Facilitated by Michaela Brown and Liz Moore

Thursday, March 9, 2023 – 12-1:30pm in Monroe Hall 207 WAGE Center Lounge

Co-sponsored by
The Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee of CAHSS
Women and Center Education (WAGE) Center & Gender, Women’s, & Sexuality Studies Program (GWSS)

All students, staff and faculty are welcome to participate in this workshop.

This workshop seeks to address the reality that white women often occupy much of the committees that lead on race equity on campus. Being an anti-racism ally takes more than good intention. Just as Harry Blackmun says “in order to get beyond racism we have to take account of race,” in order to get to allyship we have to recognize our susceptibility to collude with oppression.

Allies should consider how to better equip themselves so that they don’t cause harm to members of marginalized communities in their activism and contribute to dynamics that perpetuates the inequities they seek to dismantle. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn how white women’s experience with patriarchy can be turned into a window for them to understand how they can be more effective as an anti-racism ally.

Michaela Brown (she/her) is a deeply curious, over-thinking, heart-in-hand lover of people and history. Her background in collective impact organizing and commitment to advancing a world where everyone belongs has led her to serve in many community capacities focused on advancing individual and collective learning around diversity, equity, and inclusion (which includes her role as the Director of Community Learning for Excelerate Success, an education equity partnership, and in her roles as a race equity facilitator). Her formal education in history and leadership studies combined with her passion for multi-cultural education, identity development, and community healing has brought her to the JustLead Team ready to grow with and cheer on change makers across Washington state.

As a multi-racial woman, Michaela finds power in the ability to hold the complexities of our interconnected lives and leans on the mantra by adrienne maree brown: “Where we are born into privilege we are charged to unlearn any myth of supremacy, where we are born into struggle, we are charged with claiming or dignity, joy and liberation.” Emboldened by the brilliance of our ancestors as well as modern revolutionaries, Michaela in her wholeness seeks to cultivate learning spaces that are relational and transformative.

Liz Moore (she/her) has worked for racial justice, worker rights, and grassroots power for more than 25 years as an organizer, educator, and leader. Through her consulting practice (www.ConsultLizMoore.com), Liz works with unions and community-based organizations with a focus on organizing skills, popular education, and racial equity. In addition, Liz is the Executive Director of the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane (www.peacejustice.org).

Liz began her activist life with PJALS as a high school student after looking up “peace” in the phone book. The Peace and Justice Action League engages everyday people to build a just and nonviolent world through community organizing, grassroots activist education, and supporting youth as leaders. In all that she does, Liz holds fast to the belief that everyday people have the power to build a just and nonviolent world.

In celebration of Giving Joy Day, and with the hope that you will participate, the College of Social Sciences will host a “Giving Station.” We invite you to stop by, say hello and have some coffee, punch and yummy treats. While you are here, you will be able to quickly and easily give a gift of any amount to the EWU fund that means the most to you.

Event Details
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018
All Day
CSS Offices, Senior Hall

Washington State Attorney General, Bob Ferguson, will speak at EWU on current legal issues facing the state and the country. Bob Ferguson is Washington State’s 18th Attorney General. As the state’s chief legal officer, Bob is committed to protecting the people of Washington against powerful interests that don’t play by the rules. He is a fourth-generation Washingtonian, a graduate of the University of Washington and New York University.

Bob Ferguson will be speaking from 10-11 a.m. on Nov. 30, 2018 in the Hargreaves Reading Room.

Interesting facts about Bob Ferguson:

• Bob has hiked hundreds of miles of Washington’s trails and climbed many of the state’s highest peaks. Bob has summited the highest points in 45 of the 50 United States.
• His family homesteaded on the beautiful Skagit River, which may explain why Bob is such an enthusiastic mountain climber, backpacker, and birder.
• Bob is an internationally rated chess master and twice won the Washington State Chess Championship.
• Bob is an avid baseball fan and once took a trip with a college buddy to see a baseball game in every major league stadium.
• Bob began his legal career in Spokane. He clerked for two federal judges before returning to Seattle to join Preston, Gates, and Ellis (now K&L Gates) where his civil rights litigation practice included work on behalf of taxpayers, corporations and small businesses.

Source: Washington State Office of the Attorney General

Come meet author Kate Brown as listen as she talks about Plutopia, nuclear families, atomic cities and the great Soviet and American plutonium disasters.

The event will be held on Friday, Oct. 12 at noon in the Showalter Auditorium. Refreshments and a meet-and-greet to follow the presentation.

Come meet the candidates for the 2018 elections for the 6th Legislative District. The candidate forum will be held on Oct. 3, 2018 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Hargreaves Reading Room (room 201).

The candidates are Jeff Holy, Jessa Lewis, Dave Wilson, Jenny Graham, Mike Voltz and Kay Murano.

Not able to attend in person in Cheney? Stream the live event, or head to SEWC 118 at the Spokane Campus