Annual Report
2021-2023 Annual Report Heading link
During the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years, as well as the summers in-between, WLRC offered a variety of programs that aimed to activate and expand our collective imaginations about issues of gender and racial equity. As the COVID-19 pandemic continued, we provided opportunities for community-building and collaborations with units across the university, engaged in individual and institutional advocacy, and offered intellectual and social spaces for faculty, staff, students, and community members to engage in meaningful conversations around social justice issues. We hope that you continue to support WLRC, and connect with the messages of hope, resistance, and resilience that echo throughout this report.
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2020-2021 Annual Report Heading link
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of a campus women’s center at the University of Illinois Chicago. As one of UIC’s Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change under the Office of Diversity, Equity and Engagement, we support students’ co-curricular learning, strengthen the campus’s understanding of issues related to women and gender in higher education, and promote social justice and inclusion at the institution and across the city and state.
This year’s programming and advocacy work unfolded in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic. We were able to pivot to virtual programming to bring students together to counter the isolation and promote a sense of belonging. We had approximately 1,200 event participants and 2,000 event registrants for the year’s programs. Consistent with the year’s theme, we were also able to use our time together to reflect on what the center has accomplished so far, and to reinvigorate conversations about how we can continue to be a “proactive force” that promotes gender equity and justice at UIC for the next 30 years.
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