March 7 – BE WELL Expo – College of Charleston’s 2nd Annual Be Well Expo is 26 days away! Join us for a FREE day filled with tailored workshops, physical activities such as Zumba, HIIT and Yoga, and lunch provided by Panera Bread. Learn ways to manage stress and seek community so you can thrive on campus.
GSEC is partnering with WREN for the Collective Day of Action for Bodily Autonomy at the SC Statehouse, Feb 19th. WREN will provide bus transportation and lunch for a CofC team of students, faculty and staff who want to spend the day in Columbia. We will have the chance to observe the legislative process, meet lobbyists and community activists from across the state, and raise our voices for reproductive justice and trans-inclusive health care! Email gsec@cofc.edu to get information about transportation, and register here bit.ly/scdayofaction2020 so that WREN can get an accurate lunch count!
Join us for TWO evenings of educational, politically progressive, and inspirational events featuring Mariah Parker who will deliver an evening lecture on campus (2/27), and then a performance at the Royal American (2/28) with local activist Mika Gadsden and artist Benny Starr.
While some members of our campus community will be honoring former Ambassador Nikki Haley with an award on 2/27, we will join in defiance and in community to be inspired by Mariah, a young, Black, openly queer, community organizer, recently elected city council woman in Athens, GA who is also a Ph.D. student in Linguistics (at UGA) and rapper. She is emblematic of courage in politics! Mainstream media outlets have characterized Mariah as part of the wave of young women of color “rescuing the Democratic party” and “expanding the parameters of black leadership.” See attached flyers for information and a list of all our many campus sponsors!
Reception to follow in the Drug Discovery Lobby
FREE event, open to the public!
CCE’s Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week is packed with awesome, informative events! Check out the attached flyer (or read below) to see the full line-up and how you can participate and support this initiative.
Join us for an event where fashion meets sexual health! We have 13 design teams creating outfits, 2 drag performances, food from Billie’s Burgers, a DJ, Chris Bennett from z93 Jamz, Carolyn Murray judging, giveaways, and free HIV testing! Plus it’s Hollywood themed, so there should be lots of great fashion. Red carpet attire encouraged but not required. FREE event for all ages!
Join us for an intimate discussion with Carolyn Forché, award-winning poet of witness, acclaimed memoirist, and human rights advocate, about her memoir, What You Have Heard Is True. Free and open to the public! Reservations recommended, visit: ashleyhall.org/writersseries
This is the first Social Justice Coffee Hour Of the semester which will be focused on Development Density In the Lowcountry. Hear insights from speakers Cyrus Buffum, Omar Muhammed, and Dr. Barry Stiefel. Bring your own mug! (flyer attached)
FREE Event! Come and go or stay all day – connect with providers and get more information about trans/nonbinary health preventative screenings, navigating insurance, mental health resources, and LGBTQ empowerment.
International Pronouns Day
Second Annual Observance: October 16, 2019
International Pronouns Day seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. Referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity, but many transgender and gender nonconforming people are regularly called by the wrong pronouns, which causes erasure and marginalization.
International Pronouns Day occurs on the third Wednesday of October each year, and in 2019 is scheduled for Wednesday, October 16, 2019. The College of Charleston has officially endorsed International Pronouns Day, joining hundreds of groups around the world, including groups based in Australia, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Rwanda, Singapore, the UK, the USA, and individual registrants in a variety of additional locations such as Denmark, Hong Kong, and Mexico. The full list of endorsers is online at:
https://pronounsday.org/endorsers
To recognize International Pronouns Day, WGS, MSPS, GSEC, Out Front, Prism and our local LGBTQ+ youth organization, We Are Family, will be conducting outreach on Cougar Mall, and hosting educational events on Wednesday and Thursday of this week (see info below!).
Show your support by posting online using the #PronounsDay hashtag, encouraging create supportive institutional policies and practices, and creating awareness on our campus and in the Charleston community. “Trans and gender nonconforming people, especially Black folks and those perceived to be feminine, are often harmed by many forms of interpersonal and systemic violence. An action as small as respecting names and pronouns can begin a conversation about justice and about creating the workplaces, educational environments, and communities where we all thrive,” said Shige Sakurai (they), the campaign’s founder and the creator of the educational MyPronouns.org website. “For me, it’s a spiritual undertaking, and it’s about wellbeing. We have to end assumptions and erasure and the harm they create.”
“Intersecting forms of oppression deeply impact transgender communities. These actions are part of the larger work of creating and sustaining inclusive and supportive communities for everyone,” said Luca Maurer (he), a campaign Executive Board member, about this observance.
Join GSEC, We are Family, Prism, MSPS, and WGS as we table for International Pronouns Day! Stop by and learn more about the College’s commitment to the International Pronouns Day initiative and pick up free swag, including awesome pronoun buttons to wear!
Join GSEC, We are Family, Prism, MSPS, and WGS for an event for GLAAD’s Spirit Day celebration! Wear purple to show solidarity with anti-bullying towards LGBTQ+ youth and enjoy a panel guest hosted by Preston Souza and Alex O’Hanley from the Phluid Project and a special fashion show performance.