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Building Community at Dickinson College: Women's Herstory Month

Women's History Month

Women's History Month, celebrated each March to honor women's contributions to American History, had its beginnings as "Women's History Week" in the early 1980's. March was first designated as Women's History month by Congress in 1987. Learn more here: https://womenshistorymonth.gov/about/. 

Gender Week, which will be observed at Dickinson March 2-7, will focus on "Gender and Care." This guide provides information about campus events throughout this month, as well as selected library resources.

Events at Dickinson

Gender Week: March 2-7

Gender Week Kickoff: Sustain It! Gender and Food
Monday, March 2
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Social Hall

Cosponsored by the WGRC and the Center for Sustainability Education

Caring for Ourselves: Telling Our Stories Through How We Choose to Be Called
Thursday, March 5
12:00-1:00 p.m.
HUB SR 203

Join us for a discussion focused on mental health self-care led by Dr. Rebecca Shoemaker from the Wellness Center. Lunch will be provided. Cosponsored by the Women’s and Gender Resource Center and the Wellness Center.

Gender Week Keynote Speaker: Shaconna M. Haley
Thursday, March 5
Weiss 235
7:00 p.m.

Shaconna M. Haley, M.A., CHD, has over 25 years of experience working with women and girls’ transitions, reproductive empowerment and life coaching. As a Holistic Prenatal & Birth Doula, she has received doula training from DONA International and the Matrona Center Holistic Doula Certification. Founder of InnerLight Holistic Prenatal & Birth Doula Services, she provides prenatal education, childbirth support, reproductive life cycle education and postpartum transition services. In addition, she created the InnerLight Holistic Doula Mentorship Circle (IHDMC). Watch for more details about her talk!

Other Events

HerStory: Martha Harris ‘77 & The Journey to Fizika
Connecting Cognitive Science and Physical, Mental and Emotional Health for Greater Wellbeing
Monday, March 16
Stern Center, Room 102
12:00-1:00 p.m.

Fizika uses a unique blended focus on cognitive science and physical fitness to develop solutions that educate, motivate, monitor, and facilitate behavioral change during the most critical periods of a lifespan to help children and seniors alike become physically active and healthy for life.

When Fizika founder and CEO Martha Harris learned her daughter was diagnosed with learning difficulties, she resigned her leadership position with Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and Economic Development to help her daughter learn and to advocate for the services that she needed. That was the beginning of a long journey to discover how our brains learn, and the importance of using our bodies and all of our senses to fully engage in the learning process. As a student at Dickinson, Ms. Harris majored in English and Theatre, not realizing her life’s journey after college would parallel neuroscience discoveries.

Learn HerStory and more about this Fizika journey and meet alum Martha Harris at this session! Sign-up now in Totara for this HerStory event.

Invisible Women Book Discussion PosterBook Discussion: Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Thursday, March 26
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Althouse 207

Join us to discuss Caroline Criado Perez’s award-winning Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. Perez exposes the gender data gap, the ways in which it embeds discrimination, and the impact on women’s lives. Facilitated by Professors Jen Schaefer and Sarah Bryant. Light refreshments will be provided. Cosponsored by the Women’s and Gender Resource Center and the Inclusivity in STEM planning committee.

Womxn's Retreat: Gender and Empowerment in the Workplace
Friday, April 17 at 5:00 p.m.-Saturday, April 18 at 6:00 p.m.
College Farm

Join us for a fun and empowering weekend, including art, Farm pizza, a bonfire, workshops, community building and more. Please register by April 6.

Women in Film