The Center for Women & Men
Spring Quarter Workshops and Events

All programs and services are open and FREE to all registered undergraduate and graduate UCLA students. All workshops are held in Room B44 in the Student Activities Center unless otherwise noted. For more information, please contact The Center at 310-825-3945. If you would like to receive weekly announcements of each week’s events, please subscribe to our listserv.

COMMUNICATION, RELATIONSHIP, & DATING SERIES

Increasing Your Self-Confidence *
Learn techniques that will boost your confidence and help you succeed in work and in relationships. Tuesday, April 8, 12:00-12:50

Saying What’s on Your Mind: Being your Most Genuine Self *
Do you ever feel unheard or taken advantage of by others? Are you reluctant to share what you really think? Are you uncomfortable asking for what you want or saying “no”? Learn assertiveness tools for effective communication and for getting what you want and need in life without hurting others. Wednesday, April 9, 12:00-12:50 or Thursday, April 24, 12:00-12:50

Love American Style *
Strategies for International Students for developing a close relationship in America. Note Special Location: Bradley Hall, Room 111 (Dashew Center Board Room), Tuesday, April 15, 4:00-4:50.

What to Say After Hello: How to Start a Relationship*
Learn how to move past that early awkwardness with people you really like. Learn strategies to use in a very new relationship. Thursday, April 17, 12:00-12:50

Sex Speak: How to Talk to Your Partner about Sex *
Learn how to talk with your partner about sex in ways that will benefit you, your partner and your relationship. Tuesday, April 22, 12:00-12:50

Picking the Right Partner *
Sometimes it’s easy to fall in love, but much harder to fall in love with someone who is good for you. Learn skills for finding that right partner and for spotting red flags in problem relationships. Wednesday, April 30, 12:00-12:50

How to Break Up & Move On *
Breaking up IS so very hard to do. Learn how you can do it safely and in as positive a way as possible. Learn strategies for moving on emotionally and socially after the relationship ends. Wednesday, May 7, 12:00-12:50

Fighting Fairly With the One You Love *
All intimate relationships have conflict. Learn ways for resolving conflict with your partner that will make you grow closer rather than more distant. Wednesday, May 14, 12:00-12:50

How to Date in 2008 *
Learn the new “rules” of dating, Wednesday, May 21, 12:00– 12:50

CONFLICT RESOLUTION & NEGOTIATION SERIES

Getting to Win/Win: Handling Day-to-Day Conflicts
Learn how to handle conflict in ways that will benefit your relationships, leadership skills and career advancement. Understand your own conflict response style and how to choose the most adaptive response in different situations. Tuesday, April 15, 12:00-12:50

Dealing with Parents and Family Members
Conflict with parents and family poses special problems for many people. Learn how your family communication patterns are affecting your family relationships and how you can change these patterns and negotiate more successfully with your family. Tuesday, May 6, 12:00-12:50

Mad as Hell: Dealing with Anger and Diffusing Anger in Others
Learn techniques for managing your own anger, expressing anger constructively, dealing with others who are angry and diffusing tense situations. Wednesday, May 28, 12:00-12:50

WOMEN OF COLOR CONSORTIUM

Women of Color: Attractiveness & Self-Esteem
Learn how attractiveness and self-esteem are affected by culture, and learn how to increase your own sense of attractiveness and self-esteem. Monday, April 21, 12:00– 12:50

Where Race & Gender Meet: Handling Sexism within Our Cultures
This workshop will address the difficulties and strategies for dealing with gender and cultural stereotypes that affect women of color. Monday, May 12, 12:00– 12:50

All Things to All People: Juggling Multiple Roles with Family, School and Community
Today women of color can feel pressures from all directions and sometimes end up in caretaker roles. Learn strategies for defining and setting your own boundaries and limits in multiple domains. Thursday, May 22, 12:00– 12:50

Women & Men at Work

Women Leaders: Doing it All
Learn about special issues that women in leadership roles face. Learn how to get to and stay at the top of your game in your work, cope with challenge and change, and retain a sense of balance. Thursday, April 10, 12:00-12:50

Leadership & Politics at Work: What You Need to Know to Succeed
Learn the 4 major leadership secrets of successful men and women in work settings and work groups. Wednesday, April 23, 12:00-12:50

Conflict in Work Groups: Standing Up for Yourself
Learn when and how to raise issues and resolve conflict in a work setting. The workshop also will teach you how to handle a workplace bully or a difficult colleague or boss. Thursday, May 1, 12:00– 12:50

WELLPOWER WORKSHOPS

THE FOCUS FACTOR: The Male/Female Brain
Your ability to focus has a huge impact on how well you do on exams, papers and in other competitive arenas. It also affects how relaxed you feel and how much you enjoy life. Focusing skills are learned, and there are differences in the ways in which men and women focus. The workshops in this series will help you achieve a focusing edge in classes and make it easier for you to relax and accomplish more in less time. Drop in for any or all workshops.

Hypnosis and Similar Focusing Strategies for Women & Men
Tuesday, April 29, 12:00-12:50

How Men & Women Worry: Skills for Clearing Your Mind
Thursday, May 8, 12:00-12:50

5-Minute Focusing Strategies for Exams and Studying
Thursday, May 29, 12:00-12:50

EAT FIT: Feel Great

Using Hypnosis & Similar Techniques to Control Eating & Improve Physical Confidence
Recent studies show hypnosis to be an effective intervention for controlling unhealthy eating patterns. Learn self-hypnosis and similar techniques that you can do on your own. Wednesday, April 16, 12:00-12:50

The Urge to Splurge: Controlling Overeating
Learn successful research-based techniques for controlling overeating. Thursday, May 15, 12:00-12:50

PARENTS’ PROGRAM

Childcare Informational Workshops
Are you looking for information on child care? Get information on either on-campus or off-campus child care resources. Facilitated by Child Care Outreach Coordinators. Co-sponsored with the UCLA Early Care and Education Center. Monday, April 7, 12:00-12:50; Monday, May 5, 12:00-12:50; Monday, June 6, 12:00-12:50

Parents’ Network
Jobs and family responsibilities may make scheduling time for campus involvement more difficult for students who are parents. The Center, in collaboration with the Academic Advancement Program (AAP), is offering this special program for students who are parents. Monday, April 14, 12:00-12:50; Monday, April 28, 12:00-12:50

Lactation Space for Students
Call 825-3945 for information.

SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING FOR WOMEN

Attend one 4 hour training to learn the basics of self-defense. These trainings are taught by certified instructors from the nationally recognized organization Peace Over Violence. Space is limited. Co-sponsored with the UCLA Police Department. Please sign-up in advance at The Center for one of the following workshops. Saturdays: