Mission
The mission of the Women’s Center at the University of Missouri-Kansas City is to advocate, educate, and provide support services for the advancement of women’s equity on campus and within the community at large.
In support of this mission, the Women’s
Center:
- Facilitates student development through co-curricular experiences that affirm students' identities and foster leadership opportunities;
- Assists the University in achieving its
retention goals by offering programming and services that promote
student success;
- Recognizes, celebrates, and promotes
awareness of the multicultural realities of women’s lives,
particularly across race, sexual orientation, gender expression and
identity, class, age, and abilities;
- Develops women leaders by providing
mentoring opportunities and leadership development programs;
- Develops and sponsors programming that
enhances the skills of women and assists in their development as
students, scholars, and professionals;
- Fosters awareness of the effects of
gender roles on women and men;
- Offers support services, referrals,
advocacy, and education around issues of gender violence;
- Builds alliances and promotes
collaboration among University departments and community
organizations to utilize existing resources to effectively serve a
diverse community of women;
- Promotes the effective and constructive
feminist activism of UMKC students, staff, faculty and community
members;
- Serves as a resource for the campus and
Greater Kansas City communities on issues related to women’s lives.
