6:30 p.m.
This presentation will make the case for Abolition in response to the problem of gender violence from the perspective of Black feminist theory and praxis. It will include a history of the anti-violence movement in the US, ethnographic data from a current research study and recommendations for non-carceral alternatives.
7 p.m.
Whitney Trotter, RD, RN (she/her) is dually licensed as a Registered Dietitian, Nurse, and yoga instructor. Whitney has over ten years of experience working as a registered dietitian serving the HIV/AIDS community as well as working in the eating disorder field. Whitney also previously worked at a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center as a Pediatric emergency room nurse. In addition to working as a RDN and RN Whitney has served as a member of her county’s Rape Crisis Center. Her work at the Rape Crisis Center equipped her to co-found an anti-trafficking organization Restore Corps, where she now provides medical training to the community focusing on human trafficking response. Whitney is also the owner/founder of Bluff City Health, a private practice specializing in bridging the gap in the eating disorder field of equitable care and social justice
Taylor Craven, MS, RDN, CD, LDN (he/him or they/them): I am a master’s level Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who is transgender, queer, neurodivergent, and recovered from my own eating disorder. I have experience with adults, teens, children, and families with disordered eating recovery. I have a special passion for the LGBTQ+ community, particularly transgender folx and advocating for inclusive, informed, and accessible care. I am also passionate about working with ARFID and creatively exploring recovery for each unique individual and family.
6 p.m.
In this panel, a part of the History Lecture Series, speakers will discuss the insights from each of their talks and connect the history of capitalism across the globe.
6 p.m.
This lecture, a part of the History Lecture Series, takes a journey through the many transformations of Palestine and Israel through the land’s most iconic commodity.
6 p.m.
This talk, a part of the History Lecture Series, traces the development of tea as a beverage of choice across the modern world and its growth as an industry in Asia.
7 p.m.
This lecture will explore how unresolved racialized histories of state-perpetrated violence create conditions of possibility and impossibility for performance artists.
6 p.m.
History Lecture Series returns in January 2022 with three presentations by UW history faculty on global capitalism. This talk examines capitalism through its crises.
4:30 p.m.
Join the Ellison Center for “Revealing Schemes: The Politics of Conspiracy in Russia and the Post-Soviet Region” with Scott Radnitz, moderated by Jacqueline Miller.
3 p.m.
Our panelists will discuss the history that surrounds issues of gender inequity, sexism, and discrimination in the sports world.
Noon
Museums have the potential to be transformative spaces of human connection, care, listening, justice, and community power. It’s up to us to embrace our role as agents of change and be a part of the collective effort to reshape the future. Let’s come together and talk about some of the ways, big and small, that we can take action and start that change right now.