Leadership Opportunities

• INVST is accepting applications! Deadline: Monday, Feb 24, 2014.
• Please visit http://communitystudies.colorado.edu/resources/prospective-students to apply
• The INVST Community Leadership Program is a 2-year training program for students who are interested in social justice & environmental sustainability.
• Our small-group experience combines academics, community service and leadership skills training. INVST provides a sense of community on the CU campus.
• We offer two life-changing summer travel opportunities that allow you to learn about energy, power and sustainability, and immigration and economic justice.
• By participating in INVST you can earn the Leadership Studies Minor and anAmeriCorps Education Award of up to $2,000.


• The Underlying Exclusions of Marriage Equality, Wed Feb 12th, 2-3pm, UMC 382-386
• Women’s Resource Center reviews current status of gay marriage in our country, looking at how the movement has overlooked lesbian couples, excluded trans folk, and paid more attention to gay males.


• 5th Annual Undergraduate Diversity Conference, Wednesday February 19th, UMC 235
• 8:30am Breakfast & international food continues until 2:00pm
• 9am- Opening Event: Nii Armah Sowah 1,000 Voices Project
• 9:45am CU Dialogues Program
• 11:00am Student Presentations on Alliance
• 1:00pm KEYNOTE: Tony Garcia, Director of Su Teatro


• Messages about Disabilities: Overcoming the Impact of What "They" Say about Us
• This workshop series is for students with disabilities who want to explore how they are affected by social messages about disabilities and how they can limit that impact and even move beyond it. No need to register in advance. Just show up at noon.
• WHERE: Counseling and Psychological Services, Suite S440 in C4C (Center for Community).
• WHEN: February 20, March 20, April 17 12-1:00pm
• WHO: Glenda Russell, Ph.D. and Amelia Dickerson will facilitate the workshop series. Glenda Russell is a psychologist in Counseling and Psychological Services at CU. She has completed research and clinical work on many topics including the impact of social oppression on individuals and groups.
• WHO: Amelia Dickerson is a former student and current faculty member at CU as well as a person living with a disability. A perceived lack of programs to help individuals (including herself) to deal with stresses related to inequity for people with disabilities, inspired her to work with Dr. Russell to create this workshop series.
• For further information, contact Glenda Russell at 303.492.6079 or email Glenda.russell@colorado.edu


• King and Mandela, Hosted by ODECE, CMA, EHS in UMC Aspen Rooms 5-7pm Feb 24th


• The Myth of Muslim Women, Wed Feb 26th, 5-6:30pm, UMC Gallery 225
• Join CU Women’s Resource Center for an engaging discussion on media portrayals of Muslim women, Isalmic feminism, and the complexities of the Muslim woman identity in the west