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Absorb. Honor. Attend.
We can’t currently invite you to seek support at the Women’s Center in our usual ways. But our commitment to supporting the University community stands and moves us to offer what support and guidance we can.
Palko POV: Wordless
The past 6 months have been long and heavy. But there is another, more joyful, reason I am nearly out of words.
COVID-19 in Our Community of Care
Dear Friends of the Women's Center,
You've likely seen President Ryan's announcement that a Women’s Center staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. We are holding them in our thoughts for a full recovery.
Life in the Time of Coronavirus
Last Monday started with a call from a staff member reporting that they’d tested positive for COVID-19. This Monday started with them calling to say that they are recovering.
Colleagues and Alumni Offer Appreciation as Changemaker Claire Kaplan Retires
When Claire Kaplan retires from the Women's Center later this month after 29 years of leadership and advocacy, she will leave UVA a vastly better-informed and more equitable place than she found it in 1991.
Palko POV: Let's not procrastinate on liberation.
Let’s climb out of the boxes we’ve let fear put us in. It’s the path to avoiding the inelasticity that Roxane Gay warns us about – and a journey to a deeper, richer, fuller life.
Palko POV: Any Three Notes
A recent visit I paid to a meeting of our Iris team put me in mind of a CD that lives in my car. A friend burned it for me nearly 20 years ago, and any three notes from it instantly remind me of that season of my life.
Palko POV: I'm "that" aunt.
I’m “that” aunt: 99 times out of 100, my gift to you is going to be a book… or two… or three. For the past few years, I’ve watched memes about jólabókaflóð circulate Facebook with curiosity and longing.
Palko POV: The Talk We Didn't Have
Two years ago, we hosted Loretta Ross who led a conversation about “calling in” potential allies. It was what the UVA and Charlottesville communities needed from her in the wake of August 11 & 12. But we can’t forget Ross’ work in the area that had initially prompted us to invite her to Grounds: reproductive justice.
Palko POV: Mentoring Matters
Joe, one of my own mentors, was adamant that “the life of the mind is lived through the body” - that I wasn’t just a mind, that I was embodied as well, with particular needs.