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SAAC Swab Drive

Submitted by: Kristen Oitker, koitker1@uca.edu on 03/10/2025

The UCA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is partnering with Earl Young’s Team to fight against blood cancer! SAAC will be in the Student Center on Wednesday, March 19th and Thursday, March 20th from 9 AM – 2 PM. It takes 5 minutes to potentially save a life!

 

2025 Women’s History Month Calendar

Submitted by: Lyn Gayfield, egayfield@uca.edu on 03/11/2025

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Percussion Clinic Workshop with Valerie Naranjo, Artist in Residence
1:40 – 2:30 p.m. Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts

Japanese Women, Then and Now: Between Empowerment and Marginalization
4:30 p.m.
Integrated Health Science Building (IHSB) 201/203
Facilitated by Dr. Akiko Takeyama, Director of the Center for East Asian Studies, Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Kansas

Colorful Bingo
6:00 p.m. RWSC 223/224
Hosted by Real Beauty

Redefining Consent: Sexual Violence, Justice, and Women’s Emotional Labor in Japan
Keynote Lecture from Dr. Akiko Takeyama
6:00 p.m. McAlister Hall 201

Valerie Naranjo in Concert – Public Event
7:30 p.m. Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts Concert Hall
Artists in Residence Series

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Reassurance Retreat
6:00 p.m. RWSC 223/224
Hosted by Real Beauty

Thursday, March 13, 2025
Lavender Library Re-Opening
1:30 p.m. Old Main 203

Cupcakes for Kindess
1:40 – 2:30 p.m. RWSC Lobby
Hosted by Real Beauty

Friday, March 14, 2025
“For Constance and Ada: Snail Methods of Queer Feminist Archival Praxis”
1:30 p.m. Old Main 203
Facilitated by Phoenix Smithey, Head of Special Collections, University Archivist, UCA
Dr. K. Adele Okoli, Associate Professor of French, UCA

Real Beauty Rodeo
6:00 p.m. RWSC 223/224
Hosted by Real Beauty

Saturday, March 15, 2025
Miss Essence Pageant
7:00 p.m. Reynolds Performance Hall
Hosted by Students for the Propogation of Black Culture

Tuesday, March 18
Women Authors in the Golden Age of Japanese Literature
4:30 p.m. IHSB 201/203
Facilitated by Dr. Zach Smith, Associate Professor of History, Director of the Asian Studies Program, UCA

Thursday, March 20
Unveiling Ceremony – Public Event
4:00 p.m. Windgate Center
Facilitated by Crystal Wagner, Artist in Residence

Lecture
7:00 p.m. Location TBD
Speaker: Stacy J. Lettman, Assistant Professor of English, Florida Atlantic University

Monday, March 31
Bookbinding Workshop – Student Event
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Windgate Center 105
Facilitated by Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder, Artist in Residence

Please email diversity@uca.edu to add events to this calendar.

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“Is too Much Economic Freedom Bad for Women and Families?”

Submitted by: Suzanne Massey, smassey@uca.edu on 03/04/2025

Economic Freedom is under fire from both the left and the right; there is a convergence toward greater government intervention in family life. Some argue that families were better off when women stayed home and thus agitate for policies encouraging them to return to a more traditional role of wife and mother. Do these policies, which amount to familial protectionism, empower women and families? Join Dr. Anne Bradley, the George and Sally Mayer Fellow for Economic Education and vice president of academic affairs at The Fund for American Studies, for a lively discussion on how economic freedom impacts families and gives parents choices about how to get the most out of life. WHEN & WHERE: Thursday, March 13, x-period, College of Business Room 100.

https://uca.edu/acre/speakers-series/

Redefining Consent: Sexual Violence, Justice, and Women’s Emotional Labor in Japan

Submitted by: Zach Smith, zsmith@uca.edu on 03/04/2025

March 11 @ 6:00-7:30pm in McAlister Hall Rm 102
“Redefining Consent: Sexual Violence, Justice, and Women’s Emotional Labor in Japan”
Dr. Akiko Takeyama (Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas)

The #MeToo movement ignited global discussions on sexual violence, consent, and accountability, including in Japan, where survivors spoke out. Cases like Kaori’s accusations against Nobuyoshi Araki and Shiori Ito’s revelations about an uncharged rape case exposed systemic issues in Japan’s legal and cultural response to sexual violence. In 2023, Japan amended its Penal Code to redefine rape as nonconsensual sex and raise the age of consent. This talk examines how rape myths, cultural attitudes, and legal history normalize sexual violence. Using NHK’s survey of 38,000 people, it explores how women’s emotional labor complicates perceptions of consent and justice.