Monday, 08 Mar 2021
Women's Rights and Women's Wrongs in the Me Too Era
Gloria Allred is a founding partner of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg with offices in Los Angeles and New York. Her firm has been the leading women's rights private law firm in the nation for 44 years, winning hundreds of millions of dollars for victims. Ms. Allred will discuss how women take action to right the wrongs against them to win justice and accountability in both the civil and criminal justice system.
Tuesday, 09 Mar 2021
Sexism, Media, and the Pursuit of Madame President
WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=e545c32996a3483507e659599106ffa66 ISU Profession Dr. Kelly Winfrey will discuss her latest article about the sexism women have faced from 2012-2020 while running for U.S. President. Note: The presentation "Women in the Criminal Justice System from an FBI Victim Specialist's Perspective" with Karen P. Gale had to be canceled.
Wednesday, 10 Mar 2021
Lecture: Severely Abused Latinas, Intimate Terrorism, and Killing to Survive
"No Way Out" will focus on Latinas' unique low rate of intimate partner homicide offending when compared to other racial/ethnic groups. We will explore how structural, institutional, and cultural factors shape their experiences of abuse and homicide. Latinas become entrapped within terroristic abusive relationships with limited options for assistance, escape, and survival, leaving them with no way out.
Thursday, 11 Mar 2021
One Woman's Journey: From a Kenyan Village School to an American University
Dr. Ebby Luvaga was born and raised in rural Kenya. The presentation will walk the audience through Dr. Luvaga's journey from her small village in Western Kenya to becoming the only member of her family to earn a Ph.D. and to teach at an American University. Through that journey, Dr. Luvaga will share her perspective on gender.
Friday, 12 Mar 2021
What Men Can Do to Prevent Gender Violence
Jackson Katz is an educator, author, and social theorist who is internationally renowned for his pioneering scholarship and activism on issues of gender, race and violence. In 1993, Dr. Katz co-founded the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program at Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society.