Advocacy at the Women's Center

To serve as an effective catalyst to achieve equity for women on a large campus, requires that a lot of the Women’s Center’s work be behind-the-scenes advocacy. Some of our work involves individual advocacy on the behalf of students, staff and faculty. But more often, we work as advocates for institutional change on issues impacting women by working strategically with key players, offices and committees on campus and in the community. The Women’s Center finds supportive individuals from entry level employees to Vice Presidents and the Provost. Some of the major committees we work with include:

• University Women’s Consortium (made up of over 20 organizations/offices with a major interest in helping women succeed on campus)
• Civil Service Bargaining Unit Women’s Action Network
• Professional and Administrative Women’s Council
• Women’s Faculty Cabinet
• Human Resources’ Child Care Committee
• System-wide Equity and Diversity Action Network (SEDAN)
• Senate Equity and Diversity Committee
• Coalition for a Respectful U
• University Women of Color

Thus, we work in collaboration with some amazing people across campus, some who have worked for equity for decades and others who have more recently brought their knowledge and energy to creating a more welcoming and respectful climate for women and, as a result, the entire University.

University Women's Consortium 2009-10

• Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education
• Career/Life Alliances
• Carlson School of Management -Women’s Initiatives/ Diversity Initiatives
• Center on Women and Public Policy
• Civil Service/Bargaining Unit Women’s Action Network
• Committee on Women in Science, Engineering & Medicine
• Disability Services
• Expression Connection - Nursing Mothers Room
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally Programs Office
• Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department
• Housing and Residential Life
• Institute Technology Program for Women
• International Women’s Rights Action Watch
• Interfaith Campus Coalition
• National Women’s Studies Association
• Office for Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
• Office for Equity & Diversity Communications Director
• Women’s Center (convener)
• Debra L. Powell Center for Women’s Health
• Student Parent HELP Center
• Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sports
• University Child Care Center
• University Counseling Center- women’s issues rep.
• University Women of Color
• Voices from the Gaps: An Online Source for Women Writers of Color
• Wellness Collaborative & Recreation Sports
• Women’s Faculty Cabinet
• Women’s Leadership Institute
• Women’s Student Activist Collective
• Women’s Studies Library
• Women’s Philanthropic Leadership Circle (in CEHD)
• WorkLife Initiative & Relocation Assistance Program