The Social Justice Institute and the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women will present “Women’s Liberation at CWRU: Educating, Empowering, and Creating Social Change from 1965-1972,” an event of the center’s Spotlight on Women’s Research series.
The event will be Friday, April 6, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women at Tinkham Veale University Center.
Student Gillian Prater-Lee will present research on the women’s liberation movement at Case Western Reserve University from 1965-1972, including activism surrounding sexual liberation, reproductive rights, the Vietnam War and women in athletics. Panelists will discuss changes in women’s activism and representation at CWRU from 1965 to today.
The panelists will be:
- Christine Ash, alumna and retired vice president for planning and institutional research;
- Tori Hamilton, undergraduate student and president of the Feminist Collective at CWRU; and
- Colette Ngana, graduate student and reproductive rights activist.
The event is free and open to the community. A light lunch will be served.
Reservations requested to socialjustice@case.edu or 216.368.7568.