What We Do--Services
Project Hope is an advocacy program that provides supportive assistance to students, staff and faculty who suffer the effects of relationship violence, sexual assault, stalking or other crimes. Services include: a crisis and information line (282-HOPE); support and referral service for survivors, family and friends; court/judicial system advocacy; internship, practicum and volunteer opportunities for ISU students, faculty and staff; and educational presentations on issues related to violence against women, including those for First Year Seminar classes. To learn more about Project Hope, go to: www.isu.edu/andersoncenter/projectHope/index.html
or contact Kim Talbot at 282-4673.
Kim also oversees the 1 in 4 Group whose members give educational presentations, plan events, and host group discussions that address aspects of men’s lives that contribute to, perpetuate and reward men’s violence. Group members work to design ways to counter these forces. Issues of concern include defining masculinity, maintaining healthy relationships and addressing the culture of male violence, including violence against women.
W.I.S.E.: W.I.S.E. is short for Women’s
Issues and Sexual Empowerment, another program at the Anderson Center. W.I.S.E. focuses on women between the ages of 18 and 40 and seeks to empower them to make better relationship choices. To learn more, go to: www.isu.edu/andersoncenter/WISE/
or contact Verena Roberts at 282-2805.
Additionally, the Center offers internship, practicum and volunteer opportunities for ISU students, faculty and staff.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING: COMMEMORATION OF NATIONAL AWARENESS MONTHS AND EVENTS:
Each year, Anderson Center takes part in commemorating nationally-designated months and events designed to drawn attention to particular gender-related issues. The Center organizes special activities to mark theme-related months throughout the year, including Heart Health and Dating Violence Awareness Month (both February), Women’s History Month (March), Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April), Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month (both October) and special days such as Positive Body Image (late February) National Coming Out Day (October 11) and World AIDS Day (December 1). The Center also hosts discussion groups and sponsors entertainment-oriented events. Staff members are available to give presentations on such topics as domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, healthy relationships, HIV/AIDS (including prevention) and diversity, as well as others. For a calendar of what’s coming up, check out our calendar page.
SUPPORT OF GENDER-RELATED RESEARCH:
EVERY OTHER THURSDAY:
Each fall semester, the Anderson Center presents a series of brown bag lunches focusing on a specific gender-related theme. Past themes have included Gender and Health, Gender in Fact and Fiction, Graduate Student Research on Gender, International Perspectives on Gender and Gender and Religion. Every Other Thursday is held on alternating Thursdays at noon in the Pond Student Union.
CONFERENCES/POSTER SESSIONS:
The Anderson Center will host The Art of Gender in Everyday Life V, a Multidisciplinary Conference on March 6 & 7, 2008. For the Call for Papers and a complete schedule of events, check out our index page.
LECTURES:
The Anderson Center sponsors lectures by nationally-known figures on an irregular basis. On December 11, 2002, Brett Sokolow presented an interactive talk entitled, “He Said/She Said.” On April 24, 2003, Katie Koestner gave the address at our annual Take Back the Night event. The Anderson Center co-hosted a March 6, 2004, visit by the Guerrilla Girls and a March 4, 2005, screening and lecture by filmmaker Lourdes Portillo. On March 30, 2006, the Center co-sponsored Barbara Ehrenreich’s visit to ISU. In April 2007, the Anderson Center co-sponsored workshops by Dr. Bernice Sandler. Upcoming visitors will include Dr. Tania Modleski in March 2008 and Dr. Emily Toth, “Ms. Mentor” of The Chronicle of Higher Education in March 2009.
RESOURCES:
LIBRARY:
The Anderson Center Library holds books, magazines and pamphlets on a variety of gender-related topics. These materials can be borrowed through the main office in Graveley Hall, Room 114, for a period of up to one month.
The Anderson Center is open to all, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, ethnic or cultural background, religion, abilities or age – everyone is welcome! The opportunities at the Center are limited only by the imaginations of those who choose to participate. We have a dedicated corps of student, staff and faculty volunteers who help to develop and facilitate new activities and events. We also have interns and practicum students who receive credit for their work at the Center, as well as work-study student employees.