BOOM! is an annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) learning symposium featuring a series of events. The event incorporates the voices and experiences of students, faculty, staff, and alums. Sessions are designed by members of the community for the entire community and will meet participants where they are in their learning and comfort in engaging in sessions on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
BOOM! 2023 will be a combination of live talks and recorded content.
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 9am to 10am
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Everyone desires to feel a sense of community. In "Belonging," Geoffrey L. Cohen uses his research in psychology to explain how individuals can overcome differences and forge lasting connections,...
Mary Woolley Hall, Chapin Auditorium
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023 3pm to 4pm
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A lecture titled On The Politics of Where You Are with Gaye Theresa Johnson.
Art Building, Gamble Auditorium
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023 4:30pm to 6pm
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"REMEMBERING REVOLUTIONARY LOVE: Transformative Justice At the End of the World" What does it mean to love each other in a time of COVID and social collapse? How can we find the strength within...
Art Building, Gamble Auditorium
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023 6:30pm to 8:30pm
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To inspire, amuse, release, or even inform. Join us for an evening of real-life stories from Frances Perkins Scholars (FPs) and the non-traditional journeys that brought us through the gates of...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12:30pm
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Intergroup dialogue is "a facilitated, face-to-face encounter that strives to create new levels of understanding, relating and action between two or more social identity groups who have a history...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12pm
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This workshop is intended to provide participants with guidance in understanding some of the basic terms of Disability Oppression and how to prevent discrimination against people with...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12pm
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As a queer, autistic, trans, and multiply disabled person, I have been regularly told that academic institutions and the wider world of theatre are not places for people like me. Studying...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12pm
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This workshop is designed to cultivate a space where Black, Indigenous, and people of color can foster a relationship with nature, the land, and each other while creating art. There are so many...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12pm
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This workshop session will engage participants in an examination of racism and antisemitism as related ideologies. The focus will be to understand how these ideologies impact the Black and Jewish...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12pm
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A conversation on how poetry in Black circles has grown throughout American history from Negro spirituals to Hip Hop and Spoken Word. A conversation on how our pain and trauma have been used to...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12pm
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In this educational and restorative session, Chris Turtle Harris will lead a focused discussion on spiritual healing and sacred herbal remedies with an intentional focus on nature awareness. Bio:...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12pm
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Faculty from the newly instituted Department of Critical Race and Political Economy will talk about their research and pedagogy and the history and formation of CRPE. Speakers: Iyko Day, she/her,...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 11:30am
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La Unidad is a cultural organization at Mount Holyoke College that was established in 1976. During that time period, a large part of the organization was made up of Latinx students and allies to...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12pm
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This panel will center TGNC alum and focus around how to build one's life post-grad to center well being and success. We will explore topics around their experiences upon leaving the MHC community,...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12pm
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We invite all community members (alum, students, faculty and staff) to participate in this healing space designed to help everyone who may need time to process and explore their feelings of living...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12pm
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In this interactive dialogue and session, Dr. Cohen will engage faculty around the concepts in his book related to the importance of belonging and how to foster it, addressing such topics...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12:30pm
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The purpose of this group is to provide a structured space for white-identified students to introspect on their racial socialization experiences and explore how historical and modern-day...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 11:30am
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Tired of creating mission statements and action plans for anti-racism and inclusivity only to forget about them? Looking for a supportive and collaborative space to share your experiences about...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12pm
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No text is innocent. Words and stories etched in black ink create worlds, ways of being, and ways of knowing. Stories, communicated both orally and textually, have historically conceived power and...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12pm
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Reflections on building a practice of artmaking for connection and liberation with Candy Alexandra In Reflections on building a practice of artmaking for connection and liberation,...
Art Building, Gamble Auditorium
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12pm
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Throughout the 2022-2023 academic year, Know Your Neighbor has become an established bi-weekly program of the Office of Community and Belonging. Through gently facilitated dialogue, participants...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12pm
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Spring Forward Your Way into Healing with Poetry led by Inuk writer, Ella Nathanael Alkiewicz Come enjoy yourselves and write about your joys and triumphs with what you want to grow in the last...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12:30pm
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In this fun, interactive workshop, participants will work in diverse groups to complete a shared task and then reflect on their experience. The workshop is meant to challenge assumptions and...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 10:30am to 12:30pm
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Workshop for International Students: "Exploring Race, Racism, and Antiracism through a US and Global Lens" This in-person workshop will provide a safe and brave space for International students to...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 11am to 12pm
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International Faculty and Staff Reflecting on Their Experiences in the US. International faculty and staff will share their stories of coming to the US as well as their professional and personal...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 12pm to 1pm
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We invite all faculty of color who teach at institutions in the Five College Consortium to join us for a special luncheon to get to know each other in an informal setting. Faculty are also invited...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 2:30pm
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In this session, we will provide a brief overview of Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) at Mount Holyoke College. Then, in a moderated panel format, students, alumna/x, staff, and faculty will share their...
Mary Woolley Hall, New York Room
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 2:30pm
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This is a workshop on the life and teachings of Black lesbian feminist, Audre Lorde. We will explore the gifts ancestor Audre Lorde has given us that has touched us and continues to inform a Black...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 2:30pm
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Panelists reflect upon their journeys of documenting racial injustice, responding to violence, writing about anti-Black racism and antisemitism and bearing witness to the rich past and present...
Clapp Laboratory, Hooker Auditorium
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 2pm
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This is an opportunity for people on campus who self-identity as COVID cautious to get together and have a discussion about their experiences this year. As the College and U.S. government have...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 2:30pm
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This very special workshop features Dr. Marybeth Gasman in a dialogue about her book, Doing the Right Thing: How Colleges and Universities Can Undo Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring. The book...
Willits-Hallowell Conference Center, Morrison Room
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 2:30pm
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Black, Indigenous People of Color often experience environments that are rife with microaggressions. We invite all BIPOC community members (alum, students, faculty and staff) to participate in this...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 2pm
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This panel discussion will explore the complexities and nuances of multiracial identity and representation on the Mount Holyoke campus. It will delve into the challenges and experiences of...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 3pm
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MHC is excited to welcome Schuyler Bailar, internationally-celebrated inspirational speaker and inclusion advocate, author and advocate for trans inclusion, body acceptance, and mental health...
Mary Woolley Hall, Chapin Auditorium
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 2:30pm
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LOVE YOUR BODY, HEART & SOUL: Embodied Collective Care for BIPOC Wonderers, Wanderers & Warriors" Join somatic practitioner & author Kai Cheng Thom for a workshop on somatic self-care and...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 3pm
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There are two dozen known and unknown disabilities that affect expressive communication, whether congenital or acquired, ranging from autism, apraxia of speech, and cerebral palsy, to ALS and...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 3pm
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Disfigurement and disability is ever present in horror cinema, often as a physical manifestation of evil, inflicted punishment, or “otherness”. Horror utilizes all aspects of disability for its...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 2:30pm
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The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum stewards an expanding collection that both reflects and responds to the diverse student body at Mount Holyoke College. In the spirit of inclusivity and...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 2:30pm
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All faculty, staff and students invited to learn more about how to use pronouns, understand the history and context of pronoun usage and reflect on lessons learned and strategies for supporting and...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 2pm
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This introductory session focuses on the concept of Restorative Justice, its evolution on college campuses and how it is practiced among friends and peers from two individuals who brought...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 2:30pm
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Nature and land are terms that have historically been defined and conceptualized around humans and their interaction/ interest. Indigenous scientist, Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer in her piece Braiding...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 1:45pm
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“Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey beautifully states rest in its simplest form, becomes an act of resistance and a reclaiming of power because it asserts our most basic humanity. We...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 2:30pm
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The Pagan, Polytheist, & Animist Collective is hosting a Divination workshop for students, faculty, and beyond to share a bit of our history and to help others who want to learn about tarot gain...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 1pm to 2:30pm
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In this Zoom panel, three Indigenous writers from New England will be reading and discussing their work. Come join Ella Nathaniel Alkiewicz, a Labrador Inuk poet, writer and teacher Dawn Dove...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023 3pm to 4:30pm
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Faculty and teaching staff from departments participating in the HHMI Inclusive Excellence grant (e.g., Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, and Neuroscience & Behavior) are invited to join the HHMI...
Willits-Hallowell Conference Center, Andreola Room
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 3:30pm to 4:30pm
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Focus Group: Understanding International Student Experiences in Mount Holyoke's Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) Courses The purpose of this focus group is to better understand the experiences of...
Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. Despite many perceptions, most non-Muslims in the United States know little about the actual religion of Islam. In fact, it takes minimal...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. As part of the ongoing work of documenting stories connected to The 1619 Project, Scholar Rafael Ocasio shares his important research on the...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the recording. As a women’s college that is gender diverse, Mount Holyoke recognizes the unique and particular ways that women are often subjected to...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. Speaker: Anthea Butler The relationship between the African American community and the Jewish community in America has been one of shared...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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Please note that this recording presently features auto-captions that may not always be accurate. While we are working to professionally caption this recording, we wanted to make this resource...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. We welcome Clint Smith , gifted spoken word poet and academician, as the keynote speaker for our 5th annual Building On Our Momentum...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. This important dialogue on challenging anti-Blackness and anti-Semitism between Rabbi Sandra Lawson and Rabbi Josh Lesser focused on building...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. Isabel Wilkerson’s pivotal work, Caste has led to many insightful conversations around the criticality of understanding race, place and...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session is previously recorded. Watch the video. This webinar is geared toward faculty and staff seeking inclusive pedagogical strategies to create accessible classrooms. Speaker: Dr....
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session is previously recorded. Watch the video. Creating a campus environment that affirms, supports and honors the diversity of abilities that exist is a priority for our community. As part...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the Video. Join us for a workshop covering the basics of digital security. We'll be using principles of harm reduction and community safety to think...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. We are witnessing increases in acts of violence, discrimination, harassment, and hate speech that have harkened us back to a time when...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. A family of sugar-cane farmers in Louisiana worked the same land for generations and ultimately they began to realize that racism was looming...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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Please note that this recording presently features auto-captions that may not always be accurate. While we are working to professionally caption this recording, we wanted to make this resource...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the Video. Anti-racism is a skill and a practice. It requires honesty, the willingness to unlearn and confront power. Do you consider yourself an...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. In the United States, between 1882 and 1927 - there were 4,951 documented lynchings. About a third of those killed were white often on the...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. Indigenous people have always lived on this land, but their history, culture, and contributions are not seen. Instead, stereotypes and...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This video was previously recorded. Watch the video. Inclusive pedagogical strategies are critical to implement in a remote learning environment. This session for faculty and staff will provide an...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the Video. For Latinx Heritage Month, we are excited to welcome a keynote lecture with Storyteller, Public Theologian and Feminist, Prisca Dorcas Mojica...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. Speaker: Chris Mosier BOOM: Community Day 2022 at Mount Holyoke will feature dynamic activist, athlete and educator, Chris Mosier. As the...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This sesssion was previously recorded. Watch the Video. Speaker: Dr. Tameeka Hunter (she/her) Transformative racial trauma healing requires that marginalized persons have space, support,...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the Video. Sybrina Fulton lost her seventeen-year old son, Trayvon Martin and was instantly thrust into the spotlight as a grieving mother whose son's...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. We are honored to welcome Dean Spade in conversation with activist Taylor Alxndr of Southern Fried, Queer Pride and Smith College Professor,...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the Video. We will welcome two dynamic speakers for a special conversation, Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry and Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. 2020 has been a...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the Video. An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the Video. Our speaker will be Marcus Trujillo of Pueblo Alliance. Marcus Trujillo, Gààtaiyàà | He/Him/His, is from the Pueblo of Laguna in affiliation...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the recording. Sexual violence and stalking are both prevalent, commonly misunderstood, and severely underreported victimizations. In honor of Sexual...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. This public lecture with FRONTLINE correspondent and New Yorker staff writer Dr. Jelani Cobb took place to the commemorate the birthday of...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. Scholar Martha S. Jones shares her incredible research on women's suffrage and the role Black women played in actualizing gaining the right...
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
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This session was previously recorded. Panelists: Dr. Laura Leibman Dr. Paola Tartakoff Moderated by Dr. Mara Benjamin Mount Holyoke has been the site of hateful acts of antisemitism yet we...
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