Women’s Center events discuss STEM roles, domestic gun violence
The Montana State University Women’s Center will present Sack Lunch Seminar “What Does a Scientist Look Like?” on Wednesday, October 13th. Abby Turner, Executive Director of the Montana Science Center and MSU Alum will present from noon–1pm. Open to the public, this event will be held in SUB 235. Space is limited. Masks required.
Turner will speak to the programs and projects offered at the Science Center featuring Women in STEM. The Women in STEM Advisory Group and events featured at MSC started in the Spring of 2018 and continued until the pandemic closed the Science Center for 6 months. The staff has worked through various different avenues to introduce the idea of “everyone looks like a scientist” to students of all ages. She will discuss the different ways women, throughout the valley and beyond, have volunteered with the Science Center to reach unique audiences and what that means for our community.
Following Tuesday, Oct. 19th, join Haven, MSU’s VOICE Center and the Women’s Center for special virtual seminar “Domestic Violence & Firearms: A Public Health Crisis.” Julia Weber, Implementation Director with Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and an adjunct professor in domestic violence law at Golden Gate University School of Law, will present. The online event begins at 6pm.
Weber will discuss the intersection of domestic violence and firearms, ways to reduce risk and increase safety when firearms are present, federal policy, including the so called “boyfriend loophole” and myths and facts about gun violence. A panel of local professionals in law enforcement, public health, domestic violence survivor advocacy and Indigenous Missing and Murdered Persons (MMIP) activism will address the ways in which their work intersects with this issue. Together, participants will brainstorm ideas for preventing gun violence, fatalities and domestic violence in the Gallatin Valley.
The MSU Women’s Center is a department in the division of Student Success and was created to promote greater responsiveness to the needs of university women. Lectures are FREE and open to the public. For more information about these and other events, visit www.montana.edu/women. •
