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Sep 24 2019

Feminisms Lunch Lecture: We in Here, Too: Creating Safer Spaces in Music Scenes

Feminisms Lunch Lectures

September 24, 2019

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Dancers and partiers at a Party Noire event, with the name of the event and organizations involved printed on top

Location

310 TSB

Address

1101 W. Taylor St., Suite 310, Chicago, IL 60607

Cost

Free and open to the public

Come and learn about creating safe spaces for concert-goers and partiers in Chicago! Party Noire and Our Music My Body will discuss the efforts and challenges of curating sexual-harassment-free spaces.

Lunch will be provided.

Hosted by UIC Women's Leadership and Resource Center as part of its Feminisms Lunch Lecture series.

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The Party Noire community is an inclusive cultural hub celebrating Black femmes, QWOC, + Black womynhood along the gender spectrum. They host a regular dance party at The Promontory in Hyde Park.

Our Music My Body is a campaign in collaboration with Resilience and Between Friends working with festival and venue staff, musicians, and music fans alike to raise awareness about sexual harassment in the music scene and promote a harassment-free music experience for all.

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WLRC's suite is wheelchair-accessible and includes an accessible, all-gender restroom. The building has an elevator to reach the third floor. The front entrance to the building requires using a buzzer that is above many wheelchair heights. Please feel free to call us at (312) 413-1025 when you arrive for assistance with the front door. Please call or email us a few days in advance for any other accommodation requests.

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Contact

Ramona Gupta

Date posted

Sep 11, 2019

Date updated

Sep 11, 2019