Feminist Research Institute

Need summer reading to distract you from the heat? Join the Feminist Research Institute reading group, Black Feminists Dream as we move through works by Audre Lorde, bell hooks, and Octavia Butler. First up on July 30th, Sister Outsider! Start reading this glorious set now!

FRI Summer Reading Club: Black Feminists Dream FRI Summer Reading Club: Black Feminists DreamTuesday, July 5:30 pmat Feminist Research Institute and online

Biking While Black Film is at The Guild Theater THURSDAY!!! Get your free tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biking-while-black-film-screening-and-discussion-tickets-882340593467?aff=oddtdtcreator

So excited for this event! Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biking-while-black-film-screening-and-discussion-tickets-882340593467?aff=oddtdtcreator

Organized by Civic Thread Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates Feminist Research Institute
Sponsored by REI UC Davis Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion UC Davis Women's Resources and Research Center Katie Valenzuela for City Council, District 4 Caity Maple UC Davis Public Scholarship and Engagement Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis (ITS-Davis)

Director Sarah McCullough has been named director of the new Environmental Justice Fellows program at UC Davis! Congratulations, Sarah.

In case you missed it in our October newsletter, meet our interim co-directors, Dr. Dawn Sumner (of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences) and Dr. Colleen Clancy (Departments of Physiology and Membrane Biology and Pharmacology). https://fri.ucdavis.edu/news/two-faculty-appointed-interim-co-directors

Two Faculty Appointed Interim Co-Directors The Feminist Research Institute is pleased to introduce Professor Dawn Sumner and Professor Colleen Clancy as interim co-directors of FRI. We are confident they will provide strong leadership and advocacy this year. Our previous faculty director, Dr. Kalindi Vora, is currently serving as a visiting....

One year and three NSF awards later, our program and grants manager Anna Ward details how we are rethinking the research process. https://fri.ucdavis.edu/news/new-knowledge-creators

The New Knowledge Creators At the Feminist Research Institute, we believe in a future of justice and inclusivity, and in a knowledge base made more impactful by intersectional research. And we think this approach to research is a little bit radical. Our research strategy is focused less on carving out topical niches, and more...

Thank you Kalindi, grant awards announcements and Asking Different Questions -- our September newsletter is out now. https://mailchi.mp/060cd34dfe51/september-newsletter

We're proud, sad and grateful to share with you the news that our director from 2018-2021, Dr. Kalindi Vora, has joined Yale University as visiting professor. https://fri.ucdavis.edu/news/thanks-not-goodbye

Thanks not Goodbye Many of you know and have received support for your scholarship from Dr. Kalindi Vora. For over two years, Dr. Vora served as faculty director of the Feminist Research Institute and was instrumental in growing our mission-driven programming. “There are countless individuals on campus who benefit f...

In case you missed it: our May newsletter is out now. Check it out for info and events on data feminism, Katherine McKittrick & videos on reproductive justice & antiracism in STS - https://mailchi.mp/525b6d947ef1/may-newsletter-fri

Did you miss our April newsletter? No worries! It's online now. Updates on new student staff and all kinds of new programming.

Read the newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/d423f63fbed5/april-newsletter-fri
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Anti-Asian racism and anti-Asian sentiments can't be ignored. Hate has no place here. Aggies, please help spread the word that resources are available:

*Speak to a crisis counselor by calling SHCS at 530-752-0871 and pressing 0
*Asian Pacific Islander Retention Initiative: https://apiretention.ucdavis.edu
*Cross Cultural Center: https://ccc.ucdavis.edu/resources/community-resources
*Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: https://diversity.ucdavis.edu/resources-racial-trauma

If you are wondering what you can do in support of our API community, you can also be an "UPSTANDER." Three things you can do to stand up against acts of hate, bias and bigotry:

1) Intervene
2) Delegate
3) Distract

For more information on how to be an UPSTANDER, visit:https://diversity.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk731/files/inline-files/Bystander2Upstander.pdf

UC Davis grad students: apply by 3/19 to join the second Asking Different Questions Scholars program.

WHAT: a social justice-oriented research training program
WHEN: Spring quarter, Fridays 12-1:30pm
WHERE: virtual
WHO: the Scholars Program is open to UC Davis graduate students
More info and apply below!

Apply to the Second Asking Different Questions Scholars Program UC Davis graduate students can apply now to participate in the Asking Different Questions Scholars program for Spring Quarter 2021. This quarter-long research training workshop is grounded in a commitment to social justice, and welcomes researchers who seek to better incorporate their values into th...

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A California University Tries to Shield an Entire City From Coronavirus The University of California, Davis, is providing free testing, masks and quarantine housing to tens of thousands of people who live nearby.