UCO Students represent Elder Tree Women’s Center at Northwest Arkansas Pride Festival
Liberal Arts News and Events
July 8, 2022
Earlier this summer, a group of students from the UCO women’s, gender and sexuality studies program marched in the Northwest Arkansas Pride Parade as representation for the Elder Tree Women’s Center, a lesbian-owned, women-centric event center and gathering place in Fayetteville, Ark.
The students attended the pride festival as part of an oral history project, led by Lindsey Churchill, Ph.D., which is partially funded by a grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities for promoting the humanities and social sciences at UCO. The grant is directed by Churchill and Shun Kiang, Ph.D.
Elder Tree Women’s Haven is a project of Spinsterhaven, a 501c3 non-profit organization. The students will be revisiting the organization later this month.
Students from the UCO womens, gender and sexuality studies program walk the Northwest Arkansas Pride Parade in holding banner for the Elder Tree Women’s Center. From left to right: Mikele Smith, Emma Stewart, AnaMarie Lopez, Skyler Donnell, Alexis McKernan