Heritage and Cultural Diversity

Women's History Month

 

Women's History Month
As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we honor the generations of womxn whose courage, creativity, leadership, and resistance have helped shape our world. This month is not only a time to recognize historic achievements, but also an opportunity to reflect on the ongoing work toward equity and justice. Womxn’s experiences are not monolithic. An intersectional lens is essential as we uplift the voices and contributions of womxn across race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender identity, ability, class, nationality, and many other identities.
 
Throughout March, we invite you to engage in a series of programs that center empowerment, storytelling, healing, leadership, creativity, and dialogue. These events are designed to create space for connection, reflection, and celebration within our campus community.

Join our events!

Women & Femme of Color Collective: Empowerment Self-Defense, & You

Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Student Equity Center (Cayton Lower Level, MPR/Room 10)
Description: This workshop aims to empower folks by building a deeper relationship with themselves. It focuses on self-defense through building awareness and intuition as well as learning how to apple physical strategies of self-defense, all forms of self-care. Participants will learn these skills through discussions, games, and techniques. No martial arts background is required.

Screening of Hannah Gadsby's Nanette

Thursday, March 12, 2026
Time: 11:15 a.m. to 12:35 p.m.
Location: HSS 263 
Description: What's so funny about misogyny and sexual assault? Watch Hannah Gadsby's 2017 comedy special Nanette and join our follow-up conversation to discuss the role of storytelling in creating a world where violence against women is not a punchline. In collaboration with the Art Department.

Racial Justice Center: Food for Thought Book Club - Assata: An Autobiography

Thursday, March 19, 2026
Time: 11:15 a.m. to 12:35 p.m.
Location: Online
Description: A powerful first-person account of her life as a Black liberation activist, her involvement with the Black Panter Party and Black Liberation Army, her 1973 arrest and controversial conviction, and her eventual exile in Cuba.

A.S. Flower Market

Thursday, March 19, 2026
Time: 11:15 a.m. to 12:35 p.m.
Location: SMC Main Quad
Description: Students will have the opportunity to create mini flower bouquets for a woman in their life who has made a meaningful impact on them.
*Led by A.S.

A.S. Women in Leadership Roles Panel

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Location: Art 214
Description: Women in leadership roles on campus will share their stories followed by a short Q&A session and a networking opportunity.
*Led by A.S.

Film Screening: Eyes of the Rainbow: A Documentary Film with Assata Shakur 

Thursday, March 26, 2026
Time: 11:15 a.m. to 12:35 p.m.
Location: Student Equity Center (Cayton Lower Level, MPR/Room 10)
Description: A follow-up to the Food for Though Book Club's reading of Assata Shakur's Autobiography, come watch the documentary Eyes of the Rainbow in which she tells the story of her life in Cuba after fleeing the U.S. criminal justice system.

Many thanks to the sponsors who contributed and supported programming for Women's History Month at SMC: Associated Students, Basic Needs, Center for Wellness and Wellbeing, Gender Equity Center, and the Student Equity Center.