CAMPUS CALENDAR: Intersex Awareness Week and Celebrate Your Body Week

INTERSEX AWARENESS WEEK

Feb. 23 — Intersex 101, noon, DeCarli Room Memorial Union; “Revisiting Intersex,” keynote address by activist, educator and photographer Lynnell Stephani Long, 7 p.m., 126 Voorhies Hall.

Feb. 24 — iPOC (Intersex People of Color) Workshop, 11:30 a.m., Smith Room, MU.

Feb. 25 — Campus Resources Roundtable, noon, DeCarli Room, MU.

Feb. 26 — Transgender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project, 2 p.m., Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center; Yellow for Hermaphrodites: Mani’s Story, film and discussion, 6 p.m., LGBTRC.

The complete schedule is online: lgbtrc.ucdavis.edu. All events listed here are free and open to the public.

CELEBRATE YOUR BODY WEEK

All week long, Feb. 23-27, the Association for Body Image Disordered Eating, or ABIDE, is asking students, faculty and staff to give away their jeans that no longer fit, jeans that give you “the body blues,” wishing you could still wear smaller sizes. Drop off jeans at the Coffee House, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 23, or any time the rest of the week at the Women’s Resources and Research Center, first floor, North Hall. Other events:

Feb. 23 — Body Image and Empowerment Workshop, with plus-size model, actress and advocate Chenese Lewis. Her keynote topic: “Fabulous Comes in All Sizes!” 5 p.m., followed by a reception at 5:45 p.m., Ballroom B, Activities and Recreation Center.

Feb. 25 — How to Help a Loved One (a program that may be of particular interest to faculty and staff who have children with eating disorders, or who know of students or friends with such disorders), noon, Art Lounge, MU; “The Art of Mindful Eating,” 5 p.m., ARC Meeting Room 3.

Feb. 27 — Great Jean Giveaway, see all the jeans that have been collected (and which will be donated to charity), 11 a.m.-2 p.m., lobby, ARC; Love Your Body Yoga, 12:15 p.m., ARC Meeting Room 1.

All events are free and open to the public. More information: wrrc.ucdavis.edu/abide.

Complete Campus Calendar: calendar.ucdavis.edu.

Media Resources

Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu

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