Past Events

Join us for a Tackling Tough Topics Together dialogue about #MeToo, exploring intersecting roles of gender, race, class and sexual orientation in events such as Anita Hill’s testimony at the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas (Hill will speak at Lehigh on Feb. 7). More recent accusations of sexual assault are present in the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh; the “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary; and firing of “Bohemian Rhapsody” director Bryan Singer, among others. Are there commonalities or distinctions? What are the impacts? The dialogue will take place in the Linderman Library Bayer Galleria, Room 342. Lunch is provided. All are welcome. If you are an individual with a disability and need accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact Maria Zullo at maz317@lehigh.edu or (610) 758-4152. Advocates with Lehigh’s Office of Gender Violence Education and Support will be in attendance to provide support. GVES, the Advocates, Break the Silence peer educators, and the Center for Gender Equity will host a debrief session and safe space for survivors of sexual assault or harassment from 2 to 3 p.m. at UC 306 following the Tackling Tough Topics Together session. We look forward to seeing you! Brought to you by the Council for Equity and Community (CEC) Education and Dialogue Working Group, Office of Gender Violence Education and Support (GVES), and the Center for Gender Equity (CGE).

Join the Center for Gender Equity and the Office of Multicultural Affairs for a dilogue on the 2020 Candidates!

Lehigh University is hosting its second annual one-day symposium in advance of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). This year’s priority theme is “Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls”. Expanding on this theme, we seek to explore how the work of regional community organizations, educational institutions, and individual faculty, staff, and students (undergraduate and graduate) engage with the theme of “Gender and Empowerment, Access, and Infrastructure” in their work, research, advocacy, and lives. We invite submissions in the format of a brief biography and experience, work, or research statement which together should not exceed 500 words. Upon acceptance, participants will be invited to circulate discussion topics and questions in advance of the symposium. Submission Deadline: Sunday, February 3, 2019 ( send to: som212@lehigh.edu )

2019 Theme: The 2019 Be Your Own theme asks participants to visualize through art-making their spiritual, emotional, or physical relationship with roots, origins, and migrations. People move away from or back to their roots. People reimagine or finally find their origins. People voluntarily and involuntarily migrate in and across borders, elements of their identities, and communities. Join us in making art to make change!