RCO Leader Series | Spring Quarter 2021

Drop-in to chat with the COVP team and other campus organization leaders about your plans for the upcoming academic year and how you will manage your organization's operations.

In this workshop you will learn about power dynamics that exist in organizations, how to mitigate these dynamics, and promote a space of accountability to ensure power is not being misused and where power-based violence is not acceptable. This workshop is intended to be an interactive discussion based workshop.

Additionally, Each year UCI CARE hosts Denim Day to honor this survivor and all survivors who have experienced victim-blaming. Denim Day is a symbol of protest against misconceptions that surround sexual assault.

The Denim Day campaign began in 1999 with CALCASA and LACAAW, the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women, as part of an international protest of an Italian Supreme Court decision to overturn a rape conviction because the victim was wearing jeans. The Italian Supreme Court dismissed charges against a 45-year old rape suspect because his 18-year-old victim was wearing jeans at the time of the attack. The Head Judge argued, "Because the victim wore very, very tight jeans, she had to help him remove them... and by removing the jeans... it was no longer rape but consensual sex." The judgment sparked a worldwide outcry from those who understand coercion, threats and violence go along with the act of rape.

Denim Day is an outward example of how a community can help change people's perceptions of violence against members of the community. Show support by wearing denim to our workshop and we will submit a photo together for UCI CARE's Denim Day contest. More information can be found here.

Are you ready to make transformative change? Whether that's in your community or within your own organization, join us to learn about transformative community organizing and how to build your organization grounded in healing justice. Especially in this virtual world, learn tools for your org to take action for the causes you care most about.

Featured Guest Speaker: Dr. Emily Bautista, Education Management Leader & Consultant, with a background working with K-12 schools and Youth Organizing.

Drop-in to chat with the COVP team and other campus organization leaders about your officer transition plans. We'll provide some tools to assist you in your transition, but we want to hear what obstacles you are facing when it comes to transitioning your organization's leadership.

Drop-in to chat with the COVP team and other campus organization leaders to share how you are doing as an officer. This past year, you may have endured so much while operating your org virtually. We are offering a space to be in community with fellow RCO leaders to share any struggles, what kept you motivated, and what you look forward to in the coming quarter and year ahead. Bring your lunch and join us for this lunch hour.