empowering women

MLK Dinner to feature activist, lawyer Lani Guinier

Lawyer, scholar and civil rights activist, Lani Guinier will be the featured speaker for Illinois State University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Dinner. The first African-American woman tenured professor at Harvard Law School, Guinier has worked diligently on issues of social justice, voting rights and women in the law. The dinner will be 6 p.m. Friday,

Take Back the Night Oct. 22

On Tuesday, Oct. 22, Illinois State University will be a place to Take Back the Night. The annual event is designed to bring awareness to sexual assault and domestic violence, and to give voice to its victims. Sponsored by the student organization Feminist Led Activist Movement to Empower (FLAME), the rally will begin at 7