Events: April 29, 2025

Apr 28 Apr 30

Community Day (no classes)

Tue, Apr 29, 2025

BOOM! Building on Our Momentum Learning Conference, an opportunity to engage in the work of diversity, equity and inclusion in all its manifestations. Regular classes do not meet on this day.

Virtual Healing Space for Survivors with Tomiko Jenkins LCSW

Tue, Apr 29, 2025

We invite all survivors of sexual violence to join this virtual healing space to reflect upon the journey towards finding care networks, opportunities for connecting and creating safety with others...

Virtual Event

Virtual Healing Space for Survivors with Tomiko Jenkins LCSW

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 12am to 11pm

We invite all survivors of sexual violence to join this virtual healing space to reflect upon the journey towards finding care networks, opportunities for connecting and creating safety with others...

Opening Performance featuring Urban Thunder

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 8:45am

This year's 9th Annual Building On Our Momentum (BOOM!): Community day will feature an opening performance by Urban Thunder, an intertribal powwow drum group currently based in western Massachusetts.

Mary Woolley Hall, Chapin Auditorium

Addressing Islamophobia: Dispelling Myths to Break Down Barriers

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 10:30am to 12pm

Dr. Amer Ahmed will share insights about Islam and Islamophobia, providing much-needed context for us to bridge divides that have been exposed by the post 9/11 era. Dispel myths and...

Virtual Event

Alliance Against Ableism

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am

Drop in to chat with Samm Nelson and Ava Healy in a birds of a feather session that explores the work of the community group Alliance Against Ableism that was started at UMass. This group meets...

Virtual Event

Benefits of a Diverse Workforce: Communication is Key

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am

Diversifying the workforce of an educational institution is not only beneficial to the College itself, but also to its staff, students, and greater community. At Mount Holyoke College, the...

Cleveland Hall, Cleveland L-1

Black Global Travel: Black Women in Entrepreneurship

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 10:30am to 12pm

This capstone project focuses on the first-generation female entrepreneurs of immigrant origin and immigrants who have decided to venture into the entrepreneurial path rather than the corporate....

Kendade Hall, Kendade 305

Disability: Advocacy, Access, and Allyship

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am

As disabled students at Mount Holyoke, Carson, Luz, and Stevie are aware of extensive ableism within the study body, faculty, and institutional as a whole. Their encounters with discrimination...

Ciruti Language Center, 109

Embodying Joy: Black Wisdom Traditions of Liberation and Healing

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 10:30am to 12pm

From the poetry of artists such as Maya Angelou and Amanda Gorman to the rhythms of musical geniuses such as Alice Coltrane and Stevie Wonder, Black creative, cultural, and spiritual wisdom guides...

Virtual Event

Foundations of Social Justice Intragroup Dialogue For White Identified Students

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 10:30am to 12:30pm

Come learn about the foundations of social justice in this MoZone intragroup dialogue for white identified students. As we continue moving through trying times, it is crucial that we as white...

Blanchard Hall, Beverly Daniel Tatum Unity Center

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Art Making for Our Collective Liberation

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 10:30am to 12pm

Angela Davis once noted, “It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism. This session will be an in-person art-making workshop focused on engaging with students inspired by...

Art Building, Art Studio 301

Herbalism as Resistance

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 10:30am to 12pm

Our ancestors braided seeds, grew freedom gardens, and lived in reciprocity with the earth. Herbalism as Resistance orients our relationship building with our bodies, the land, and our community as...

Pratt Music Hall, Warbeke Room

More Than Winning: BIPOC Student Athlete Conversations

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 10:30am to 12:30pm

This event is in collaboration with the BIPOC athletic community at MHC. Alongside the MoZone peer educators Mariama Diallo and Cynthia Akanaga, BIPOC student athletes will discuss their...

Blanchard Hall, Blanchard 227

Reclaiming Math Identity: Expanding Access and Opportunity in STEM

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am

Mathematical identity—how individuals perceive themselves in relation to math—significantly influences their confidence, engagement, and long-term opportunities in STEM fields. Yet, systemic...

Kendade Hall, Room 107

Reproducing Resistance: Gendered Violence and Indigenous Nationhood

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 10:30am to 12pm

Pathways to the Professoriate is a special program created to demystify the PhD process and the journey towards becoming a professor for students who may be interested in an academic career. The...

Zowie Banteah Cultural Center

Rewiring Your Brain Through Latin Dance

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am

Join Holyoke native and Latin dance artist Roshay for a high-energy workshop where movement meets neuroscience. No dance experience needed—just come ready to move. Rooted in Latin culture and...

Kendall Sports & Dance Complex, Studio II