Join the Center for Global Health and assistant professor of sociology and author Krystale Littlejohn as she discusses her book, Just Get on the Pill: The Uneven Burden of Reproductive Politics.
"In Just Get on the Pill, a keenly researched and incisive examination, Krystale Littlejohn investigates how birth control becomes a fundamentally unbalanced and gendered responsibility. She uncovers how parents, peers, partners, and providers draw on narratives of male and female birth control methods to socialize cisgender women into sex and ultimately into shouldering the burden for preventing pregnancy.
Littlejohn draws on extensive interviews to document this gendered compulsory birth control—a phenomenon in which people who give birth are held accountable for preventing and resolving pregnancies in gender-constrained ways."
Refreshments will be provided. The first 20 people will receive a free copy of the book.
“Otro Mundo Posible: Environmentalist Activism and Agroecology in El Salvador”: The current global climate crisis is causing devastating fires, unprecedented temperatures, and increasingly dangerous weather patterns that threaten the world’s biodiversity and human survival, especially the most marginalized communities. El Salvador is situated within the Central American Dry Corridor, a region in a decades-long drought caused by centuries of colonization and unsustainable monoculture. Many Salvadoran people, who for centuries have relied on sustenance farming, can no longer count on the land to provide food. Drought and flood patterns reshape and destroy farmlands, and those situated on mountainsides are at risk of landslides and flooding. The history of land redistribution in El Salvador is rooted in colonization, Indigenous erasure, state violence, and leftist organizing during the Civil War (1980-1992). With this history as the foundation, this presentation examines a network of environmental activists in El Salvador who work in various sectors throughout the country to create and live a new vision for their future through food sovereignty, access to water, organic and sustainable agriculture, defense of land and territory from extractivist projects, and reimagining and reviving ancestral cosmovisions.
Presented by the Center for the Study of Women in Society.
The QTISOC is a space for all LGBTQ+/questioning students of color. Come around to find community and join in on discussions related to identity, intersection, and student life! Office hours are also held where you can do whatever, from doing homework to seeking advice and resources, and more! Camila (they/them) runs these spaces.
Meetings are Wednesdays, 5 - 6 pm. Office Hours are 1 - 2 pm.
Let’s Talk is a service that provides easy access to free, informal, and confidential one-on-one consultation with a Counseling Services staff member. See our website for six additional Let’s Talk days/times offered throughout the week.
Let’s Talk is especially helpful for students who:
Have a specific concern and would like to consult with someone about it.
Would like on-the-spot consultation rather than ongoing counseling.
Would like to consult with a CS staff member about what actual therapy looks like.
Would like to meet with one of our CS identity-based specialists.
Have a concern about a friend or family member and would like some ideas about what to do.
How does Let’s Talk work?
Let’s Talk will be offered via Zoom and/or in satellite locations across campus. As a drop-in service, there is no need to schedule an appointment and no paperwork to be completed. Students are seen individually on a first-come, first-served basis at the times listed below. There may be a wait in the Zoom waiting room if the Let’s Talk staff member is meeting with another student. Please wait and we will be with you as soon as we can. Let’s Talk appointments are brief (usually between 15-30 minutes) and are meant to be used on an as-needed basis.
Mondays 3-5PM - Meet with Jingqing Liu, who specializes in working with international students. Click here: https://zoom.us/j/99378816150
Tuesdays 10AM-12PM - Meet with Carolyn Meiller, who specializes in working with LGBTQ students, at the Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence (Oregon Hall-Room 130) or click here: https://zoom.us/j/99147472563.
Wednesdays 2-4PM - Meet with Cecile Gadson, who specializes in working with Black and African American students, at the Black Cultural Center.
Wednesdays 4-6PM - Meet with Caryn Zaner, who specializes in working with graduate students and queer, trans, and gender non-conforming students. Click here: https://zoom.us/j/92314812010
Thursdays 2-4PM - Meet with Eric Garcia, who specializes in working with LatinX and undocumented students, at the Multicultural Center (EMU 109m) or click here:
https://zoom.us/j/96120855580
Thursdays 4-6PM - Meet with Kristen Besler at Global Scholars Hall (Room 103) or click here: https://zoom.us/j/92058889528
Fridays 1-3PM - Meet with Mariko Lin at the Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence (Oregon Hall-Room 130) or click here:
https://zoom.us/j/92243720320
This discussion-based presentation will provide psychoeducation on stress, the various types of self-care, and have an interactive activity of creating a “comfort plan,” for self-care through a multicultural feminist lens. Students will be encouraged to be reflective on their own experiences of stress and how they currently cope through discussion prompts as a means to build community support.
Wrap up Pride with festival fun and activities.
The trans and nonbinary subgroup is for anyone who falls under those categories or is questioning their gender. It's run by Matthew (any) and Simon (he/him). We provide a social space for students to meet others, share their experiences, and have a fun time! We hope to see you there!
Meetings are on Fridays, 4 - 5 PM, in the QA3 Office.
After a 3 year hiatus, we're bringing back Party of Color, an annual party thrown for our campus community! We're going to have DJ sets by Jerry Bandito and Lorenzo Alzona so be ready to dance!
The party is taking place on Friday, May 27th from 8-11pm in the Woodruff Gym in Gerlinger Hall. Admission is free.
Hope to see you there!
For the queer & neurodivergent subgroup, Centauri (he/it/rot) runs this communal space! The term neurodivergent is an umbrella term including anybody with:
- Mental illnesses
- Intellectual/neurological disabilities and/or disorders
- Personality disorders
- Emotional/physical trauma
- Different neurotypes than the "norm"
...And more!
Meeting schedule:
4/3 : Virtual meeting
4/17 : In person meeting
5/1 : Virtual meeting
5/15 : In person meeting
5/29 : Virtual meeting
6/12 : In person meeting
Come hang out to meet other neurodivergent folks, talk about life and personal journeys, and find community!
The in-person meetings are at the QA3 Office. The virtual meetings are held on the discord server: https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5jdSlf3KXEuduOW
Hello folks! We're hosting another virtual movie night on Sunday, May 29th, from 8:00 to 10:00 PM!
In order to gain access to the UO LGBTQIA+ discord server where this film will be streamed, check out the link here: https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5jdSlf3KXEuduOW
The movie night is drop in/drop out as needed, so feel free to show up late or leave early if needed! Come hang out to enjoy a fun movie, chat with LGBTQ+ folks at UO, and relax! Captions will be provided.
Please join Virginia Beavert, Shayleen EagleSpeaker, Michelle Jacob, and Joana Jansen for a discussion of their new book Anakú Iwachá: Yakama Legends and Stories. Central to the Yakama oral tradition, storytelling enables Tribal Elders to share lessons, values, and customs with younger generations across the Columbia River plateau and the Pacific Northwest. Drawn from a time before the coming of human beings when animals were like people, the stories present characters and motifs that paint a bigger picture of the world as Yakama ancestors knew it.
The original edition of Anakú Iwachá featured stories that Yakama Tribal Elders recorded in several dialects of the Ichishkíin language that were collected and translated into English by renowned linguist and scholar Virginia Beavert. This new edition adds a preface from the Yakama Nation and essays on the history of the project and on Ichishkíin-language education. It includes four additional legends in Ichishkíin and English, annotations, an updated glossary, and more artwork by Tribal artists, helping readers, teachers, and students engage with the legends as teaching and learning tools and as a precious gift to current and future Yakama generations.
A book signing will follow the presentation.
This is a hybrid event. Join us in person at the Many Nations Longhouse or over Zoom (meeting ID 971 8799 4068).
Work-in-Progress talk with Emily Eliza Scott, Environmental Studies and History of Art and Architecture, and 2021–22 OHC Faculty Research Fellow.
This chapter of my monograph, Uneven Geology: Notes from the Field of Contemporary Art, examines art about air pollution, including the asymmetrical nature of its production, distribution, and effects. More broadly, the book—at the intersection of contemporary art history, critical geography, environmental humanities, and Anthropocene studies—explores art and design practices that track environmental violence as it is writ into land, air, and water. It asks how aesthetic practices help make largely invisible processes more sensible and legible, even while t
Join us on Sunday, June 5th 12:00pm – 2:00pm PDT for UO’s 2022 Lavender Graduation Ceremony. Lavender Graduation celebrates the accomplishments and achievements of undergraduate and graduate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, aromantic, asexual, agender, non-binary, pansexual, same-gender-loving, two-spirit, allied, and all others connected to the LGBTQIA+ community. This ceremony is celebrated by colleges and universities across the country for over 25 years!
This year’s event, hosted in the EMU Ballroom, will be our time to come together as a community to celebrate the accomplishments, education, perseverance, resilience, leadership, and advocacy of UO LGBTQIA+ graduate and undergraduate students!
All graduating LGBTQIA+ students who wish to be honored at the 2022 ceremony should register by May 15th, 2022, at 11:59pm.
Graduating Student Registration Qualtrics: https://tinyurl.com/UOLavGrad2022
Students from the University of Oregon's Environmental Leadership Program course illuminate the incredible beauty and ingenuity of nature through photographs of eggs and nests from the museum's collection.
Join us for the 2022 Black Grad Ceremony at the University of Oregon!
Black Grad celebrates the accomplishments and achievements of those undergraduate, graduate, and law students who are Black, African-American, and/or of the African Diaspora. This ceremony commemorates the hard work and dedication that our Black students have endured to get to this point in history not only at the University of Oregon, but in a global society.
This year the ceremony will be co-hosted by the Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center and the Alliance of Black Student Organizations.
Black Grad Ceremony will be held on Friday, June 10th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm (PST) with a reception to follow at the LRP Black Cultural Center. This in-person ceremony will recognize graduates and we will have speakers to honor our graduates.
Graduates Registration - Deadline May 6, 2022: https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5tAGVOdUazEOljE
Guest Registration - Deadline May 31, 2022: https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aV5VfmN2TcWmcnQ
Come celebrate the graduation of the Nontraditional Students. Family and friends are welcome to attend! RSVP requred through the qualtrics link.
Congratulations to the Cinema Studies Class of 2022!
Please join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2022.
Visit cinema.uoregon.edu for more information about the Cinema Studies Ceremony and how to participate!
Join the UO Department of Geography in celebrating the achievements of its graduates! We look forward to meeting your families and celebrating in person! We look forward to seeing you there.
Commencement Ceremony
Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS) has a support group for members of the LGBTQIA+ community (18+) who have experienced any form of sexual violence in the past or present. SASS services are always free. http://sass-lane.org/
SASS's LGBTQIA+ Support Group
Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 5:00-6:30 p.m.
For any self-identified members of the queer community age 18+ who have experienced sexual violence.
Drop in. No registration needed. SASS services are always free.
The application deadline for Spring 2023 exchange programs is June 15. The programs still open for applications include:
Akita International University, Japan
Australian National University, Australia
Charles University, Czech Republic
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Hokkaido University, Japan
Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey University, Mexico
Japan Women's University, Japan
La Trobe University, Australia
Nagoya University, Japan
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea
Singapore Management University, Singapore
Sungshin University, Korea
Tampere University, Finland
Tohoku University, Japan
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico
University of East Anglia, UK
University of Edinburgh, UK
University of Exeter, UK
University of Latvia, Latvia
University of Otago, New Zealand