GWAN is hosting our Gender Equity in Academic Research Symposium (GEARS) to empower and connect women and gender minority graduate students across all disciplines at Northwestern.
The symposium will take place May 6th and May 7th and will include workshops centered around promoting gender equity in research as well as student presentations that will serve as a platform for students to share their research to new and broad audiences. A complete program with descriptions of workshops and talks can be found here. All are welcome to attend! Please register to receive the zoom links for the event.
CULTIVATING AUTHENTICITY AND ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION THROUGH CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES, AS WOMXN, May 6, 2021 9-10 AM (CST)
Drs. Veronica Womack and Danielle Dickens, Social Psychologists and Co-Founders of www.beneaththefacade.org , will expand upon their book chapter, “Unapologetic Authentic Early Career Black Women: Challenging the Dominant Narrative” and provide strategies for activating authenticity and assertive communication at school or work through contemplative practices. This interactive workshop will include facilitated discussions, collective reflections, and mindfulness-based exercises.
WORKPLACE WE ENVISION FOR THE FUTURE, AS WOMXN THROUGH INTERGENERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, May 6, 2021 11:30-12:30 PM (CST)
In this session, Jasmine Gurneau and Pamela Silas will acknowledge and honor the [leadership] lessons, skills, and gifts that our mothers and mother-figures have passed
down to us. We will each have a chance to share the ways in which the womxn that came before us have positively impacted the workplace, and how we hope to continue the work forward into an even stronger next generation of womxn. We will be utilizing a “talking circle” format for this session, influenced by a common Native American practice, where participants will share what messages and values they’ve received (good, bad, and in between) and what they hope to leave to the next generation
down to us. We will each have a chance to share the ways in which the womxn that came before us have positively impacted the workplace, and how we hope to continue the work forward into an even stronger next generation of womxn. We will be utilizing a “talking circle” format for this session, influenced by a common Native American practice, where participants will share what messages and values they’ve received (good, bad, and in between) and what they hope to leave to the next generation