.

For 35 years, the Grammy Award-winning ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock has been transporting audiences to a soulful destination like no other. Six women join their powerful voices in a blend of movement, lyrics and narrative that is inspired by the spirituals, hymns and gospel of the black church and the deep musical roots of jazz and blues. Singing the praises of love and activism, this spirited a cappella choir demands a just and humane world for all in what is sure to be “a transforming experience” (All Music Guide).

$45 / $19 UCSB students

In coordination with UCSB reads focus on Pietra Rivoli’s The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy, the Women’s Center presents a panel on gender and globalization featuring Professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani (Sociology and Global Studies), Faculty Fellow Francesca Degiuli (Global Studies), and graduate student Molly Talcott (Sociology). Panelists will discuss their research about agriculture, migration, labor and organizing in a variety of national and transnational locations in order to address the complex links between globalization, gender, and ethnic and racial identity.

Workshop / 2nd Floor Conference Room, Student Resource Building
You got the job! They’ve made an offer. You’re thrilled but a little confused. Maybe you haven’t heard back from that other campus visit, or maybe you have two offers, or maybe you just want a little more money or course relief your first year. Come join us for a discussion of what you can ask for, what you should ask for, and other tips for savvy negotiations.

The call for safe streets has been a rallying cry expressed by both social minorities and property owners in the eras of postwar urban decline and redevelopment. Focused in New York and San Francisco, Hanhardt's talk highlights grassroots activism from the 1970s and the growth of a national movement by the 1980s and explores how ideas of safety have been shaped not only by changing forms of LGBT identity, but also by urban policy and research on violence, neighborhoods, and social “deviancy.”