Women's History Month

Starting this year, the Wesleyan community has come together to celebrate Women's History Month in March with a variety of events, initatives, performances, and celebrations.  Please come out and support as many of the great events listed below as you are able!

2024 Women's History Month Committee:  Sara Ben Abdallah '26, CJ Joseph '25, Nicole Allina '25, Aurora Guecia '25, Oluchi Chukwuemeka '26, Shekinah Mba '26, Cara Connor (Office of Student Involvement), Demetrius Colvin (The Resource Center), Kiara Ruesta-Cayetano (The Resource Center), Cecilia McCall '91 (Office of Advancement), Anastasia Daniels (Communications and Public Relations)

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WHM Kick-Off Event

  1. Event Time and Date: Thursday, February 29th at 5:00pm ET
  2. Event Location/Zoom Information: Daniel Family Commons
  3. Event Organizers: Womxn of Color Collective, The Resource Center and the WHM 2024 Committee
  4. Event Description:  (open to the public) Join the Womxn of Color Collective, The Resource Center, and the Women’s History Month Committee in kicking off the Women’s History Month celebration at Wesleyan!

 

Let's Get Hairy!

  1. Event Time and Date: Thursday, March 7th at 7:30pm ET
  2. Event Location/Zoom Information: The Resource Center
  3. Event Organizers: ASHA
  4. Event Description:  (open to students only) A guided conversation on hair and everything about it. We'll be focusing on hair as political locus, a root of identity, and a canvas for bodily autonomy.

 

Practicing Ecofeminism

  1. Event Time and Date: Tuesday, March 26th at 4:30pm ET
  2. Event Location/Zoom Information: PAC 002
  3. Event Organizers: The Resource Center and College of the Environment
  4. Event Description:  (open to the public) A discussion with Wesleyan Professors Lori Gruen and Kellie Cavagnaro on what ecofeminism is and how we can practice it in our daily lives.

 

Embracing Pleasure

  1. Event Time and Date: Wednesday, March 27th at 6:00pm ET
  2. Event Location/Zoom Information: Usdan 108
  3. Event Organizers: WesWell
  4. Event Description:  (open to students only) Join Weswell and Pleasure Pie (website) for a workshop for trans folks on embracing pleasure in multiple ways in their everyday lives.

 

KING COAL Film Screening

  1. Event Time and Date: Wednesday, March 27th at 8:00pm
  2. Event Location/Zoom Information: Goldsmith Family Cinema at the Jeanine Basinger Center for Film Studies (aka CFS100)
  3. Event Organizers: WesDocs & College of Film and the Moving Image
  4. Event Description:  (open to the public) 2023. USA. Dir: Elaine McMillion Sheldon. Documentary. 80 min. The cultural roots of coal continue to permeate the rituals of daily life in Appalachia even as its economic power wanes. The journey of a coal miner's daughter exploring the region's dreams and myths, untangling the pain and beauty.

 

Trans Day of Visibility Talk

  1. Event Time and Date: Thursday, March 28th at 4:30pm ET
  2. Event Location/Zoom Information: Daniel Family Commons
  3. Event Organizers: The Resource Center
  4. Event Description:  (open to the public) Join alum, activist, and author Jennifer Finney Boylan as she presents her piece called the “Heisenberg Variations: Imagination, Invention, and Uncertainty,” which highlights not only trans identity, but the connection between the way we reinvent and revise ourselves on the page as well.  Reception with refreshments served at 4:30pm and talk begins at 5:00pm.

 

Women's Health Trivia Night

  1. Event Time and Date: Thursday, March 28th at 8:00pm ET
  2. Event Location/Zoom Information: Allbritton 311
  3. Event Organizers: WesWell
  4. Event Description:  (open to students only) Join Weswell for a night of prizes and Women’s health trivia!

 

Women of Color Care and Share

  1. Event Time and Date: Sunday, March 31st, 3:30pm-5:00pm
  2. Event Location/Zoom Information: The Resource Center
  3. Event Organizers: Womxn of Color Collective and The Resource Center
  4. Event Description:  (open to students only)