Georgia Tech's Women's Resource Center

01/28/2021

Please consider donating a few dollars to support students relying on Klemis Kitchen by following the instructions linked below.

Help Klemis Kitchen Buy Dinner Tomorrow for Students in Need

Klemis Kitchen needs your help to support our students! We usually stock leftovers from the dining halls, but there have been some issues getting started up this semester and it’s impacting our ability to keep the kitchen stocked, which means fewer hot meals for our students. This Friday evening, we’d like to buy hot meals for the students who are relying on Klemis Kitchen this semester.

Please help us buy a student dinner on Friday by making an online gift to Klemis Kitchen. We have a web page that has directions on how to make a donation to STAR: https://studentlife.gatech.edu/content/how-donate-star.

There’s one additional direction, not on the web page – under the “Designations” section, there’s a “if other, please specify” box; in that box, type “ Klemis - 1/29 dinner.”

We will purchase as many meals as we can with the donations received by noon on Friday, January 29.

Thanks for your support!

06/22/2020

Students!

Tomorrow, June 23rd, we invite you to virtually meet Tegra Myanna, new Director of the Georgia Tech LGBTQIA Resource Center. Check out the flyer for more details!

Students: https://lgbtqia.gatech.edu/hg/item/635909

06/11/2020

RISE Student Adviser Applications Live!
Undergraduate students in their 2nd year and above are invited to apply to be a student advisor on the inaugural leadership team for RISE, a new First-Year Leadership Organization (FLO) in the Women's Resource Center! Student advisors will have a unique opportunity to gain valuable leadership skills and knowledge through coalition building, consciousness raising, and community service opportunities that center women’s voices and experiences. RISE members will Re-imagine a more equitable future, Inspire social change, Serve in honor of community justice, and Empower women and their allies to take action for gender equity.
Application: bit.ly/RISE-app
Due: June 19, 2020 by 11:59 PM
Questions can be emailed to Dani Lechner [email protected]

06/11/2020

Once you’ve read up on what anti-racism is with , take a look at these anti-racism resources to continue the work:
Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (Creating Change Conference 2016)
13th (Ava Duvernay)
Code Switch (NPR)
Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Another Round with Heben & Tracy
Pod Save the People
The Combahee River Collective Statement
Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? By Ibram X. Kendi
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
For more resources, go to: bit.ly/ANTIRACISMRESOURCES
Georgia Tech LGBTQIA Resource Center

06/10/2020

All of the proceeds of books on this list purchased at the link below will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund:
bit.ly/rj-readinglist
Learn about and contribute to anti-racism organizations all at the same time!
1) So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
2) Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD
3) Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
4) When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele
5) Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
6) The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander



Georgia Tech LGBTQIA Resource Center

06/09/2020

If you’re an ally ready to take action to dismantle racist systems of oppression and uplift Black lives, here are a few opportunities and ways to engage:

1) Provide support

2) Get uncomfortable

3) Read

4) Contribute your resources

5) Get involved

6) Offer and accept accountability

Follow & lift up those doing the work:

06/08/2020

It is vital that we prioritize healing, self-care, and mental health resources that are created for, by, and with Black people.
Self-Care Tips for Black People Feeling Overwhelmed by the Media by
BlackLine 24/7 hotline 1 (800) 604-5841
Ethel's Club
For more resources go to bit.ly/Black-Healing

Georgia Tech LGBTQIA Resource Center

06/04/2020

Black Women’s Community Listening Circle
June 5 | 12PM – 1PM EST
BlueJeans Meeting ID: 805 290 111
https://bluejeans.com/805290111

Join staff from the Women's Resource Center for a community listening circle centering Black women. WRC staff will be available to offer support, resources, and a dedicated space for student processing and healing.

Melanie and I (Dani) will be facilitating this space and therefore feel it is pertinent to be transparent about the steps we are taking to be accountable and hold sacred the tremendous risk taking and trust Black women have when engaging with White women:

- Acknowledging, centering, and prioritizing the compounding ways Black women experience racialized and gendered violence.
- Tapping into research, cultural knowledge, and applications made by and for Black women in our community and individual care practices.
- Interrogating the ways White feminism has contributed to the traumatization of Black women, the operation of Women’s Resource Centers in Higher Education, and our own knowledge and practice of gender equity.
- Providing resources and support alternatives for Black women who do not want to engage in this space.
- Holding ourselves accountable to a visible and ongoing commitment to racial and gender equity for Black women.
- Engaging in our responsibility to create a Women’s Resource Center where Black women feel valued, seen, and safe, and where they can show up authentically and with their whole selves.

We know that what we have listed above is not exhaustive of the work that needs to be done. We are making a public commitment to you and our community to work harder and more sustainably toward racial justice. We hope that you will join us and also affirm any of the other ways you choose to find care, community, and healing.

03/27/2020

We are thrilled and thankful to be able to share a recording of the 2020 American Government Accountant's Annual Women's Leadership Webinar as a virtual educational resource! This webinar featured a panel of accomplished women who support government in a compelling dialog on careers, business strategies, inclusion skills and the future of the profession.

02/12/2020

The Women of Color Community Circles kick off next week!

Black Women's Community Circle: Representation of Black Women
Monday, February 17, 2020 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Join us for an in-depth dialogue as we explore the representation of Black women in popular culture, higher education, and beyond. What impact does this representation have on our daily lives, aspirations, and reflections on our race and gender identity? https://womenscenter.gatech.edu/content/black-womens-community-circle-representation-black-women

Latinx Women's Community Circle - Grad School: How to Get In & Succeed
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Join us for an in-depth dialogue on getting in and succeeding in graduate school as a Latinx woman. What specific considerations should Latinx women make when considering graduate programs and universities? What are some challenges and opportunities for success a Latinx graduate woman might face? https://womenscenter.gatech.edu/content/latinx-womens-community-circle-grad-school-how-get-succeed

Asian Women's Community Circle: Family Traditions
Monday, February 17, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Join us for an in-depth dialogue as we explore our individual family traditions! What family traditions have informed your understanding of your culture, race, and gender identity? How has your role within or viewpoint on these traditions shifted since coming to college? https://womenscenter.gatech.edu/content/asian-womens-community-circle-family-traditions

02/12/2020

Women's GradChat: Finding Your Safe Place
Feb 13 | 5:30 PM | Smithgall (Flag) Building, Suite 131
Join us for a free meal and in-depth dialogue as we explore the ways graduate women find, strengthen, and create safe places. What influences our perceptions and understandings of safety? Are safe places only physical spaces or can they also exist in other people or within ourselves? Whose responsibility is it to construct safe places?

Women’s GradChats serve as a space for graduate women to engage meaningfully with one another, build community, and dialogue about their experiences as graduate women of Georgia Tech. Registration is required for this event. If registration has reached capacity, you may email Dani Lechner ([email protected]) to be added to the wait list. Link to RSVP: https://womenscenter.gatech.edu/content/womens-gradchat-finding-your-safe-place