Women’s Center

The ESU Women’s Center, located at 411 Normal Street, provides a drop-in center and a networking environment for all campus women - students, faculty and staff. In addition, the Women’s Center offers educational programs on a variety of topics of importance to women, supports political action for social change relevant to women, maintains a resource library on women’s issues, and sponsors student attendance at women’s conferences and other special events for National Women’s History Month in March. The Center’s themes include: celebrations of women, feminism, women’s rights, advocacy for victims of sexual assault, women’s studies, multicultural women’s issues, women and leadership, women’s career development, women’s health and wellness, and socialization.

The ESU Women’s Center emphasizes and encourages the involvement of individuals and diverse groups of all races and ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages and physical abilities. It’s mission is to provide a supportive environment for discussion, knowledge, and programming that celebrates, empowers, and recognizes women and equality for all. For further information, visit 411 Normal Street, call 570-422-3957, or access: http://www4.esu.edu/about/administration/student_affairs/womens_center.cfm.

The ESU Feminist Alliance is funded by the ESU Student Activity Association. This student group regularly meets at the Women’s Center. The mission of the Feminist Alliance is to heighten campus awareness about issues of concern to women locally, nationally, and globally.

Co-located with the Women’s Center is VOICE, or Victims Options in the Campus Environment. The VOICE Center believes that all people have the right to live free from relationship and sexual violence. VOICE collaborates with Women’s Resources Monroe County, Inc. and University Police to provide a safe haven where individuals affected by rape, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking may explore their options and heal. VOICE offers the following free and confidential services: individual support and education, support groups, legal accompaniment, medical accompaniment, educational programs and events, and anonymous reporting.

VOICE has been supported by Grant No. 2011-WA-AX-0018 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed in this exhibition are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women.