Black Politics in America: Voting Rights and Incarceration
Black Politics Flyer Feb 12
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Lester Spence- “It Don’t Stop: The Promise of Hip-Hop and Black Politics”
Race Survey Symposium
On Wednesday, November 6, our department co-sponsored an interesting and important symposium on campus race relations. The event was held from 1:00-4:00pm in Gorgas 205 and was titled “Student Perceptions of Race Relations at the University of Alabama: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.” The symposium featured several researchers from other universities who are experts on race relations and public opinion. In addition, several UA faculty members participated as well (including members of our department). The symposium was centered around the results […]
Fall 2013 GRS Courses
In the Fall of 2013, In addition to introductory courses in African American Studies and Women’s Studies, Gender and Race Studies offered the following courses: AAST 352/WS 352 Social Inequality AAST 395/WS 310 Afro-Caribbean Crossings AAST 395 Black Politics AAST 395 Latin America, Film and Society AAST 401 Black Intellectual Thought AAST 402 Latin American Fiction AAST 495/WS 310 Critical Whiteness Studies WS 430 Women in Contemporary Society AAST 502/WS 510 Critical Race Theory AAST 502/WS 510 Gender, Race and […]
One Billion Rising
On Valentine’s day this year, the Women’s Resource Center and students at the University of Alabama joined the One Billion Rising campaign. The One Billion Rising campaign was founded by Eve Ensler to raise awareness about global violence against women. This year in cities across the globe, women came together in flash mobs on Valentine’s day to dance for awareness. Through the V day flash mobs, women were able to take up public space with their bodies and create community […]
Real Education for Healthy Youth Act
This Thursday, Representative Barbara Lee (California) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (New Jersey) reintroduced the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act. This legislation would create the first federal standards for sexual health education and require youth receive comprehensive, medically-accurate, and unbiased information on sexuality and sexual health. In Alabama, schools are not mandated to provide sex education to students. When sex education is provided, the state’s policy requires educators to primarily emphasize abstinence until heterosexual marriage though information on contraceptives must […]
The Unexpected Feminism of HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS
Here is what I was expecting when I went to see HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS. A) There would be witches. B) Hansel and Gretel would hunt them. C) It would probably be a better movie than, say, VAN HELSING (the movie that critics seem to be comparing it to most frequently)—because how could it not be? And D) I would emerge from the movie theater with the mixed feeling of annoyance (at what I assumed would be its sexist, […]
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Brown Bag Lecture Series
UA Women Leaders in Action
Apply online for the UA Women Leaders in Action at wrc.ua.edu. Applications are due on Friday, February 24, 2012 at noon. For questions, please contact 205-348-5040.
Civil Rights Day Trip
Contact the Women’s Resource Center at 348-5040 if you are interested in participating in the Civil Rights Day Trip on Saturday, February 25, 2012. Transportation and admission are free. Lunch will not be provided.