FREE Center's kickoff event — Sexual Violence and Accountability at OSU and Beyond: Feminist Conversations
The FREE Center will host a day dedicated to the feminist conversations that are essential to furthering our understanding of responsibility, transparency, and accountability at Ohio State.
About
Our university has made national headlines due to public controversies related to freedom of speech, sexual harassment, trafficking, and lack of accountability. From Ted Carter’s surprise resignation, to Les Wexner’s ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, to the release of the documentary Surviving Ohio State, our campus community has been grappling with the impact and implications of those events--including feelings of anger, pain, and confusion.
Struggles at Ohio State have occurred within a wider context of #MeToo. Both here and beyond, #MeToo remains both an active and important global campaign surrounding gender-based violence, as well as a movement with uneven itineraries, goals, and outcomes, thus warranting further examination.
On Sept. 17, the FREE Center will host a day dedicated to the feminist conversations that are essential to furthering our understanding of responsibility, transparency, and accountability.
In addition, a seminar on the morning of Sept. 18 will invite graduate students across all fields are to discuss Transnational Feminism and Academic Censorship.
Assistant Professor Joanne Patterson is a FREE Center Board Member and is supporting the organization and implementation of this event.
All are invited to join. Registration is requested for planning purposes.
Agenda
Thursday, Sept. 17
- 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Panel Discussion: Sexual Violence and Accountability at OSU and Beyond
- 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.: Lunch and opportunity to participate in collaborative art project: A Textile of Hope and Healing
- 2 - 4 p.m.: Book Talk: #MeToo and the Politics of Transnational Feminism
Friday, Sept. 18
- 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.: Graduate Seminar on Transnational Feminism and Academic Censorship