Women’s Center Coordinates Women’s History Month Events
March 2, 2023
Brooklyn College is proud to announce its 2023 schedule of Women’s History Month events. The calendar, coordinated by the Women’s Center, was designed to recognize and celebrate the fight toward gender equity, as well as acknowledge the contributions of important predecessors and contemporary trailblazers. These campus-wide events are a collaboration of student clubs, departments, and offices across the campus, including Women’s and Gender Studies; the Women's Center; the Office of the President; and many more.
One highlight will be a week-long series of events for the college’s annual Hess Week that will celebrate the Hess Scholar-in-Residence for 2022–23, author and activist Barbara Smith. Smith will discuss the values that have shaped her remarkable life with the extended campus community on March 16 from 5–6:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE
March 7: A Visit From Ambassador Howaida Essam Abdel Rahman, New York Egyptian Consulate
(12:30–1:30 p.m., Student Center, 5th floor)
Brooklyn College welcomes Ambassador Howaida Essam Abdel Rahman of the New York Egyptian Consulate, who will talk about her personal and professional trajectory in international diplomacy. Sponsored by the Muslim Women’s Leadership Project, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, and the S.A.I.L/Division of Student Affairs. Registration required. https://form.jotform.com/230544285428155
March 8: Have Some Campus Spirit and Pick Up a Goodie Bag!
(10 a.m.–5 p.m., 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension)
We’re kicking off Women’s History Month with a special treat, a goodie bag giveaway! Stop by during the Women’s Center’s office hours to grab yourself some goodies and find out about our full Women’s History Month calendar of events.
March 9: Women’s History Month Kick-off Celebration
(12:30–2:30 p.m., Student Center, 6th floor)
Join the Women’s Center and the Undergraduate Student Government for a kickoff event focused on honoring trailblazing women, the special women in our own personal lives, and ourselves! Centering the celebration of women, this event will feature performances, arts and crafts, and food.
March 9–10 (Two-Day Conference): Centering Voices of Caribbean Immigrant Domestic Workers: Advancing a Narrative of Respect, Dignity and Hope
(Day 1: 10 a.m.–3:30 p.m., Student Center)
(Day 2: 5:45 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Screening at Don Buchwald Theater, Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts)
For more details: CUNY Haitian Studies Institute
March 13: “If Black women were free…”: The State of Black Feminism 2023
(2:15–3:30 p.m., Woody Tanger Auditorium, Brooklyn College Library)
This panel takes its inspiration from the Combahee River Collective Statement’s observation that, “If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression.” (Co-sponsored by the Cal State Los Angeles Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department.)
March 16: Working for Liberation and Having a Damn Good Time
(11 a.m. –12:30 p.m., Woody Tanger Auditorium, Brooklyn College Library)
This panel takes its inspiration from the title of an article Barbara Smith wrote in 1986. We bring together experienced frontline organizers for an urgently important conversation on how to organize for fundamental social and political change.
March 21: Empowering Our Entrepreneurs: Women in Business Pop-Up
(12:30.–2 p.m., Student Center, 5th floor)
Join the Women’s Center as we support and spotlight Brooklyn College’s many women entrepreneurs. Businesswomen from our campus will set up their own selling space, offering attendees the chance to purchase goods and help solidify the success of women in a male-dominated job sector. Attend for your chance to win raffle items. (Co-Sponsored by Women in Business Club, the Murray Koppelman School of Business, and S.A.I.L.)
