Each year during the month of March, our campus observes Women’s History Month. Our celebrations follow in a long and rich tradition initiated by both feminist activists and educators. Established by Congressional Resolution first as a week in 1978 and then as a month in 1987, Women's History Month invites teachers and community leaders nationwide to sponsor special events that recognize the diverse achievements of women throughout history.
The Women’s History Month Committee generates cultural and academic activities that honor women whose deeds and thought have enriched culture and the arts, science and medicine, politics, education, social movements and everyday life. Each March, we at Hostos Community College engage our students--and join with them--in learning about the many ways that women have transformed the world.
Committee members, 2007-8 are:
Sarah Brennan, Center for Teaching and Learning
Wally Edgecombe, Center for Culture and the Arts
Professor Sandy Figueroa, Business
Professor Jerilyn Fisher, English and Women’s Studies
Professor Kate Lyons, Library
Professor Christine Mangino, Early Childhood Education
Professor Amy Ramson, Behavioral and Social Sciences
Professor Julie Trachman, Natural Sciences
Schedule of Events - March 2008
Tuesday, March 4th
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Faculty Dining Room Sponsored by Office of Academic Affairs
Opening Event. Please join us!
Welcome Address: Daisy Cocco De Filippis, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Introductions: Professor Jerilyn Fisher
Students Speak: “Ask me about Women’s Studies!”
Introductions: Professor Christine Mangino Students speak: “Women in Math and Science”
Tuesday, March 4th
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
C391
“Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Are Not About Sex”
Introduction: Professor Amy Ramson
Tuesday, March 4th
12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
B412 Sponsored by
Campus Ministry
“Does Religion Oppress or Liberate Women?”
Facilitator: Father James Sheehan
Wednesday, March 5th
7:00 p.m.
Repertory Theater Sponsored by
The Hostos Center for the
Arts & Culture
Free admission with ticket
“Expanding Wing...Stretching Space: Creating Room
‘Tween a Rock and Hard Place’
”
A theatrical production with stories, song and poetry written by survivors of domestic violence, conceived and directed by Nikki Williams. Spirited celebration of triumph in SistahSong!
Wednesday, March 5th
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Faculty Dining Room Sponsored by Office of Academic Affairs
and the Spanish Club
Book Presentation:
Voces de la Inmigración (18 mujeres dominicanas)
Inmigrant Voices (18 Dominican women)
Facilitator: Mary Ely Peña-Gratereaux, Sintia Molina, Bárbara Taveras, Zenaida Méndez
Moderator: Professor Rosa Velázquez
Monday, March 10th
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Art Gallery Sponsored by Office of Academic Affairs
and the Spanish Club
Lucy Anne Hurston, niece of Zora Neale Hurston
Author of Speak So You Can Speak Again,
Professor of Sociology, Manchester Community College, Connecticut
Did you know that Zora Neale Hurston loved to wear striking hats?
Students who wear an eye-popping hat, or bring
photographs of loved ones wearing one, will receive a raffle ticket toward a
change to win a copy of Lucy Anne Hurston's book about her aunt's life, Speak
So You Can Speak Again.
Tuesday, March 11th
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Faculty Dining Room Sponsored by
Office of Academic Affairs
Maia Ermita of Media Rights—“Media That Matters”
Introduction: Professor Kate Lyons
Film showing and discussion. Films will include: In Transit:War may be over in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but many Congolese women continue to battle for their reproductive health
Novela, Novela: A group of Nicaraguan activists produce a homegrown soap opera about issues like safe sex and domestic abuse.
Tuesday, March 11th
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
A309A Audiovisual Room Sponsored by
Modern Languages/Humanities
Ciudad del Silencio / Bordertown
Documental / Documentary
About women murdered in the Mexican industrial city of Ciudad de Juárez
Moderator: Professor Rosa Velázquez
Thursday, March 13th
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
C151 Sponsored by
The Professor Magda Vasillov
Center for Teaching and Learning
Office of Academic Affairs
“Women’s Voices”
Dramatic readings of literature by women, featuring students and faculty readers
Moderator: Professor Sandy Figueroa Introduction: Professor Ángel Morales
Friday, March 14th
12:00 p.m.
Departure from Hostos
Trip to Brooklyn Museum
$6.00 per ticket
Guided Tour of Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party
Take #2 or #3 train to Brooklyn Museum
Sign-up required in advance
Contact Professor Jerilyn Fisher for details.
Saturday, March 15th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Repertory Theater Sponsored by
The Hostos Center for the
Arts & Culture
Enerolisa Núñez in Concert
Adm. $15.00; $7.50 students and seniors
Núñez and her ensemble, Grupo de Salves de Mata los Indios, perform salves—popular Afro-Dominican religious songs in which practitioners
entreat deities to intercede on their behalf.
Tuesday, March 18th & Thursday, March 20th
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
C390
Film Showing: North Country
This powerful film is based on a true account
of the first women to file a class action sexual harassment
suit from within the iron mines of Minnesota.
Moderators: Professors Amy Ramson and Julie Trachman
Thursday, March 20th
11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Repertory Theater Free admission with ticket Sponsored by
The Hostos Center for the
Arts & Culture
Zora!
Performance by Literature to Life (of The American Place Theater)
Featuring: The life and work of one of the most vibrant,
gifted writers of the Harlem Renaissance
Starring: Cheryl Howard as Zora
The performance will be followed by audience discussion.
Tuesday, March 25th
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Faculty Dining Room Sponsored by
The Hostos Center for the
Arts & Culture
Film Showing: Iron Jawed Angels
Starring Hillary Swank, this film is based on the true account
of the nearly-crushing battle in which suffragists risked their lives
to help American women win the right to vote.
A must-see as we exercise our hard-won right in November 2008!
Wednesday, March 26th
2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Repertory Theater Free admission with ticket
Hostos Repertory Company Presents: In the Blood by Pullitzer Prize Winner Suzan Lori-Parks
Director: Professor Ángel Morales
In this modern-day riff on The Scarlett Letter, Hester La Negrita, a homeless mother of five, lives on the inner city’s tough streets. Hester’s kids fill her life with joy and lovingly comical moments occur amid the harsh world of poverty. Yet the five other adults with whom she relates hold her back, pushing inexorably toward the play’s tragic end.
Wednesday, March 26th
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Faculty Dining Room Sponsored by
Hostos Center for Arts & Culture
Awards Ceremony: Women’s History Month Essay Contest 2008
Welcome: President Dolores Fernández
Moderator: Professor Jerilyn Fisher
Students will read from their winning essays about either Harriet Jacobs or the Mirabal sisters
Thursday, March 27th & 28th at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 29th at 12:30 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Repertory Theater
Hostos Repertory Company Presents: In The Blood by Suzan Lori-Parks
Director: Professor Ángel Morales
In this modern-day riff on The Scarlett Letter, Hester La Negrita, a homeless mother of five, lives on the inner city’s tough streets. Hester’s kids fill her life with joy and lovingly comical moments occur amid the harsh world of poverty. Yet the five other adults with whom she relates hold her back, pushing inexorably toward the play’s tragic end.
Saturday, March 29th
12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Savoy Building
Multi-Purpose Room
Grand Gathering of Women
At the Elizabeth Seton Women’s Center’s Grand Gathering,
women gather to honor and share their creative gifts of one another in song,
silent reflection, poetry, drumming, dance, storytelling, and the telling of their own stories.
Tuesday, April 1st
5:30 p. m. - 6:30 p.m.
A430
Lecture on Biology and Gender
By Professor Janet Haynes, Long Island University
Introduction: Professor Julie Trachman
