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Wishing you a prosperous 2025!

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February 5, 12:25 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Spotlight: Advocating for Victims' Rights (virtual)

Join us for a discussion of the ways the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (TAASA) is advocating for crime victims' rights by extending the statute of limitations for adult sexual assault. The TAASA's prior legislative work created the Sexual Assault Survivor Task Force, which works closely with Governor’s office to address sexual assault across the state.

February 26, 7:00 p.m.

Activism's Role in the Anti-Rape and Women's Movements (virtual)

Feminist activists and feminist mental health clinicians worked together and separately to change treatment protocols for victims of sexual violence in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. While much of the focus was on change within the mental health professions, peer counseling played an important role. This talk will describe activism in the anti-rape and women's movements in the US, and will include a focus on Self-Help, a method of peer counseling developed and used by the National Black Women's Health Project in the 1980s and into the early 1990s.

Introducing NEW Leadership TX at TWU!

In partnership with Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics’ Center for American Women in Politics (CAWP) the Jane Nelson Institute for Women’s Leadership’s Center for Women in Government (CWG) will offer the NEW Leadership® program at TWU in the Summer of 2025.

Apply here!

Upcoming Deadlines

Are you an undergraduate student at TWU interested in the legislative and political process at the federal level? This internship gives students the chance to explore the legislative environment in Washington D.C. Apply on Handshake by February 9th!

The deadline for the PLEN Global Policy Seminar is January 26th. The Center for Women in Government will fully fund attendance to the seminar for the selected students. Click here to apply today!

Gallery Spotlight

Juanita Jewel Craft

"I love Texas so much, I made her change all her bad habits."

- Juanita Jewel Craft

Juanita Craft was a hard-working civil rights activist throughout her life. She joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the 1930s and in 1946 became the Youth Council Advisor of the Dallas branch. She and Lulu B. Madison White worked to expand the NAACP branches in Texas. Together they organized 182 branches in 11 years.

In addition to her work in the NAACP, Craft led protests against segregation including at the State Fair of Texas. Additionally, she helped the first Black student enroll at what is now the University of North Texas. In 1944, she was the first Black woman to vote in the Democratic Texas primary from Dallas County and the first deputized to collect poll taxes.

Learn more about Juanita Craft, her legacy, and her contemporary Lulu White at the Sue S. Bancroft Women’s Leadership Hall.

Sue S. Bancroft Women's Leadership Hall

Open Tuesday to Friday; 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM and by appointment. Visit us today!

1210 Old Main Circle, Denton, Texas

Four Students Attend Prestigious PLEN Seminar in Washington, D.C.

Four TWU students were awarded competitive scholarships by the Center for Women in Government (CWG) to attend the Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) Public Policy Seminar in Washington, D.C. The five-day immersive program connects future leaders with top policy professionals from Congress, federal agencies, the courts, private sector, research institutions, nonprofits, and media organizations. [Read more]

"An Insight on Civics from the O'Connor Family"

Just over a year ago iCivics founder, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, passed. We cherish her memory, and our connection to the O'Connor family through iCivics and our Women's Leadership Hall. Recently, iCivics held an interview with her family members to talk about her passion for civic education.

[Read the full interview]

Open positions at the WLPN: The Women's Public Leadership Network is searching for an Events Manager, Chief Operating Officer, and Interns to join their team. Apply today!

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