Women's Week at Manhattan College

From March 18 - 24, the College will host a series of events that aim to address women's issues worldwide, and empower women in their personal and professional lives.

Culminating in the second annual Lasallian Women and Gender Conference, the Women’s Week events this month at Manhattan are diverse in nature, but deliver the same inherent message: that whether it’s through playing a sport, practicing faith in God, or striving to reach a professional goal, our College faculty, administrators and students demonstrate strength in community — a core component of what it means to be Lasallian. Students performing science experiment.

Sunday, March 18

  • Women’s Mass - In partnership with Campus Ministry and Social Action, 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers

Monday, March 19

  • Lasallian Women in Conversation - In partnership with CMSA, Jo-Ann Mullooly ‘16, current Lasallian Volunteers participant, Alannah Boyle ‘18, and Brother Ed Phelan, FSC. Panel moderated by Jacquie Martin, 4:30 p.m., Kelly Commons, 4B
  • Yoga - In partnership with the Fitness Center, 5:30 p.m., Kelly Commons, 5A

Tuesday, March 20

  • Women’s Softball Game vs. Wagner, 2:00 p.m., Gaelic Park
  • Student Research Panel on Women and the Lasallian Tradition: Ali Hurley ‘18, Theresa Watts, Emily Center and Alannah Boyle, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Rodriguez Room, Miguel Hall
  • Muslim Women Slice of Social Justice - In partnership with the Muslim Student Association and CMSA, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Cornerstone
  • Empowering Women in S.T.E.M. Panel - In partnership with the Center for Career Development, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Kelly Commons, 5B

Wednesday, March 21

  • Faculty Development Luncheon: Founding a Lasallian Women and Gender Center at Manhattan College, with Jordan Pascoe, Ph.D., and Alannah Boyle, 12 -1 p.m., Kelly Commons, 4A
  • Global Women Tabling - In partnership with Catholic Relief Services Student Ambassadors: Climate Change, Human Trafficking, Migration, Global Hunger, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Quadrangle
  • Stephanie Powell, “Narrative Desire and the Book of Ruth," 2:00 p.m., Kelly Commons, 4B
  • Judith Plaskow Lecture on Women in Religion - In partnership with Religious Studies Department, 3:30 p.m., Kelly Commons, 5A
  • "Women as Contested Terrain of War and Revolution: Algeria and France 1954-62" with Marnia Lazreg - In partnership with the History Department, 6:30 p.m., Hayden 100
  • Agape Latte, “When I Thought I Could Fly” with Cristina Pérez Jiménez, Ph.D., 7:30 p.m., Jasper Lounge

Thursday, March 22

  • Women in Fair Trade, 12 - 2 p.m., Founders Bridge Table
  • WAGS Panel: Male Solidarity and Allyship, Cory Blad Ph.D., Jawanza Clark Ph.D., and David Witzling, Ph.D., 3 - 4 p.m., location tbd
  • Take Back the Night, 5:30 - 8 p.m., Smith Auditorium
  • "Suburbs in Transition: Diversity and the American Dream,” with Becky Nicolaides, Ph.D. - In partnership with the Urban Studies Department, 7:30 pm, Kelly Commons, 5B

Friday, March 23

  • Second Annual Lasallian Women and Gender Conference: Lasallian Solidarity and Feminist Intersectionality in the #MeToo movement, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Kelly Commons, 5A
  • Catholic Relief Services - Global Women Tabling: Climate Change, Human Trafficking, Migration, Global Hunger, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Kelly Commons

Saturday, March 24

  • Day of Service - In partnership with CMSA, volunteer at Washington Heights and Inwood Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Women’s Health and Wellness Day, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sign up in the Campus Ministry and Social Action Suite, located on the second floor of Kelly Commons.
By Christine Loughran