Events: April 28, 2026

Apr 27 Apr 29

Community Day (no classes)

Tue, Apr 28, 2026

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.

MHC Department of Art Studio Senior Capstone Exhibitions - Spring 2026

Tue, Apr 28, 2026

Join us for the Department of Art Studio Senior Capstone Exhibitions! You're invited to celebrate the creative research of 18 Art Studio seniors including Mia Gonzales Jackson, Madigan Breiding,...

Various locations

Building On Our Momentum - Opening Plenary

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 8:45am to 9am

We will welcome Nipmuc Elder and Director of the Ohketeau Cultural Center, Larry Spotted Crow Mann to open our tenth annual Building On Our Momentum (BOOM!): Community Day. About Larry Spotted...

Mary Woolley Hall, Chapin Auditorium

Colorways: Exhibition by Jade Hoyer

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 9am to 4pm

This exhibition by the artist Jade Hoyer plays on how we conceive of interior and exterior spaces, of sweeping vistas and contained narratives. Light entering the Mount Holyoke College Botanic...

Talcott Greenhouse, Botanic Garden

A Collector of Me: Art, Play, and Archival Practice

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 10:30am to 12pm

This session will be an in-person workshop focused on preserving the stories we carry within us and deciding how we want to be remembered. Engaging in playful archival practice, participants will...

Fimbel Maker & Innovation Lab , Multipurpose Room, Room #37

A Quiet Moment with KAMAUU

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 10:30am to 12pm

A Soundbath with KAMAUU is unlike any other experience at Bombyx - a synthesis of meditation, and yoga - an hour of calm, intention, introspection, and humor. Rapper, poet, thinker, producer, and...

Pratt Music Hall, Warbeke Room

Activism sin Fronteras: Legacies of Liberation and Community Mobilization, An Immigration Activation Workshop

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 10:30am to 12pm

This workshop is facilitated by Erik Esqueda who will explore a brief history of undocumented and migrant movements within U.S. contexts and help participants develop strategies for leveraging your...

Virtual Event

Free

Coffee Hour is Over: Global Gaps in Student Support

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 10:30am to 12pm

The support of international students in higher education is often relegated solely to international student advisors/educators. Presenters Amanda Wong and Gabriel Andres Hall will review trends in...

Clapp Laboratory, Clapp 407

Doula Work and Full Spectrum Futures: a Reproductive Justice Futurisms Mini Think Tank

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 10:30am to 12pm

Please join us for a Reproductive Justice Futurisms Mini Think Tank with Queer/Trans Birth and Postpartum Doula, Axis Dade. Drawing on their work as a birth and postpartum doula with Birthrise and...

Kendade Hall, Kendade 305

Invocations for the World to Come: a poetry workshop

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 10:30am to 12pm

“As a culture worker who belongs to an oppressed people my job is to make revolution irresistible,” Toni Cade Bambara, quoted from An Interview with Toni Cade Bambara with Kay Bonnetti...

Community Center, Beverly Daniel Tatum Unity Center

LUCE Immigrant Justice Network Bystander Training facilitated by ACLU Massachusetts

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 10:30am to 12pm

Learn how to respond proactively to ICE sightings or attempts to detain residents. Gain the skills to act as a bystander and provide meaningful support to our immigrant neighbors. Facilitated by...

Community Center, Great Room

Opening the Culture Box in Intergroup Dialogue (IGD)

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 10:30am to 12pm

In this session, we will introduce Intergroup Dialogue (IGD), a structured approach for facilitating critical conversations about race, racism, privilege, and oppression between and within groups...

Reese Psychology & Education Building, Reese 301

Repatriation: An Ethical Return to Our Native Countries

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 10:30am to 11:30am

This session is for folks about the process of repatriation folks who are themselves, or have family/loved ones exploring the process of repatriation. Repatriation, the act of returning to one's...

Shattuck Hall, Cassani Lounge

Rewiring Your Brain Through Latin Dance

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 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, Dance Studio 2