Director’s Notes directors note Thinking aloud Wednesday, November 10, 2021 We can all feel it coming, and some of us are already doing it: the inevitable sprint to the end of this experimental academic semester. For better and hopefully not for worse, each of us has had to weather this hybrid experience, drawing on whatever As We Move Beyond R. Kelly Thursday, September 30, 2021 On Monday, September 27, 2021, a New York jury found Robert Kelly guilty of racketeering conspiracy and eight counts of violating the Mann Act, which prohibits travel over state lines for illegal sex. Welcome (back) to UIC! Wednesday, September 1, 2021 Welcome [back] to UIC! If you are reading this, you have made it to the second week of the semester. That means you survived the dizzying transition from summer to fall. Each academic year begins with a different energy. Here We Are Friday, May 7, 2021 At the close of the academic year, we are collectively feeling tiredness, anticipation, relief, joy, a tinge of sadness, but also wanting the structure of it to give way so that we can take a breath before beginning the next thing. WLRC at 30 Tuesday, March 30, 2021 This week, WLRC launches its 30th anniversary celebration with the event “Sustaining Centers of Care, Community, and Resistance,” a roundtable conversation among feminist leaders of women’s and gender equity centers around the state of Illinois. For the six Asian women who were killed on March 16 Wednesday, March 17, 2021 For the six Asian women who worked at Young’s Asian Massage, Gold Spa, and Aroma Therapy Spa in Cherokee and Fulton Counties, Georgia, and who were killed on the evening of Tuesday, March… Building with Love Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Around the world, March 8 is celebrated as International Women’s Day. It is a moment for families, communities and entire nations to pause and recognize the gains that have come from women organizing… Women's Heritage Month Wednesday, March 3, 2021 At UIC and on many other campuses around the country, the month of March is celebrated as Women’s Heritage Month. In the pre-COVID-19 days, that celebration took the form of public events featuring… We Have Been Saying This, But You Have Not Been Listening Wednesday, January 20, 2021 We are only halfway through the second week of the semester, but I suspect many of us already feel battle-weary. No, thankfully we don’t have to face the cold Chicago winter to… Winter Break Reflections Thursday, December 17, 2020 Greetings! This has been a challenging semester, more than most. As we finish the last of the reports on the to-do lists, submit the grades, tidy up our electronic desktops, and make the…
