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Women's History Month
March 2026

Included below are Women's History Month events* and programs and other inclusion and belonging events taking place at ߣ¶ÌÊÓƵ.

Purim Reflections: Jewish Faculty Discuss Identity, Ethics, & Human Rights 
Date: Monday, March 2
Time: 5pm
Location: Wyckoff Center
Description:Profs. Adam Tinkle (Media Studies/MDOCS), Laurie Rabinowitz (Ed Studies), Alexandra Prince (Religious Studies),and moderator Prof. Ben Bogin (Asian Studies) will  gather for an informal roundtable onstage at the Wyckoff Center on the eve of Purim, a Jewish holiday commemorating an averted genocide, to reflect on how their ethnic and religious traditions and upbringings have helped them understand our troubled present of xenophobia, state violence, and resistance, against the backdrop of rising antisemitism, Islamophobia, and white nationalism.

*Still Rising: Phillis Wheatley, Women's History, and the Making of the United States
Date: Tuesday, March 3
Time: 6pm
Location: Wyckoff Center
Description: A public lecture by Dr. Tara Bynum (University of Iowa), presented as the Women’s History Month lecture endowed by the Karen Levin Coburn ’63 Endowed Lecture Fund.
Sponsored by: Gender Studies

Putting Antibias and Antiracism Theory into Practice with Liz Kleinrock
Date: Wednesday, March 4
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Gannett Auditorium
Description: Liz Kleinrock (she/her), is a Korean-American, queer, Jewish, antibias and antiracist author, educator of both children and adults, and creator of K-12 curriculum. She received the Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching, and delivered her TED Talk, "How to Teach Kids to Talk about Taboo Topics." She will focus on how educators can intentionally build classroom cultures that center antiracist pedagogy while navigating current sociopolitical realities.
Sponsored by: ߣ¶ÌÊÓƵ Alum

From Adversity to Action: How I Learned to Navigate (Dis)ability, Racism, and Family Mental Illness in Challening Times, a Campus Conversation with James Francisco Bonilla
Date: Wednesday, March 4
Time: 6:30-8pm
Location: Davis Auditorium
Description: Author, activist, and scholar James Francisco Bonilla will discuss his memoir An Eye for an I: Growing Up with Blindness, Bigotry, and Family Mental Illness and share his experiences navigating (dis)ability, racism, and family mental illness. Bonilla will be in conversation with faculty members Abel Arango, Violeta Lorenzo, and June Paul.
Sponsored by: Departments of Social Work and Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and the Office of Institutional Diversity

*Celebration of Queer Histories
Date: Thursday, March 5
Time: 4:30-6pm
Location: Wyckoff Center
Description: A reception honoring queer faculty and staff who have shaped ߣ¶ÌÊÓƵ’s history, community, and institutional life, hosted by Queer Faculty and Staff Affinity Group.
Sponsored by: Gender Studies and the Queer Faculty and Staff Employee Resource Group

*Founders' Roundtable: Celebrating 30 Years of Women's and Gender Studies at ߣ¶ÌÊÓƵ
Date: Thursday, March 5
Time: 6-7:30pm
Location: Wyckoff Center
Description: An intergenerational conversation honoring the founding faculty, staff, and early leaders of Women’s and Gender Studies at ߣ¶ÌÊÓƵ
Sponsored by: Gender Studies

*The Fight for Sex Ed: The Century Long Battle Between Truth and Doctrine with Margaret Grace Myers
Date: Monday, March 16
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Emerson Auditorium
Sponsored by: The Department of Religious Studies with generous support from the departments of Education Studies, English, Gender Studies, History, and Poitical Science. 

"Counted Out" Film Screening
Date: Thursday, March 19
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Wyckoff Center
Description: Access to the film trailer is available . The film is meant for everyone to consider how math shapes our lives (from economic opportunity to democracy and beyond), and our discussion will focus on collective action we as audience members can take. Please spread the news about the film screening. It is open to all (friends, colleagues, students, community members). We will have a post-film discussion following the screening.
Sponsored by: Education Studies, Mathematics & Statistics, and Computer Science Departments

To add your event to this calendar, please email details to Mariel@skidmore.edu