REPOST: Women’s History Month 2021
Events & Reading for Learning + Engagement this March!
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Celebrate Women's History Month by engaging and learning with these great events happening throughout March! Also check out our Women’s Center blog archive for deeper learning and reflection.
In 1987 the US Congress designated March as National Women’s History Month (with help from Maryland's very own
Barbara Mikulski). This creates a special opportunity in our schools, our workplaces, and our communities to recognize and celebrate the often-overlooked achievements of American women. Each year there is a special theme designated by the
National Women's History Project. This year's theme is "
Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to be Silenced.
For a list of all the campus events, download the calendar below. Follow the Women's Center on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates throughout the month.
Highlighted Events Hosted by the Women's Center and Campus Partners:
Women's History Month Trivia Night with the Women’s Center
Tuesday, March 2nd, 6-7pm
Create a team or play solo to show off your women's history know-how and win prizes!
2021 Korenman Lecture ‘In the Room’: Women of Color Doulas in a State of Emergency with Dr. Jennifer Nash
Thursday, March 4th, 4-5:30pm
"In the Room” explores the work of women of color doulas laboring in Chicago in an era where doulas are increasingly hailed—by the state and by activists—as precisely the innovation that can save black mothers’ lives. Dr. Nash explores the complicated tensions around professionalization and the medicalization of birth that underpins their practice, and considers the place of their work in the ongoing effort to eradicate black infant and maternal mortality.
I3B’s Workshop Wednesdays: Identity Conscious Supervision
Wednesday, March 10th, 10am-12pm
Using Identity-Conscious Supervision in Student Affairs as a guide for this conversation, Facilitators will discuss an original and transformative model to address day-to-day supervision challenges. Participants will engage with tools that consider self-work, identity exploration, relationship building, consciousness raising, trust development, and organizational change, ultimately helping them become more adept at supervising people from a range of backgrounds and experiences.
LLC's 2021 Inaugural Cedric Herring Symposium
Critical Conversations: An Intersectional Perspective to Ignite Social Change featuring Dr. Patricia Hill Collins
Wednesday, March 24th, 4-5:30pm
Dr. Patricia Hill Collins, Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, will be our guest speaker. Dr. Hill Collins is a social theorist whose research and scholarship have examined the intersection of race, gender, social class, sexuality and nationality. She has authored many publications, including Black Feminist Thought, and most recently, Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory.
Brave Space Forum: "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)": Toxic Positivity in a Pandemic (a Women's Center series)
Thursday, March 25th, 4-5pm
During this pandemic, positive stories and uplifting moments have often been hard to come by. Many of us are working through higher levels of stress, depression, anxiety, anger, and loneliness. In answer to these "negative emotional/mental states," some are pushing for us to think on the bright side and embrace positivity at all costs. Often, these well-meaning positivity pushers don't realize that they're enforcing something pervasively toxic. Enter: "toxic positivity," a social phenomenon wherein one compulsively pushes happiness and denies/minimizes/invalidates any negative or uncomfortable feeling. For this Brave Space Forum, we will deconstruct toxic positivity and why it's okay to not be okay!
University System of Maryland Women's Forum Scholarship and Awards Alert!
The Women's Forum commends and celebrates the achievements of students, faculty, and staff from across the system through award and scholarship programs. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged
to apply.
In the spirit of using this celebration to learn and expand your understanding of women’s history, we also recommend you check out some of these archives from the Women’s Center blog treasure trove!
If you’re office or student org is hosting an event for Women’s History Month, email us at womencenter@umbc.edu with more information so we can update this post with your event details!
For a full list of all the Women’s Center’s events and programming to include our discussion-based groups, visit our events page.
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LLC's 2021 Inaugural Cedric Herring Symposium
An Intersectional Perspective to Ignite Social Change
Please join us at
LLC's 2021 Inaugural Cedric Herring Symposium, "Critical
Conversations: An Intersectional Perspective to Ignite Social Change."
This event will be held on Wednesday, March 24th, from 4-5:30pm EST and
will be live streamed.
Please add this WebEx link to your
calendar!
We are pleased to
announce that Dr. Patricia Hill Collins, Distinguished University
Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and
author of numerous books, most popular, Black Feminist Thought, will
be the symposium's guest speaker.
This virtual event will
be emceed by Shenita Denson (LLC Cohort 22) and LLC's Dr. Ramon Goings will
moderate the dynamic panel of LLC students and alumnae who will be engaging Dr.
Hill Collins in a conversation about intersectionality's ability to frame
social inequality in ways that could facilitate social change. Time permitting,
we will be taking questions from the audience, as well. Check out the attached
flyer for more information.
This event honors the
legacy of the late Dr. Cedric Herring, former director and
professor of the LLC Program, internationally renowned social science
researcher, and advocate for diversity, inclusion, and mentorship. Please visit
our website for more
information about Dr. Herring and our event.
Our symposium is free
and open to the public. We encourage you to share this email, the WebEx link, and the
flyer with others!
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REPOST: 2021 Korenman Lecture - Dr. Jennifer Nash
Virtual Event on March 4 - 4pm-5:30pm
Original event can be viewed here.
Jean Fox O'Barr Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University
‘In the Room’:
Women of Color Doulas in a State of Emergency
"In the Room” explores the work of women of color doulas laboring in Chicago in an era where doulas are increasingly hailed—by the state and by activists—as precisely the innovation that can save black mothers’ lives. Dr. Nash explores the complicated tensions around professionalization and the medicalization of birth that underpins their practice, and considers the place of their work in the ongoing effort to eradicate black infant and maternal mortality.
This event is free and open to the public, and will be closed captioned and recorded. Following the event, the recording will be available on CS3's YouTube channel.
Korenman Lecture organized by the Department of Gender, Women's, + Sexuality Studies. Co-sponsored by the Provost's Office; the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; the Departments of Africana Studies, American Studies, Media and Communications Studies, Political Science, and Social Work; the Public Humanities Minor; and the Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion, and Belonging (i3B).
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