2020 Womxn's Herstory Month
100 Years of Women's Suffrage in the South Bay Exhibit
Open until Dec 15, 2020 | MLK Library
Martin Luther King Library
"100 Years of Women's Suffrage in the South Bay" will be showcasing items from our
Special Collections & Archives
Open Mic: Trans Visibility
Thursday, March 5 | Student Union Starbucks | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
MOSAIC & Gender Equity Center
Join us on March 5th for an open mic where will be celebrating trans visibility day
with special guest, Evolve Benton at 6pm! We welcome any and all volunteers to express
themselves in any way, shape, or form. Come vibe our and support the community!
Keynote & Booksigning: Sonya Renee Taylor
Tuesday, March 10 | MLK Library 225 | 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Gender Equity Center
Co-sponsors: AFAM Studies, African American Student SSC. MOSAIC
Sonya Renne Taylor is an artist, activist and the Founder and Radical Executive Officer
of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media and education company. Sonya has spoken
on a variety of topics, from body empowerment, radical self-love as transformative
action, intersectional social justice, as well as poetry and performance workshops.
100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage: Dr. Bettina Aptheker
Wednesday, March 11 | MLK Library 225 | 4:00 - 6:00 pm *Light refreshments will be served
Martin Luther King Library
King Library is kicking off our year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of
Women's Suffrage on Wednesday, March 11th at 4pm with an opening reception featuring
Dr. Bettina Aptheker. Dr. Apthker is faculty at UCSC and has taught and worked in
feminist studies since the late 1970s.
Spartan Speaker: Ibtihaj Muhammad
Wednesday, March 11 | Student Union Ballroom | 7:00 pm
Student Affairs
Three-time All American | Olympic Sabre Fencer | 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist, Author
of Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream and The Proudest Blue, Ambassador
with the US Department of State's Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports Initiative
Mujer Divina: The Divine Feminine
Thursday, March 12 | Chicanx/Latinx SSC | 5:00 - 7:00 pm
rsvp: bit.ly/mujer-divina
Caesar Chavez Community Action Center
Come in community to discuss how Latinx culture and machismo has shaped our ideas
about body image and stereotypes of mujeres. In this workshop, learn how you can combat
those ideologies within the Latinx culture. After the workshop and discussion, come
in community to reclaim your power as a muxer by creating a visual representation
of how you see yourself.
Art Gallery: Gender through Cultural Storytelling
Monday, March 16 | Student Union Rm 4
10:00 am - 6:30 pm *Open Mic 5 - 6:30pm
Gender Equity Center & MOSAIC
The Gender Equity Center and MOSAIC Cross-Cultural Center will be hosting an art gallery
on the intersection of gender and culture. This is an opportunity for folks to share
their narratives of gender through cultural story-telling.
Latinas and Libros (Book Club)
Tuesday, March 17 | Student Union Rm 3 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm | rsvp: bit.ly/latinaslibros2020
Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center
In collaboration with the SJSU Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center, join us for
an evening to celebrate the contributions of Latinas in literature and our Latino
Heritage. This event will feature Latina authors sharing their inspirational stories,
book signing, Mexican hot chocolate and pan dulce.
Reproductive Justice and Transnational Feminism
Wednesday, March 18 | Hugh Gillis Hall 229 | 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Gender Equity Center & Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department
Transgender Day of Visibility
Monday, March 23 | 7th Street Plaza | 9:00 - 5:00 pm
Soma de Bourbon and SISS students
Please join Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Science students in making buttons,
and squares for our trans flag. We will be doing activities and discussing the way
all students can become allies to stand with trans, gender queer, and gender nonconforming
SJSU students.
Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies: Carol Mukhopadhyay Lecture Series
Monday, March 23 | MLK Library 225 | 1:30 - 2:40 pm
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department
In this presentation, Dr. Larissa Mercado-Lopez, associate professor of Women's Studies
at California State University, Fresno, will discuss her work as a children's book
writer and sensitivity reader for children's literature. Drawing from black and Chicana
feminist thought on the power of children's books, she will situate her work within
the larger contexts of women of color feminism and Latinx children's literary writings.
Zines for Queens
Tuesday, March 24 | Student Union Rm 4B | 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Wednesday, March 25 | MOSAIC | 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Caesar Chavez Community Action Center
Celebrate women's history month by learning the importance of writing our own history
and contribute to a collective zine based on poetry by women of color!
Nuestra JENTE : Postcolonial Sexualities
Tuesday, March 24 | PRIDE Center | 1:00 - 2:30 pm
PRIDE Center
Join us for a discussion on postcolonial gender variance and how it challenged sexuality.
Film Screening: RBG
Wednesday, March 25 | Student Wellness Center 122 | 1:30 - 2:45 pm
Gender Equity Center
In honor of Womxn’s Herstory Month, we will be screening RBG. It is An intimate portrait
of an unlikely rock star: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. With unprecedented access,
the filmmakers explore how her early legal battles changed the world for women.
Black Women’s Collective Meetings
Tuesday, March 3 | Sankofa Circle
Wednesday, March 25 | Whine Down
For more details like time and location, visit their instagram @ black.womens.collective
These events are wheelchair accessible. For accommodations please contact sjsugenec@gmail.com
