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.
From UIC Today: "The Campus Advocacy Network, a program of the Women’s Leadership and Resource Center (WLRC), has been awarded a $50,000 Violent Crime Victim Assistance grant from the Illinois Attorney General for the 2021-2022 fiscal year."
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.
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.
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 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…
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…
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…
The UIC Women’s Leadership and Resource Center offers financial awards toward tuition for undergraduate study at UIC. We want to recognize students who have made significant contributions to the movement against domestic violence & sexual assault...
