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A student testing out the colors.

UMKC’s Women’s Center Brightens Campus with Spring Clothes Swap and Color Analysis Event

Amina Shaw, Staff Writer
April 18, 2024

  It was all giggles in the Women’s Center last Tuesday afternoon during their Spring Clothes Swap and Color Analysis event.   Students and staff bantered over whether participants were “warm spring" or “cool summer.” The backroom overflowed with donated clothing...

The time capsule.

Work-Study Student Recreates Time Capsule Project

Elyse Bredfeldt, Staff Writer
April 10, 2024

  The Women’s Center collected items through the month of March meant to represent aspects of the lives of women in 2024.    The inspiration for this project came following the death of their founding director, Ruth Margolin last October. Chelsie Duckworth, the senior...

Feminism and Barbie took center stage at the Womens Center event.

UMKC’s Women’s Center Hosts Barbie Movie Night as part of the Student Union Takeover Series

Jazlyn Summers, Staff Writer
February 3, 2024

  The Women’s Center hosted a showing of the movie “Barbie” Friday night, Jan. 26, in the Student Union Theater for an evening filled with photo-ops, free popcorn, mocktails, pins and prizes.   Students crowded the theater and munched on the flavored popcorn...

The limited series has six episodes on Netflix.

UMKC’s Women’s Center hosts Feminist Film Friday

Renée Ashley, Staff Writer
September 30, 2023

  UMKC Women’s Center hosted a Feminist Film Friday, featuring the first episode of the new Netflix series “Ladies First: A Story of Women In Hip-Hop.”    Chelsie Duckworth, the senior program coordinator for the Women’s Center, organized the event to highlight...

Photo by Chelsie Duckworth.

Women’s History Month Spotlight: UMKC’s Women’s Center

Angelique White, Staff Writer
March 10, 2023

 The UMKC’s Women’s Center has been around since 1971, and in honor of National Women’s History Month, individuals talk about why this community is important to them.   Chelsie Duckworth is the senior program coordinator for the Women’s Center and helps her students...

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