Dialogue Session to Focus on Violence Against Women

The Women’s Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma and The Xenia Institute will sponsor “Don’t Look Away: Violence Against Women and Human Rights in Oklahoma,” an interactive dialogue and panel discussion event on April 2 that will scrutinize issues concerning violence against women, particularly in Oklahoma.

The program, which will take place at 7 p.m. in the Sandy Bell Gallery of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art on the OU campus, will examine the current situation of intimate violence against women and its root causes in an interactive, three-part format.

Panelists for the event will be:

• Sandy Ingraham, an attorney and social policy consultant at Ingraham & Associates, P.L.L.C.
• Debbie Marshall-Gill, coordinator of education at the Women’s Resource Center.
• Susan Sharp, professor in the department of Sociology and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma.
• Kelly Stoner, director of the Native American Legal Resource Center at Oklahoma City University.
• Linda Terrell, executive director of the Center for Children and Families, Inc. in Norman.

For more information on “Don’t Look Away: Violence against Women and Human Rights,” e-mail clint@xeniainstitute.org or call 405.321.8682.  Or contact the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma at 405.325.3481.

The Xenia Institute is a safe place for engagement that encourages meaningful dialogue and promotes thoughtful action on issues of social justice.

• Related link: Don’t Look Away: Violence Against Women and Human Rights in Oklahoma