IE Social Awareness Week 2020

This is the first within-premises event at IE Creativity Center. Produced by IE Campus Life, it is intended to offer the audience a multifaceted hybrid experience as it includes:

- The official opening Eter Exhibition (notions of identity)
- The face-to-face chance to talk to the (he & she) artists
- A very exclusive panel discussion with IE Vice-Chancellor of Ethis, Diversity & inclusion Celia de Anca on The Second Sex.
- A live concert by young gem Valdivia

Hosted by IE Creativity Center, Casa de la Moneda Segovia. In-person event that will also be on streaming vía Campus Life Facebook Page.

In the case of in-person attending, it is ESSENTIAL to specify if you are willing to attend the panel, see the concert or both because of COV-19 protocols. Hosted by the same room, different time.

Reserve your spot by:

- Getting one ticket of each event (see below)
- Sending us an email to confirm & book your spot (very limited capacity)

What is ETER?

Popular culture argues Ether to be an invisible fluid, an entity filling the whole space and a medium transmitting energy. Until the nineteenth century, eter was thought to be the fifth natural element complementing the other four -air, fire, water, earth-. As a real chemical unit, the ether is stable and reliable, even though the sonority of its etymological origin evokes volatility, myth and even fantasy. 

Besides historical contexts, Eter is first and foremost the new exhibition produced by IE Campus Life, and the newest project hosted by IE Creativity Center. Not only that, Eter is this multifunctional event aiming to offer IE Community a unique offline experience on October the 8th 2020. 

Thanks to the theme around which the exhibition gravitates (self-awareness, identity and human dualism in the photographic work of two young artists -Carmen Chacón & Carlos Voba-), we have programmed:


- The official chance to visit the exhibition

- A conference on Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex

- A panel discussion with Celia de Anca and the two artists moderated

- The Live concert of young talent Valdivia to close the event. 

Please note: our premises are ready to guarantee Cov-19 protocols and so the capacity will be strictly limited. 

• Conference & panel discussion
• Live concert of Valdivia
• Streming of panel & concert
• Watch it WITHIN premises

In this talk, we will address:

- Behaviors that indicate mental health problems.
- The role our negative thoughts have on our mental health.
- How to sustain a routine that promotes mental health.
- How to identify triggers to negative and harmful emotions.
- How to cope with overwhelming negative emotions and thoughts.
- How to avoid burnout.

NOTE: The Zoom link will appear upon registration. Attending the talk will require an access code, which you will find in the RSVP confirmation and reminder email messages.

Please contact us at Counseling.IEU@ie.edu with any questions.

Have you ever woken up excessively tired despite a long night’s sleep? Or found yourself losing your temper for something trivial? Worse, have you ever picked a fight with someone close on an irrelevant issue, leaving you either angrier or feeling miserable? While light and unpreoccupied one day, either because you had unexpected result on a mid-term exam, or for no reason at all, have you ever suddenly felt inadequate, and started questioning your friendships, your relationships, the decisions you’ve made, and generally your life (and why not the whole universe if you stretch it)? Last but not least, have you ever felt that euphoric moment where you think you are the absolute best at what you do, and at the very top of your own game, with only a happy few worthy of your time?



The underlying reasons for all these thoughts, feelings, emotions and impulses to act may be in the way you have treated yourself in the past few weeks. While our human machine is an incredibly resilient resource that science still has not fully understood – especially the brain – it does have its limits, and its own needs that, for some reason, 20th century education has generally taken for granted, or just expected “others” to take care of.

Are you feeling mentally and physically exhausted? Academically strained? Socially over it? The pandemic is bringing a lot of new feelings for all of us and you may be experiencing burnout. Join the Rotaract Club for a special workshop/lecture with Professor Ibrahim Al-Marashi on the topic of burnout. This event takes place as part of the "Mental Health Day" of Student Government's 2020 Social Awareness Week.

Designed by Student Minds, a UK-based NGO that specializes in mental health in higher education, IEU Counseling teaches Look After Your Mate several times a year.

The aim of this workshop is to teach students about the signs to look for in their friends whom they suspect are struggling with their mental health and suggests ways to support that friend, including how to initiate a meaningful conversation and signpost them to the appropriate resources or services on/off-campus if necessary.

It is a 2-hour workshop delivered online. Due to its highly interactive format, attendance to one of these workshops is limited to 10 students.

Designed by Student Minds, a UK-based NGO that specializes in mental health in higher education, IEU Counseling teaches Look After Your Mate several times a year.

The aim of this workshop is to teach students about the signs to look for in their friends whom they suspect are struggling with their mental health and suggests ways to support that friend, including how to initiate a meaningful conversation and signpost them to the appropriate resources or services on/off-campus if necessary.

It is a 2-hour workshop delivered online. Due to its highly interactive format, attendance to one of these workshops is limited to 10 students.

Taking examples from everyday life, from activist groups, institutions and individuals, this talk will present some useful tools to be able to talk about gender issues. The aim is to critically analyse situations where gender may be the motive of stereotyping or of discriminatory attitudes. Gender identity is in essence a subjective experience that may seem difficult to identify or name, in oneself and in others. We welcome an open-minded discussion on topics such as the so-called new masculinity, feminisms, LGBTQ+, and transgender.

Zoom link: https://ieuniversity.zoom.us/j/81601604121?pwd=VHhZVW42Q0poSHU4UHZBNzRSZ3kzQT09

WiB invites you to join us for a guest lecture and discussion on the ethics of photo manipulation as part of the Student Government’s Social Awareness Week. Guest speaker Charles Kushner will take you on his personal journey and experience setting beauty standards through his work with photoshop in the beauty industry. With reflections on personal and industry responsibilities, we are expecting a heated discussion. To what extent can we hold the industry, the individual actors, the consumers accountable? Who is it deciding what is beautiful? We will soon find out

Join the SDG club for a talk and student discussion on Non-Western Feminist Theory, it's history, erasure, and what we can learn from it!

The Diversity and Inclusion Committee, in collaboration with the Student Government, presents personal stories concerning varied levels of micro aggression, prejudice and racism.

Get to meet an Amnesty International staffer who will talk about the situation of migrant workers and explain what the kafala system is in the Arab world and how it legally justifies discrimination and injustice towards workers.

We are ALL biased but CAN do something about it. Join us in a hands-on, interactive virtual workshop and discover 7 tools to BUST UNCONSCIOUS BIAS! Are you up for this challenge?

About the speaker
Mrs. Chamizo has over 20 years’ experience designing and delivering intercultural and diversity
programs. geared to international students, faculty and business executives in Chile, the US and Spain.
Mrs. Chamizo has also participated in the research and publication of several diversity publications for Spanish universities and international organizations.
Mrs. Chamizo is an active member of the Fulbright Alumni Association, SIETAR Spain (Society for
Intercultural Education, Training and Research), NAFSA (The Association of International Educators), and GirlUP, UN girl empowerment campaign.

Founder of Diversity Insights, Ms. Chamizo serves as Adjunct Professor of Diversity and Inclusion at IE School of Public and Global Affairs. She also works as diversity consultant for international organizations such as OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)

With the help of IE's student government, tune in to discuss topics related to social awareness, diversity, inclusion, and social justice.

The IEU Photo and Film Club launches its first edition of a series of monthly photo contests. This month of October, the topic chosen is "Social Awareness", coinciding with the celebration of a group of events on the topic organized by the Student Government.

The rules of the contest are available below.