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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
By Ayomide Aruwajoye MY NAME IS NOT “HEY BABY” AND IM NOT JUST ANOTHER STATISTIC 44% of Victims are under the age of 18, 88% percent of victims are under 30 Every 2 minutes someone is sexually...
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UMKC Faculty Profile: Jacqueline Wood
By Ayomide Aruwajoye. Jacqueline Wood is an Associate Professor and the Interim Director of the Black Studies Program at UMKC. Through her educational career, Professor Wood has been an example of...
View ArticleLearning about Strength through the Women’s Center
By Ayomide Aruwajoye. While working at the Women’s Center, I can truly say that I have grown. One of the big lessons that I learned is that we as women are very strong. I wrote this poem around the...
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The Vagina Monologues: A Reflection
By Ayomide Aruwajoye. This semester is coming to a close, and the Women’s Center has only one more event left (learn more about Game Day Getaway here). But looking back, my favorite event was The...
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A Symbolic Barbie
By Ayomide Aruwajoye. All through the semester, I kept looking at these two Barbie dolls that sat on the shelf in the Women’s Center. I always wondered what they were there for and what they symbolize....
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Returning Student Assistant Excited for the Spring Semester
Hey Everyone! I’m BACK! My name is Ayomide Aruwajoye, for short I go by just Ayo. This is my second year at UMKC and my major is nursing, and I intend on becoming a pediatric Travel Nurse. I chose...
View ArticleWhat Would You Do?
Click here to view the embedded video. By Ayo Aruwajoye What would you do if you were being abused? What would you do if your friend or a family member was being abused behind closed doors? What would...
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The Strength of “Her”
By Ayo Aruwajoye UMKC’s Violence Prevention and Response Project promotes violence prevention in the UMKC community. Working at the Woman’s Center, I can truly say I have grown. One of the big lessons...
View ArticleA Woman’s Worth
by Ayomide Aruwajoye “Cause a real man knows a real woman when he sees her And a real woman knows a real man ain’t afraid to please her And a real woman knows a real man always comes first And a real...
View ArticleStreet Harassment will NEVER be okay!
by Ayo Aruwajoye I asked some of my coworkers how they feel about street harassment and this is what they had to say about it… “As a woman, I feel that street harassment is horrible, uncomfortable and...
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