UMD: WRAC Resources - Office of Cultural Diversity

Arrowhead Childcare Resource & Referral: Serving Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake & St. Louis Counties.; (218) 726-2273 or 1-800-450-0450

Coffeehouses

At Sara's Table: Chester Creek Cafe; A women's bookstore and coffeehouse.; (218) 723-8569
Northland Women's Coffeehouse: The Coffeehouse celebrates the achievements and talents of women in our area.; (218) 720-6073

Domestic Abuse (see also Women's Shelters)

Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP): DAIP is a comprehensive, community-based program for intervention in domestic abuse cases.; (218) 722-2781
Praxis International: Praxis is a non-profit research and training organization, collaborating with community groups who want to understand and change institutional practices that perpetuate the abuse of women.; (218) 525-0487

Health Care

Planned Parenthood: Provides reproductive health care to men and women.; (218) 722-0833
Women's Health Center: The Women's Health Center is a medical reproductive health care clinic providing services to area women and men.; (218) 727-3352 or 1-800-735-7654

Government

Saint Louis County Social Services: The department is responsible for administration of all forms of public assistance, including child support collection enforcement, child and adult protection, and other community social services for the disabled, elderly, mentally ill, and chemically dependent.; (218) 726-2083

Legal Assistance

Duluth Legal Aid: We provide legal services at no charge to eligible low income residents of our area whose legal issues fit within our priorities. The civil legal services we provide are geared to protect the basic needs of our clients: food, shelter, medical insurance, income protection and safety.; (218) 726-4800
Indian Legal Assistance: Serving Aitkin County, Carlton County, Grand Marais in Cook County, Two Harbors in Lake County, and Duluth, Virginia and Hibbing in St. Louis County; (218) 727-2881 or 1-888-249-3205

Media

New Moon Magazine: New Moon Publishing produces media for every girl who wants her voice heard and her dreams taken seriously and for every adult who cares about girls.; 1-800-381-4743

Mental Health Care

Full Circle Center for Psychotherapy: Offers spiritual direction and bodywork.; (218) 726-5433
Human Development Center: The mission of the Human Development Center is to provide community mental health care that is accessible, comprehensive, and the highest possible quality.; (218) 728-4491
Miller Dwan Crisis Intervention: Miller-Dwan Medical Center operates a telephone crisis line and crisis walk-in service for mental health emergencies.; (218) 723-0099

Organizations

Aurora, A Northland Lesbian Center: Aurora works to nurture and support our own community of women and at the same time same time work to change our society as a whole.; (218) 722-4903
Building for Women: Provides a home for organizations and activities which promote the safety, dignity and empowerment of women.; (218) 720-6073
Dads And Daughters (DAD): DADs seeks to strengthen relationships with our daughters by changing messages that value our daughters more for how they look than who they are.; 1-888-824-DADS
YWCA of Duluth: The YWCA is committed to the empowerment of women and girls and the elimination of racism.; (218) 722-7425

Political Groups

The League of Women Voters - Duluth: A nonpartisan political organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government.; (218) 724-0132

Sexual Assault

PAVSA (Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault): PAVSA (Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault) provides crisis intervention, support and education to victims of sexual violence.; (218) 726-1442; Crisis Line: (218)726-1931

Women's Shelters

CASDA (Center Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse): Services offered include a 24-hour crisis line, emergency shelter, transitional housing, and advocacy.; 1-800-649-2921 or (715) 392-3136
Dabinoo 'Igan: A Native women's shelter in Duluth.; (218) 722-2247
Safe Haven Shelter: Providing women and their children with advocacy, safety and space to heal.; (218) 728-6481

Internet Resources

Body Image

About-Face: Promotes positive self-esteem in girls and women of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds through a spirited approach to media education, outreach, and activism.
Adios Barbie: No matter what your size or background, we hope to inspire you to love your body through thick and thin!
Body Icon: Icons of beauty are conning the American woman into a costly, dangerous and futile pursuit: the perfect body
Body Image Betrayal & Related Issues: Every day millions of men and women engage in combat with themselves. They fight a constant war between the image they see in the mirror and the image they believe they need to obtain.
Body Positive: Boosting body image at any weight.
Femme Revolution: A site dedicated to improving the portrayal of women in the media.
Healthy Weight Network: Authoritative, scientific research on dieting, the failure of weight loss programs, eating disorders, obesity, overweight, size acceptance, diet quackery, and moving ahead with the nondiet health at any size paradigm.
NAAFA Online: The website of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance.

Date Rape Drugs

Date Rape Drugs: From Men Against Sexual Assault: Discusses several date rape drugs as well as protection tips.
Date Rape Drugs: What You Need To Know: Discusses GHB, Rohypnol, Ketamine, and Ecstasy, their effects, and what you can do to protect yourself.

Eating Disorders

Eating Disorder Education Organization: The objective of the Eating Disorder Education Organization is to increase the awareness of eating disorders and their prevalence throughout society by encouraging people to develop a positive self image based on ability and personality rather than just physical appearance.
Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center: Their goal is to provide assistance, in the form of information and resources, to those suffering with eating disorders to get them started on the road to recovery and healthy living.
Something Fishy: A comprehensive online support and information center on eating disorders.

Feminism

Equality Now: An international human rights organization dedicated to action for the civil, political, economic and social rights of girls and women.
Feminist.com: Feminist.com is a grassroots, interactive community by, for and about women.
Feminist Majority: The Feminist Majority Foundation, founded in 1987, is an organization dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence.
The Feminist Theory Website: The Feminist Theory Website provides research materials and information for students, activists, and scholars interested in women's conditions and struggles around the world.
Guerrilla Girls: The Guerrilla Girls are a group of women artists, writers, performers and film makers who fight discrimination, using humor to convey information, provoke discussion, and to show that feminists can be funny.
Ms. Foundation for Women: A national, multi-issue public women's fund, creating opportunities such as Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
Ms. Magazine Online: Ms. Magazine addresses a variety of subjects, including environmental feminism, women's work styles, and the politics of emerging technologies,emphasizing investigative reporting and feminist political analysis.
National Organization for Women (NOW): NOW is dedicated to making legal, political, social and economic change in our society in order to eliminate sexism and end all oppression.
Third Wave Foundation: The Third Wave Foundation helps support the leadership of young women 15 to 30 by providing resources, public education, and relationship building.
Women Leaders Online: A women's activist group on the internet -- empowering women in politics, media, society, the economy and cyberspace.

For Men

Dads and Daughters: Inspire, understand, and support your daughter.
Men Can Stop Rape: Men Can Stop Rape (formerly Men's Rape Prevention Project) empowers male youth and the institutions that serve them to work as allies with women in preventing rape and other forms of men's violence. Through awareness-to-action education and community organizing, we promote gender equity and build men's capacity to be strong without being violent.
Men For Change: Male Positive! Pro-Feminist! Gay Affirmative! Anti-Racist! The members of Men For Change are dedicated towards promoting positive masculinity and ending sexism and violence.
Menstuff: We believe that women and men are each other's natural allies and inherently are eager to be in close, warm, loving contact with each other. (This includes lesbians and gays). In addition, both groups want to be as close to others of their own sex. Men are not women's enemy, nor vice versa.
Men Stopping Rape: Men Stopping Rape is an organization of men working in the Madison community and greater Dane Co. to promote education for men about a topic that historically is viewed as a women's issue: sexual assault.
Men Stopping Violence: Men Stopping Violence was founded in 1982 based on the premise that men can work together, in alliance with the battered women's movement, to end men's violence against women
National Organization for Men Against Sexism: Pro-feminist, gay-affirmative, anti-racist, dedicated to enhancing men's lives.
Slowlane.com: The online resource for stay-at-home dads.
The White Ribbon Campaign: The WRC is the largest effort in the world of men working to end men's violence against women.

College & University Women's Centers

Minnesota Women's Center: This is a comprehensive list of links by the Women's Center at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

Contact Us

Women's Resource and Action Center University of Minnesota Duluth Kirby Student Center 266 1120 Kirby Drive Duluth, MN 55812-3085 (218) 726-6292 wrac@d.umn.edu

Office Hours

Monday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed

If you need emergency assistance, please contact Susana Pelayo-Woodward in Kirby Student Center 233, (218) 726-8444, or swoodwar@d.umn.edu.

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