2010 Women of Color Event

This year’s conference theme is Leadership and Collaboration in Shaping the Future:  The Intersections of Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality.  The conference will be held April 16-17, 2010 at the James R. Connor University Center on the UW-Whitewater campus.  The awards ceremony and luncheon will on Saturday, April 17, 2010.

The 2010 Outstanding Women of Color in Education Awards and Luncheon will be held Saturday April 17th, 2010 from 11:30-1:30 in the Hamilton Room of the University Center on the UW-Whitewater Campus.  Madison’s Poet Laureate, Fabu Carter-Brisco, will present the awards.  The awards luncheon is included in the registration fees for conference attendees.

If you would like to attend the awards luncheon but do not plan to attend the conference, please send a check for $10 per person made out to UW-System and the names of the attendees to: WOCE Awards, WSC UW System, 1660 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706.  Please include an email address for confirmation – if no email address is indicated, your mailing address should be included.

The UW System Outstanding Women of Color in Education Awards were initiated in 1994 to acknowledge the ties and shared concerns among administrators, faculty, staff, and students within Women’s Studies and Ethnic Studies, and to uphold a continuing commitment to Plan 2008: Education Quality through Racial and Ethnic Diversity. The event is co-sponsored by the UW System Women’s Studies Consortium and the UW System Office of Diversity Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

Go to http://wsc.uwsa.edu/events/woc/woc.htm for a list of the 2009 honorees and links to previous years.

The UW System Women’s Studies Consortium, and the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, wish to publicly recognize the contributions that women of color have made to the UW System, and in particular, to diversity and women’s studies. 

Selection Criteria:

• Women of color who have worked in the areas of women’s studies scholarship and activism, especially as they have served to improve the status and climate for women, particularly women of color.
• Women of color who have advocated for women, particularly women of color.
• Women of color who have consistently demonstrated their ability to rally diverse forces together to advance the agenda of women, particularly that of women of color.
• Women of color who have created positive changes at your institutional level, i.e., curriculum development and infusion, receiving grants, and mentoring women.
• Women of color who have demonstrated an understanding of the interplay of family and community and culture in the lives of women of color.

We appreciate your help and look forward to celebrating with you and your institution’s honoree in April! 

2009 Recipients

If you have additional questions, please contact the UW System Women’s Studies Consortium (608-262-3056) or wscoffice@uwsa.edu.