UCR Women's Resource Center

Hey Highlanders! The WRC will be closed on Wednesday, September 4th for staff training! We’ll be back on Thursday, September 5th 🪻

The WRC will be closed on Monday, September 2nd in observance of Labor Day! We’ll be back on Tuesday, September 3rd 💜

Happy Pride Month from everyone at the WRC 🌈

Sappho’s Circle will not be meeting on Monday, May 27th due to the Memorial Day holiday! Thank you to everyone that has been a part of our circle! We’ll see you in the fall 🧡🤍🩷

Happening this Friday, May 24th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM! Join CARA, NRHH, and the Women’s Resource Center for our last Oban Thrift Swap for the quarter! Stop by the poolhouse to donate gently used clothes and even find some goodies yourself! Food will be provided 👚 👖 👕 🩳

Join the Women’s Resource Center on Friday, May 24th from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM for an afternoon of manifesting your perfect summer through vision boarding! Supplies will be available, but feel free to bring your own. Light refreshments will be provided ☀️⛱️🌊

Calling all Parent Scholars! Mark your calendars with our upcoming events! Join us and connect with other Parent Scholars while learning useful tips to balance school and personal life. 💙💛

Additionally, don’t forget to register for Family Graduation by May 24th! Join us for a family friendly ceremony celebrating your accomplishments! 🎓

Stiff from studying? Take a deep breath after midterms and join us for Yoga at the SRC in MPR E from 2:30-3:30 this Friday, May 10! 🧘🏽‍♀️💙

Link to register in bio!

Marhaba (Hello) Everyone! Join us on Wednesday, May 15th from 12:30 to 2:00 PM as we break the ice to discuss how to use your voice as femme-identifying SWANA women! We are excited to initiate this conversation with the MESC, CARE, and CAPS and look forward to hear your input on the topic 📢

The Women’s Resource Center is hiring! Scroll through our post for more information about our committees. The application link is in our bio!

PRIORITY APPLICATION CLOSES ON MAY 15TH, 2024. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis afterward.

Qualifications: 
- Cumulative GPA must be at least 2.75 (applies to both Committee Chairs and Student Assistants)
- Must be willing to work an average of 10 hours and no more than 19.5 hours per week across all campus jobs (this position requires some weekends and evenings)
- Student Assistants must be a UCR undergraduate student enrolled in at least 12 units for the Fall Quarter
- Committee Chairs must be either a 3rd or 4th-year UCR undergraduate student enrolled in at least 12 units for the Fall Quarter
- To be a Committee Chair, applicants must have previous leadership experience

Join the Women’s Resource Center and the Student Disability Union at UCR on Monday, May 6th from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM in HUB 265 for an inclusive presentation on sexual health and agency for students with disabilities! Boba will be available for the first 20 participants 💙

Students joined us to learn about the realities of alcohol and drug use on campus as well as tips to ensure they’re drinking safely. In the end, they had a chance to wear beer goggles to experience the effects of excessive and unsafe drinking.🤯

Happy Valentine's Day! Thank you for joining us yesterday for our Galentines event. We built new friendships while making lego roses! 💖

Thank you for joining us today! Madeline Sin did an amazing presentation on "How to Give an Elevator Pitch." 🌟

PERIOD PARTY IS BACK!!!🩸 Join us as we celebrate sustainable menstruation & how it looks like! This event will be part of our R’Bodies series. Red snacks, a presentation by Marisol from The Well, & free period products available with different activity winners. Join us at Pentland Hills Foxhole (F/G) on Wednesday, November 29th 💗🩸

WRC has been supporting Highlander women since 1973! How are you celebrating our 50th anniversary? We purchased some retro-inspired keychains to remind you that you always have a home at 260 Costo Hall. To get your free WRC keychain, do one of the following tasks and then come by WRC to pick up your prize:

-Tag a friend

-Write your favorite WRC memory in the comments

-Tell us about an inspiring Highlander woman in the comments

-Take a picture in front of our WRC Exhibit at the UCR Tomás Rivera Library and tag us

Limit 50. First come first serve.

The UCR Women's Resource Center, School of Public Policy, and Office of Governmental and Community Relations welcome you to the sixth annual Persist: Women’s Political Engagement Conference.

The in-person conference will take place next month on October 13th from 3 to 9 p.m. at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum.

Learn more and register at https://persist.ucr.edu/ or https://2022-persist.eventbrite.com/.

Thank you, Mayor Casillas, for all that you do to support women’s political engagement!! You’re the true embodiment of what Persist stands for!

What an honor to receive the inaugural Per-Sist Women’s Political Engagement Award!

This award goes to every woman persisting through life’s daily challenges to make our community a better place. And to every woman, wherever you are on your political engagement journey- thank you for jumping in!

As said,
“Women are worthy.
Women get things done.
Women persist.”

Thank you for another inspiring Per-Sist Conference!

*****SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT******
Joining us Saturday on the PERSIST MAIN STAGE at 11:30am is Yamiche Alcindor!

Yamiche is the White House correspondent for the PBS News Hour; the moderator of Washington Week, the weekly public affairs show on PBS; and a political contributor for NBC News and MSNBC. She often tells stories about the intersection of race and politics as well as fatal police encounters. She is currently covering the administration of President Joe Biden and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

She earned a master's degree in broadcast news and documentary filmmaking from New York University and a bachelor's in English, government and African American studies from Georgetown University.

We are so excited to bring Yamiche to help us celebrate the 5th anniversary edition of the Persist Women’s Political Engagement Conference along with many other powerful and dynamic speakers! Stay tuned for more speaker announcements!

Persist is FREE and open to the public! Register today at https://hopin.com/events/persist.

Highlanders, Community Members, Friends & Allies, the 5th annual Persist Women’s Political Engagement Conference registration is open NOW! Head to the https://hopin.com/events/persist to sign up via Hopin and register!

You won’t want to miss this years groundbreaking line up! We’re bringing back a crowd favorite with the Local Elected Panel, this year’s focus is Q***r Representation in Public Office! We’ve also added a panel on Climate Change AND we’ll hear from two leaders on the US exit from Afghanistan and its implications for Women’s Rights in the Region.

The Mentor Café is packed with powerful people ready to share their knowledge and experiences about the various ways to engage your community!

The Breakout Sessions will give you the tools you need to bring change to your campus and community whether you want to run for office or advocate for change!

And of course, we’ve got amazing speakers on the mainstage too! Hear from PBS News Hour Host YAMICHE ALCINDOR, SENATOR SYDNEY KAMLAGER and many more!

As always Persist is FREE and open to the public! Tell your friends and family to join you for 2 days that will leave you inspired and equipped!