Women's Week at Manhattan College

A series of events aims to celebrate and empower women in our Lasallian Catholic community.

Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center Ribbon cutting ceremony with four women Advocacy, activism and gender define this year’s Women’s Week at Manhattan College, beginning on Thursday, March 28. 

Highlighted by the third annual Lasallian Women’s Conference, the series is also scheduled to include athletic events, seminars and an off-campus excursion. Throughout the week, the newly opened Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center finds different ways of discussing feminism in the Lasallian Catholic charism; on April 3, check out #MeToo and the Book of Esther.

See below for a full list of events, which are open to all students, faculty and administrators.

 

Thursday, March 28

3:30 p.m. | Agitating in the Charism with Jamie Manson: Why Women and LGBTQ Catholics Must Unite in their Struggle for Inclusion in their Church, Hayden Hall, room 100

This event is co-sponsored by the Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center, Campus Ministry and Social Action and the Religious Studies department.

Monday, April 1

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Third Annual Women and Gender Conference: Student Activism and Advocacy, Kelly Commons, 4A and 5A

  • 10 a.m. | Kelly Commons 5A: Keynote speaker Sasha Ahuja
  • 1 – 2 p.m. | Student Research Poster Session on Gender and Sexuality, Kelly Commons, 4A
  • 2 p.m. | Kelly Commons 5A: Keynote speaker Adaku Utah
  • 3 – 5 p.m. | Workshop: How to Be an Activist, in partnership with the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, Kelly Commons 5A

6 p.m. | Discussions and Donuts, the Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center, Kelly Commons 3C

Tuesday, April 2

3:30 p.m. | Allyship and Intersectionality: Real Talk with Jawanza Clark, Nefertiti Takla, Cristina Perez-Jimenez, Kevin Ahern and Rebecca Kern, Hayden Hall 100

This event is co-sponsored by WAGS and the the Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center.

4:30 p.m. | Writing Workshop: Bringing Interpersonal Conversations to the Page with LOTUS magazine, the Quadrangle and Christine Loughran, Kelly Commons Club Room 4.12

Wednesday, April 3

12 p.m. | #MeToo and the Book of Esther, with Stephanie Powell, Cornerstone

4 p.m. | Softball Home Game: Manhattan College vs. Columbia University, Gaelic Park

2 – 4  p.m. | Clothesline Project, Quadrangle

This event is co-sponsored by the Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center and Multicultural Center.

5:30 – 8:30 p.m. | Take Back the Night, Smith Auditorium

This event is co-sponsored by the Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center, the Title IX, Diversity and Equity Office, Student Engagement and Student Government.

Thursday, April 4

3 p.m. | Activism Excursion: Perilous Bodies, Social Action Suite

8 p.m. | Yoga with RikkiLynn Shields ’19, Kelly Commons 4C

Friday, April 5

12:30 p.m. | Slice of Social Justice: Emotional Labor in the Workplace, Jolie Terrazas, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of management and marketing

Friday - Saturday, April 5-6

9 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Museum of Motherhood Conference, O’Malley Library, Alumni Room

This event is co-sponsored by the Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center, department of Sociology, Student Engagement and Student Government.

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By Christine Loughran