WCC Internship Program
The WCC accepts interns (Graduate and Undergraduate students) to assist us with a variety of projects for course credit or personal enrichment. Find the application here. Feel free to email us if you have questions at wcc@austin.utexas.edu.
Events in the WCC
We host a variety of events each semester! Check out our calendar, linkree, and instagram for specific dates and times. The WCC collaborates with groups across campus including many student orgs, to host speakers every semester (past speakers include: Adelina Anthony, Marilyn Wann, Miss Major, Eli Clare, Jeff Sheng, Raja Bhattar, Sister Outsider, Eliel Cruz, Aaliya Zaveri, Rocky Lane, Mohsin Zaidi and more!) If you want to get involved with planning events with the WCC consider joining the WCC Student Leadership Committee or emailing us at wcc@austin.utexas.edu to see how to get involved!
Weekly Events
All programs are subject to change, due to student/staff availability. Please check out the WCC Linktree & WCC Calendar for the most up-to-date times. Typically, these events happen during the fall and spring semesters, see the calendar for start and end dates. WCC events do not typically happen during breaks.
Drop-In Hours with Our Peer Research Consultant
Our Peer Research Consultant is here to help students with the research process. This includes finding sources for a project, citing your sources, or navigating certain topics and interests. The student can assist with the WCC’s library and UT Library resources. The consultant is available both in person at the WCC and virtually.
Counseling & Mental Health Center (CMHC) Office Hours
Hosted by CMHC: If you would like some one-on-one time to ask questions, raise concerns, or discuss anything that might be of importance to you, please consider taking advantage of Amelia’s drop-in office hours. No appointment is necessary if meeting in person, but if you would like to ensure some private one-on-one time, setting an appointment is encouraged. An appointment is needed if you would like to meet remotely and can be made by emailing Amelia at amelia.zique@austin.utexas.edu, or calling her at 512-475-6911.
CMHC Drop-In Space
Hosted by CMHC: Voices in Support is a drop-in space to talk with your peers about issues in a supportive environment with the goals of building perspective, solidarity, resilience, and community. No regular attendance or pre-registration is required, and no records of individual attendance are maintained. WCC is located in the William C. Powers Student Activity Center, WCP 2.112.
Feminist Friday
Hosted by Feminist Action Project Student Organization: This weekly event is a space to put theory into practice. Open discussion is engaged around a specific theme each week. Also, it’s a great way to connect with other feminists on campus. Some past topics include Music Videos, “the B-word,” Gamergate, Street Harassment, Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Politics of Black Women’s Hair, Getting Called Out, Men’s Role in Feminism, Not Seeing the Ocean for All the “Waves”: Reframing Mainstream Feminist Herstory, Feminism, and Information: Access, Archives, and Activism in Today’s Digital Age, and panels on self-care, intersectionality, graduate school, and other topics.
Recurring Event Series & WCC Initiatives
The Swap
Clothes have no gender, so clothing swaps shouldn’t either! At our Gender Inclusive Clothing & Stuff Swap, we don’t sort men’s/women’s clothes. They’re just pants or shirts or shoes because anyone wear what they’re comfortable in. We invite you to find the clothes that are fun and true to you! And it’s not just clothing; the swap also has lots of STUFF: books, household items, school supplies and more. Folks can donate or take whatever they need!
Fearless Leadership Institute
The Fearless Leadership Institute (FLI) is an academic, professional and personal development initiative supporting collegiate women’s success. Weekly Interest Groups are held on Mondays. Please contact Ms. Thaїs Bass-Moore or Dr. Tiffany T. Lewis at fli@utexas.edu.
Feminist’s Day of Action
This event is dedicated to empowering young activists to be leaders of feminist activism. Feminist Day of Action is organized for feminists by feminists, and at the same time, provides a forum for raising general awareness around gender, sexual, and racial equality. Each year, in observance of Feminist Day of Action, we bring a feminist speaker to campus for a luncheon and Q&A. Past speakers include: Aaliya Zaveri, Mia McKenzie (Black Girl Dangerous), Lindy West, Andrea Pino, Cristina Tzintzún, and Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. Feminist Day of Action is often held in October. Find the date of the next Feminist’s Day of Action on the WCC Calendar.
WCC Weekly Newsletter
Are you on the mailing list? The WCC has a newsletter that tells you everything you need to know. Well … almost. We send out one weekly email that posts notices of events, scholarships, pertinent news items, and meetings. Subscribe below!