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5 posts tagged "Women’s Week"

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Dinner aims to spark dialogue during fourth annual Women’s Week

Megan Valley | Thursday, March 17, 2016

Students and faculty gathered Wednesday night for the Celebration of Women Dinner, as part of Women’s Week, which is sponsored by Shades of Ebony and the Gender Relations Center (GRC). Rachel Wallace, president of Shades of Ebony, said in her welcoming remarks that she is proud of how much Women’s Week, now in its fourth

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GRC to host Women’s Week 2015

Megan Valley | Monday, March 23, 2015

This week, the Gender Relations Center (GRC) partnered with Shades of Ebony, a club that recognizes the University’s African-American women, to celebrate the third annual Women’s Week. The theme is “Weaving the Stories of Notre Dame’s History.” Junior Chizo Ekechukwu, vice president of Shades of Ebony, said the annual event started as a celebration of the 40th

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Dinner celebrates women

Emily McConville | Thursday, March 27, 2014

Shades of Ebony held its second annual Celebration of Women Dinner, the culminating event of Women’s Week, on Thursday night in McKenna Hall. The event focused on the Women’s History Month theme “Character, Courage and Commitment” and featured three speakers and small-group discussions. The first speaker, freshman Grace Watkins, discussed her experience of sexual assault

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Panel marries careerism and family

Emma Borne | Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Shades of Ebony hosted the Sister Jean Roundtable on “Different Paths: The Intersection of Career and Family,” on Tuesday as part of Women’s Week. The group invited Iris Outlaw, Alyssia Coates and Christine Caron-Gebhardt to speak about their experiences balancing career and family life as females. Caron-Gebhardt, director of the Gender Relations Center, said there

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Shades of Ebony to host Women’s Week

Emily McConville | Sunday, March 23, 2014

This week, Shades of Ebony hosts its second annual Women’s Week, a series of presentations, discussions and other events designed to celebrate women at Notre Dame. Carina Reich, secretary of Shades of Ebony, said the intent of this year’s event is to continue a discussion about the role of women on campus, in the workforce

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University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in an email on Tuesday that Notre Dame will open a mass vaccination site in partnership with the St. Joseph County Health Department. 

🏥 The site will be at the Compton Family Ice Arena and will be open Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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“So we talked about abortion and marriage and re “So we talked about abortion and marriage and religious freedom, and I don’t know how we could not talk about it. I mean, we have to be authentic teachers. We’re not going to be silent about the truths that we hold dear.”

Joseph R. Biden has become the second Catholic President in United States history, but his position on abortion is “one that cannot be condoned” according to Rev. Robert Dowd. 

“Other bishops think that, because he’s a conscientious Catholic whose faith is obviously important to him, we should strike a more positive tone, particularly at the outset of his presidency. After all, in many ways Biden’s positions are more in line with Catholic teaching than Trump’s, particularly when it comes to migrants, refugees, climate issues, poverty and inequality,” Dowd continued. 

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🗳 Not sure who to vote for in Wednesday’s stu 🗳 Not sure who to vote for in Wednesday’s student body presidential elections? 

Meet the candidates and the platforms they are running on below. 

Candidates Allan Njomo and Matthew Bisner plan to:
📚Expand sexual education materials.
💵Subsidize summer classes for low-income students.
📝Alter the non-discrimination clause to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
🏳️‍🌈Establish a Pride Fest.

Candidates Max Siegel and Zachary Holland plan to:
💵Increase club funding through outside grants.
🔈Amplify Speak4ND.
💲Raise student job wages.
🗣Promote sexual assault and racially-charged reporting.
🟢Expand GreeNDot training to the outside community.

Candidates Mabry Webb and Jacob Calpey plan to:
👥Create a Sexual Assault Response task force.
💵Increase funding for the UCC and subsidize off-campus referrals.
♿Make campus buildings more disability accessible.
🩺Increase awareness of STI testing.
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