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Safety Planning Workshop for 2SLGBTQIA+ students

We are hosting a Safety Planning Workshop geared toward 2SLGBTQIA+ students that is open to all students. We will meet Thursday, Jan. 16 from 4-6 p.m. in the Diversity & Intercultural Center.

Our friends at Diverse + Resilient will be sharing their wisdom on how marginalized people can live with safety in mind. The presentation will help you understand what safety Planning is and what strategies you can use to recognize and prepare for difficult or dangerous situations. You will also be able to work through some practice scenarios to use the tools you learned.

Safety Planning is important for all of us in marginalized communities, especially at a time when those who don’t believe in our rights are empowered.

If you plan on attending this event, please RSVP via the link below.

rsvp for the workshop

Lawrence Dance Series presents Elise Knudson + rebeca medina

Saturday, Jan. 18

Open Community Workshop in Contact Improvisation

12-2 p.m. | Warch 225 – Esch Hurvis

Elise Knudson and rebeca medina will join to share their body-mind practices of listening to the pull of the earth and to each other. This class will start with a detailed warm-up of the spine and will move into exploring states of touch and movement. This will develop into a dance where the focus will be on discovering new challenges in the specific excavation of pouring weight. 

No registration is required. Some understanding or knowledge of Contact Improvisation appreciated/expected. 

Email Margaret Paek with questions (margaret.s.paek@lawrence.edu).

U.F.O., an Improvisational Performance

7 p.m. | Warch 225 – Esch Hurvis

U.F.O. (Uncharted Forms of the Occasion) is an improvisational performance practice bringing together musicians and movers to spontaneously compose for an audience. Inspired by a lineage of improvisational group performance formats such as Hyperlocal MKE and Lower Left’s Available Space in San Diego, U.F.O. is a site for artists to gather and create—relying on their years of individual improvisational research and practices to support this delightful and sometimes precarious community endeavor.

This iteration of U.F.O. is directed by special Dance Series artists Elise Knudson + rebeca medina and collaboratively and improvisationally created and performed by Elise Knudson, rebeca medina, Greg Riss, Jean Carlo Ureña Gonzalez, Loren Kiyoshi Dempster, Margaret Sunghe Paek, Matt Turner, Mauriah Donegan Kraker, and Tim Albright. 

Main Hall Forum: Patricia Smith’s “Unshuttered”

Thursday, January 16 | 4:30-6 p.m.
Main 201

Our winter term Convocation speaker Patricia Smith has taken inspiration from her collection of 19th-century portraits of Black Americans in her book Unshuttered. Her work has been described as “an act of revivification, providing voice for those who might have otherwise been erased from history.” All are welcome—let’s discuss!

Povolny Lecture Series

Continuity or Change: US Foreign Policy in a Trump Administration

Tuesday, January 14 | 4:30-6 p.m.
Warch 204 – Cinema

This lecture is open to all on campus.

Speakers:

  • Ameya Balsekar (Moderator)
  • Jason Brozek (Environment)
  • Merton Finkler (Economics & Trade)
  • Louise Raw (London Center, UK & US)
  • Arnold Shober (Domestic Politics)
  • Claudena Skran (Migration)

Personal Safety Class

Faculty and staff are invited to attend Personal Safety Classes throughout Winter Term. They will take place every other Monday starting Jan. 13 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Warch 226-Mead Witter.

  • January 13
  • January 27
  • February 10
  • February 24
  • March 10

Please RSVP using the link below; there must be a minimum number of participants for the class to run.

RSVP for Personal Safety Class