Ladies and Friends is a meet up for women, trans, and gender non-conforming people in the Champaign-Urbana area of Illinois. It occurs over a period of a few hours at a local coffee shop and is a drop in style where you can come whenever and stay for as long as you'd like. We catch up with each other and discuss current events, our work, ideas and lives in order to exchange academic ideas, encourage and support each other, and create and sustain friendships.