Mission Statement:

The Campus Women's Center was founded in 1983 to confront the multiple oppressions woman-identified individuals face. We work toward this goal by providing a variety of support services, educating the campus community on a number of women-centered issues, and serving as a resource and referral center for all students. We affirm and celebrate women's power to create social change by challenging and transforming institutions and relationships which oppress women.

The CWC is a Safe Space

"Serving every student who walks through its doors, the CWC is committed to valuing each person, irrespective of sex, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, ideas, ability, class, age, health, legal status, education, family structure, or any other aspect of their identity. The CWC does NOT tolerate and will actively confront any attitudes or behaviors that compromise the safety of this space."

Our Core Values

1. We believe in a non-hierarchical consensus-based, feminist collective. We vow to maintain a safe space where we value all people irrespective of sex, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, ideas, abilities, class, age, health, legal status, education, family structure, or any other aspect of their identity.
   
   
2. We believe that labels can be used to divide and alienate people. We stand in solidarity with all oppressed peoples. All struggles for freedom are related and intertwined. There are no hierarchies of oppression.
   
   
3. We hold the word “woman” as a non-exclusive term encompassing a wide array of identities and expressions.
   
   
4. We strive to expand the meaning of feminism so as to be a movement with which all women can identify. We embrace the diversity of feminism from around the world.
   
   
5. The CWC fully supports a woman’s autonomy over her body. Women have the right to determine if and when they choose to become mothers. We demand accessible birth control, emergency contraception, family planning, health care, and comprehensive sexual education for all. All abortions should be safe, legal, and accessible to all women. Parents should be provided with sufficient resources to raise a child. Adoption programs must be accessible and non-discriminatory.
   
   
6. We seek to end all violence against women-sexual, verbal, emotional, and physical. We expect that men acknowledge their role and actively work toward ending a culture that normalizes violence.
   
   
7. We are committed to ending racism and empowering women of color in the struggle for liberation.
   
   
8. We respect our Mother Earth and oppose the environmental racism and classism that endangers a woman’s health.
   
   
9. We fight for economic independence and equity in the workplace. We support full access to higher education and affirmative action to smash the glass ceiling and promote women in positions of leadership. We advocate policy that supports working mothers.
   
   
10. We are committed to ending heterosexism and advocating equal rights and full participation for the queer community.
    
    
11. We work toward ending the patriarchal culture that represses female sexuality and objectifies women. We assert a woman’s agency in expressing her sexuality. We reject any standard of beauty that compromises a woman’s health and promote positive representations of women in the media.
    
    
12. We fight for a university that listens to the demands of all women. We believe in the power of women to create social change.

Description:
The Campus Women's Center could not operate without it's many dedicated volunteers! The CWC holds volunteer kickoff and appreciation nights every semester to involve the campus community in its programs and services and to give our thanks for everyones hard work!

Volunteer Opportunities include:


• Outreach on Women's Issues
• Speaker's Bureau
• Program Planning
• Childcare - Kidstime & Kids Night Out
• Office & Resource Updating
• Support Group Facilitation
• Fundraising Planning
• Publications - Submissions & Layout
• Internships
  
  
The Campus Women's Center (CWC) is a safe space and is always welcome to visitors during business hours. Our comfortable couches are a great place to talk safely with peers, study, peruse our magazine collection and library or take a much needed break between classes.



History:
The Campus Women's Center was founded in 1983 on the UW-Madison campus. The CWC is a consensus organization staffed by eight student coordinators and many dedicated volunteers The CWC also functions with an Advisory Board composed of individuals from the campus and community who come from a variety of backgrounds and provide guidance, support and suggestions.


Contact people:


Natalia Washington, Volunteer/Newsletter Coordinator, (608) 262-8093, (email) Kelly Kroehle, Family Resources (aka Childcare) Coordinator, (608) 262-8093, (email) Catherine Degen, Outreach Coordinator, (608) 262-8093, (email)

Address:


800 Langdon Street 4th Floor Memorial Union Madison, WI 53706 (See a map)


Web Site: http://www.campuswomenscenter.org

Directions:

Nearest Bus Stop: Langdon St & Park St, Lake St & State St, Park St & University Ave, 1-5 minute walk

Miscellaneous Information

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User Reflections    Post Your Own!

Overall Experience   
I absolutely love the Kids Time Program

The Campus Women's Center and The Kids Time Program have greatly enriched my college experience. I find the time I spend both rewarding and fun. I would recomend it to anyone. posted by kmbertling on March 1, 2004

Overall Experience   
Kids Time is the most valuable experience I have had in college

The Campus Women's Center is an amazingly wonderful place. The childcare coordinator, Becka Robbins, was so friendly and accomidating that I actually came back for a second semester so that I could work with her as well as the whole campus women's center staff. Everyone should should volunteer for Kids Time posted by ekmcwilliams on March 1, 2004