Featured Events for 2022
Kate Kelly
Kate Kelly is a zealous advocate and passionate activist. She has a JD from American University Washington College of Law, the only law school in the world founded by, and for, women. She graduated cum laude in 2012, and received the Class of 2012 Peter M. Cicchino Award for Outstanding Advocacy in the Public Interest. She is a vocal women’s rights champion in the U.S., and around the world. Kate spent the better part of the last two years working in the U.S. House of Representatives, primarily on the Equal Rights Amendment.
In her legal career she has had various incredible opportunities including working as an Ella Baker Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights; a law clerk at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; a research assistant to the Chair of the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva, Switzerland; a post-grad fellow at the Women’s Refugee Commission; an attorney at the RFK Center for Justice & Human Rights; Legal Advisor for Legal Action Worldwide working on sexual violence legislation in Somalia, and litigating before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; consultant for the United Nations High Commission on Refugees report Women on the Run; and Strategic Advocacy & Policy Counsel at the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah; Legal Fellow for the Human Rights in the U.S. Project at Columbia Law School; Human Rights Attorney at Equality Now. She spent the better part of the last two years working in the U.S. House of Representatives, primarily on the Equal Rights Amendment.
Kate believes the simple and popular adage that women’s rights are human rights, and is committed to legal advocacy & education for women & other marginalized groups. She is a nationally-known advocate for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, and Host of the podcast Ordinary Equality. She has a forthcoming book also called “Ordinary Equality” about the history of the women who have shaped the U.S. Constitution. BUY ORDINARY EQUALITY NOW!
In 2013 Kate founded a group called Ordain Women to advocate for gender equality in the Mormon Church. She was convicted of apostasy by 3 male Mormon leaders & excommunicated from the church in June 2014 for speaking out against the institutional oppression of women. But, Kate’s work for women’s equality continues unabated. Thanks to her work with Ordain Women, and her outspoken advocacy, Kate has a Wikipedia page accompanied by a disambiguation term she is proud of: Kate Kelly (feminist).
In her legal career she has had various incredible opportunities including working as an Ella Baker Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights; a law clerk at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; a research assistant to the Chair of the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva, Switzerland; a post-grad fellow at the Women’s Refugee Commission; an attorney at the RFK Center for Justice & Human Rights; Legal Advisor for Legal Action Worldwide working on sexual violence legislation in Somalia, and litigating before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; consultant for the United Nations High Commission on Refugees report Women on the Run; and Strategic Advocacy & Policy Counsel at the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah; Legal Fellow for the Human Rights in the U.S. Project at Columbia Law School; Human Rights Attorney at Equality Now. She spent the better part of the last two years working in the U.S. House of Representatives, primarily on the Equal Rights Amendment.
Kate believes the simple and popular adage that women’s rights are human rights, and is committed to legal advocacy & education for women & other marginalized groups. She is a nationally-known advocate for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, and Host of the podcast Ordinary Equality. She has a forthcoming book also called “Ordinary Equality” about the history of the women who have shaped the U.S. Constitution. BUY ORDINARY EQUALITY NOW!
In 2013 Kate founded a group called Ordain Women to advocate for gender equality in the Mormon Church. She was convicted of apostasy by 3 male Mormon leaders & excommunicated from the church in June 2014 for speaking out against the institutional oppression of women. But, Kate’s work for women’s equality continues unabated. Thanks to her work with Ordain Women, and her outspoken advocacy, Kate has a Wikipedia page accompanied by a disambiguation term she is proud of: Kate Kelly (feminist).
The Loyola Project
In 1963, at the height of the civil rights movement, the Loyola Ramblers of Chicago broke racial barriers and changed college basketball forever. Now, nearly 60 years later, this legendary team is reexamined by Loyola basketball player and co-captain, Lucas Williamson. Woven together with archival footage and modern day interviews, this captivating story continues to provide inspiration in the fight for equality.
The Panel:
Xavier DuSell, UW Men's Basketball
John Griffin, The Black 14
Dr. Mary Beth Brown, American Heritage Center
When: April 19, 2022 | 6:30pm
Where: UW Education Auditorium
Movie Trailer
The Panel:
Xavier DuSell, UW Men's Basketball
John Griffin, The Black 14
Dr. Mary Beth Brown, American Heritage Center
When: April 19, 2022 | 6:30pm
Where: UW Education Auditorium
Movie Trailer
read, rant, relate: redux! Black sky
Read, Rant, Relate returns in a new way with performance excerpts and a panel discussion of BLACK SKY by Amanda L. Andrei, an exciting new work that “expertly engages themes of female power, identity, and expectations in our current world - and our future one. At a pertinent age of self-discovery, the five unique female-identifying characters of this play must establish their relationships with society, with their peers, and with their own bodies, all while navigating a critical point in their psychological development.”
The Panel:
Amanda L. Andrei, BLACK SKY Playwright
Dr. Christine Boggs, UW Queer Studies, Shepard Symposium Co-Chair
Naomi Boldon, Laramie Reproductive Health Executive Director
Facilitated by Daniel Galbreath, with Anne Mason and Kat Tyler
When: April 20, 2022 | 3:30pm
Where: UW Art Museum, 2111 E. Willett Drive
This event is free and open to the public. A live stream of this event will also be available through zoom. Please register here to receive the zoom link.
Funded by Wyoming Humanities, this event is connected to ‘Contemporary in Black & White Selections from the Art Museum Collection' exhibition.
The Panel:
Amanda L. Andrei, BLACK SKY Playwright
Dr. Christine Boggs, UW Queer Studies, Shepard Symposium Co-Chair
Naomi Boldon, Laramie Reproductive Health Executive Director
Facilitated by Daniel Galbreath, with Anne Mason and Kat Tyler
When: April 20, 2022 | 3:30pm
Where: UW Art Museum, 2111 E. Willett Drive
This event is free and open to the public. A live stream of this event will also be available through zoom. Please register here to receive the zoom link.
Funded by Wyoming Humanities, this event is connected to ‘Contemporary in Black & White Selections from the Art Museum Collection' exhibition.
Black sky - A relative theatrics production
In a near future world where the government trains teenagers to manage disasters, five young women embark on a training scenario in the Appalachian Mountains to fix a regional electrical grid. As the girls hide secrets about their pasts and what is installed in their bodies, leadership and friendship become fractured. And when a freak electromagnetic storm hits the grid and injures the teens, they must fight for their bodies, relationships, and lives, struggling with a question that faces many of us today: how do we grow up in a world that is falling apart?
When: April 20, 21, 22, 23 - 2022 | 7:30pm
Where: LPCC Gryphon Theatre
Cost: $14-$16
Purchase Tickets
Some complimentary tickets available - email amason@relativetheatrics.com for details.
Content Warning: BLACK SKY is suitable for mature audiences and includes flashing lights and scenes that some viewers may find challenging, including use of profanity, simulated physical intimacy, smoking, blood, and discussion of homosexuality, self-harm, endometriosis, and female reproductive health.
When: April 20, 21, 22, 23 - 2022 | 7:30pm
Where: LPCC Gryphon Theatre
Cost: $14-$16
Purchase Tickets
Some complimentary tickets available - email amason@relativetheatrics.com for details.
Content Warning: BLACK SKY is suitable for mature audiences and includes flashing lights and scenes that some viewers may find challenging, including use of profanity, simulated physical intimacy, smoking, blood, and discussion of homosexuality, self-harm, endometriosis, and female reproductive health.
Laramie Community Climate Summit
The Sustainability Coalition in partnership with the Shepard Symposium on Social Justice is hosting the Laramie Community Climate Summit, Friday, April 22nd 12-4pm in the UW Union.
The event will feature regional and local speaker, including a presentation on emissions reduction recommendations from Laramie’s joint community-university climate action taskforce. Laramie, Albany County, and UW community members (YOU!) should join to provide feedback on these recommendations and more!
Click "REGISTRATION" at the top of this page to register, and please indicate if you need to attend via zoom. Email sustainability.coalition.uwyo@gmail.com with any questions.
The event will feature regional and local speaker, including a presentation on emissions reduction recommendations from Laramie’s joint community-university climate action taskforce. Laramie, Albany County, and UW community members (YOU!) should join to provide feedback on these recommendations and more!
Click "REGISTRATION" at the top of this page to register, and please indicate if you need to attend via zoom. Email sustainability.coalition.uwyo@gmail.com with any questions.
Pre-Concert Discussion: Variegated Inflorescence
As we celebrate and acknowledge our roots, this collaboration connects these roots to art as activism through the colorfully variegated stems, stalks, bracts, and flowers that are the musicians and artists of today. This concert features music composed by members of communities that are typically underrepresented in classical music, including the World Premier of nonbinary composer, Yoshi Weinberg's, "Some People Are Flowers." The concert will take place in the UW Art Museum's galleries amidst artwork by Anne Samat. Samat's work transforms traditional Malaysian Pua Kumbu weaving techniques and industrial materials into anthropomorphic structures that explore identity, gender, individuality, and love.
Please join us in the galleries at 4:30pm for a pre-concert discussion about "Some People Are Flowers" with flautist Nicole Riner and hornist Katherine Smith.
Please join us in the galleries at 4:30pm for a pre-concert discussion about "Some People Are Flowers" with flautist Nicole Riner and hornist Katherine Smith.
QUEER COMMUNITY COALITION Spring Dance: ENchanted Forest
QCC is holding is annual free prom like dance on Friday April 22nd from 8:30-11:30pm in the Union Ballroom (Rooms 220B & 220C). Partnering with ASUW, Multicultural Affairs, and Laramie PFLAG, the QCC Dance is for everyone to attend and gives a chance for students to have a prom where they can go with their partners or as their genders, in a protected space. Tickets are FREE and available at the Union Information Desk. There will be free dinner and Sugar Mouse cupcakes for all those who attend. This is the QCC dance so dress how you want to present and come with whomever and however you would like!
UNITED MULTICULTURAL COUNCIL DRAG SHOW
Drag Show is back at The University of Wyoming, with The United Multicultural Council’s annual UMC Drag Show Saturday April 23rd, at 7:30pm. Come celebrate the final event of Shepard Symposium on Social Justice with your host Dixie Krystals and performances by Khrys'taaal, Maverick Smith, Faraiyah StaxXx Bloomee, Menaje E'Toi, and Sage Chanell. Don’t forget to bring those tips as we hope to see you at 7:30pm in the Wyoming Union Ballroom (rooms 220A & 220B)!