Women & Femme Collective: Empowerment Self Defense, Part 1
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Time: 2 to 4 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
Date: 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
Date: 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
Date: 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
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Time: 11 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
Date: 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.