Sep 29 2022

Black Women and Reproductive Justice: Abortion and Life in the Post-Roe Era

September 29, 2022

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Location

College of Nursing & Zoom

Address

845 S. Damen Ave., 3rd Floor Event Center, Chicago, IL 60612

Calendar

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Dr. Monica McLemore smiling toward the camera. To her left is the title of the event in yellow text on a purple background:
Dr. Monica McLemore smiling toward the camera. To her left is the title of the event in yellow text on a purple background: "Black Women & Reproductive Justice: Abortion and Life in the Post-Roe Era." Below that, on a blue background, is white text describing the event.

Join the Women's Leadership and Resource Center and the UIC College of Nursing for a special engagement with Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN.

 

Schedule & How to Participate:

  • 12:30 - 1:30pm: Public lecture
  • 1:30 - 2:30pm: Seminar (open only to UIC College of Nursing students)

Guests may choose to attend in person or virtually via Zoom.

 

Food, Safety, and Accessibility:

Masks are required at the in-person event.

Boxed lunches for in-person attendees will be available for pickup beginning at 12pm, on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendees may not eat inside the event space.

Please contact us with any questions or access requests: wlrc@uic.edu or (312) 413-1025.

 

Continuing Education Credit:

  • University of Illinois Chicago College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)
  • In order to earn contact hours, participants must attend the entire hour lecture/discussion or view the recording AND fill out the evaluation.
  • Expiration date for recording: 3/29/2023
  • Names of joint providers: UIC Women’s Leadership and Resource Center, UIC College of Nursing

 

Co-sponsors:

  • Family and Community Medicine, UIC College of Medicine
  • Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health, UIC School of Public Health
  • UIC Gender and Women's Studies
  • UIC Student Nurses for Social Justice
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Contact

WLRC
(312) 413-1025
wlrc@uic.edu

Date posted

Sep 16, 2022

Date updated

Sep 23, 2022

Speakers

Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN | Professor, Department of Child, Family and Population Health Nursing / Interim Director, Center for Anti-Racism in Nursing | University of Washington

Dr. McLemore's research addresses reproductive health and justice at the intersection of antiracist birth equity research, community-informed methods, and policy translation. Her research interests cover the reproductive spectrum including abortion, birth, cancer risk, contraception, family planning, health sexuality, pleasure and consent.