We in Here, Too: Creating Safer Spaces in Music Scenes
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About this event
Come and learn about creating safe spaces for concert-goers and partiers in Chicago! Party Noire and Our Music My Body will discuss the efforts and challenges of curating sexual-harassment-free spaces.
Lunch will be provided.
Hosted by UIC Women's Leadership and Resource Center as part of its Feminisms Lunch Lecture series.
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The Party Noire community is an inclusive cultural hub celebrating Black femmes, QWOC, + Black womynhood along the gender spectrum. They host a regular dance party at The Promontory in Hyde Park.
Our Music My Body is a campaign in collaboration with Resilience and Between Friends working with festival and venue staff, musicians, and music fans alike to raise awareness about sexual harassment in the music scene and promote a harassment-free music experience for all.
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WLRC's suite is wheelchair-accessible and includes an accessible, all-gender restroom. The building has an elevator to reach the third floor. The front entrance to the building requires using a buzzer that is above many wheelchair heights. Please feel free to call us at (312) 413-1025 when you arrive for assistance with the front door. Please call or email us a few days in advance for any other accommodation requests.
Organizer UIC Women's Leadership and Resource Center
Organizer of We in Here, Too: Creating Safer Spaces in Music Scenes
Women's Leadership & Resource Center (WLRC) is one of UIC's Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change.
Campus Advocacy Network (CAN) provides support and advocacy for survivors of interpersonal violence, includng sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking, as well as anti-violence education and programming.
