The Ohio State Center for Feminist Research, Education and Engagement (FREE Center) invites you to our inaugural event, a panel discussion of this year’s election and the transformative potentials of a reinvigorated feminist commitment to political action and candidates.
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This conversation is vital in the contemporary context of increased threats to reproductive freedom, trans healthcare and LGBTQA+ rights, libraries and anti-censorship movements, and more.
Join our panel of four experts for a lively conversation moderated by Senior Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence and Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Ohio State, Dr. Wendy Smooth.
Panelists
Maria Bruno, Public Policy Director at LGBTQA+ advocacy organization Equality Ohio, where she leads legislative strategy and engagement for public policy
Jessie Hill, Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University, with expertise in constitutional law and civil rights, currently litigating numerous challenges to abortion restrictions in Ohio
Barbara Palmer, Professor of Political Science at Baldwin Wallace University and an expert on women running for public office and the challenges and opportunities women face as candidates
Emily Quick Schriver '05, leader of The Matriots, which has a mission to elect more Ohio women to public office
Refreshments provided.
