Women’s History Month
Keynote Lecture: Providing Healing and Promoting Hope with Dr. Nikki Giovanni
Thursday, March 24 | 6 p.m. | Zoom
The Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will host Dr. Nikki Giovanni, world-renowned poet, educator and author, for the Women’s History Month keynote lecture on this year’s theme “providing healing and promoting hope.” Giovanni has received numerous awards in the course of her career, including seven Image Awards from the N.A.A.C.P., more than two dozen honorary degrees, the first Rosa Parks Woman of Courage Award, the Langston Hughes Medal for Poetry, and the Carl Sandburg Literary Award; additionally, Oprah Winfrey recognized her in 2005 as one of 25 “Living Legends.” She continues to teach, write and publish books, the most recent of which is “A Good Cry.” Her newest collection, “Make Me Rain,” was released in October 2020. The event is co-sponsored by the UAH Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and UAB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Registration is required. For more information, contact the UA Intercultural Diversity Center at ua_idc@ua.edu.
Women’s History Month Resources
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Diversity, Coffee and Conversations
Tuesday, March 1 | 8:30-10 a.m. | Intercultural Diversity Center, 2100 Student Center
(Cultural Exploration/Educational Engagement/Social Enrichment)
UA students, staff and faculty
The Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’s monthly Diversity, Coffee and Conversations meeting will focus on the Women’s History Month national theme of “providing healing and promoting hope,” featuring speaker Dr. Elle Shabaan-Magaña, executive director of the UA Women and Gender Resource Center. Breakfast, coffee and other refreshments will be provided. Diversity, Coffee and Conversations take place on first Tuesdays. For more information, contact the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at diversity@ua.edu.
Women’s History Month Presentation
Tuesday, March 1 | Noon-1 p.m. | Intercultural Diversity Center, 2100 Student Center
(Educational Engagement)
The Intercultural Diversity Center will provide a PowerPoint presentation in observance of Women’s History Month focused on the 2022 theme of “providing healing and promoting hope.” This presentation will feature women who made an impact within their communities – nationally and locally – by promoting cultural learning, sharing and teaching. For more information, contact the Intercultural Diversity Center at ua_idc@ua.edu.
Diversity Speaker Series: Ashley M. Jones Virtual Keynote
Tuesday, March 1 | 6-7 p.m. | Zoom
(Cultural Exploration/Educational Engagement)
Ashley M. Jones, Poet Laureate of the State of Alabama (2022-2026), holds an MFA in Poetry from Florida International University, and she is the author of Magic City Gospel (Hub City Press 2017), dark thing (Pleiades Press 2019), and REPARATIONS NOW! (Hub City Press 2021). Her poetry has earned several awards, including the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers Award, the Silver Medal in the Independent Publishers Book Awards, the Lena-Miles Wever Todd Prize for Poetry, a Literature Fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize, and the Lucille Clifton Legacy Award. She was a finalist for the Ruth Lily Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship in 2020. Her poems and essays appear in or are forthcoming at CNN, POETRY, The Oxford American, Origins Journal, The Quarry by Split This Rock, Obsidian, and many others. She co-directs PEN Birmingham, and she is the founding director of the Magic City Poetry Festival. She teaches in the Creative Writing Department of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, and she is part of the Core Faculty of the Converse College Low Residency MFA Program. She recently served as a guest editor for Poetry Magazine. Registration is required. For more information, contact the Intercultural Diversity Center at ua_idc@ua.edu.
Social Justice Movie Series: “Arise – Women Healing the Environment”
Friday, March 4 | 7 p.m. | Virtual
(Cultural Exploration/Educational Engagement/Social Enrichment)
The Intercultural Diversity Center will continue its Spring 2022 Social Justice Movie Series with a showing of “Arise – Women Healing the Environment.” Participants will hear the stories of a diverse group of 13 women in five countries who have initiated solution-oriented environmental projects in their communities, towns and villages. The film challenges our current way of thinking about the environment and encourages a shift in values to find a different, healthier way to view our relationship to the earth. Registration is required. For more information, contact the Intercultural Diversity Center at ua_idc@ua.edu.
Celestia Morgan: Disparities Exhibition
March 4-May 20 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and noon-8 a.m. First Fridays | Paul R. Jones Museum
Reception for the artist: Friday, April 1 | 5-8 p.m. | Paul R. Jones Museum
What does it mean in our society, one of the richest in the world, to not only systematically deny opportunities for progress and prosperity, but to also obstruct access to basic life needs such as food and housing? Celestia Morgan’s new work continues within her series of critically acclaimed photos and visual works titled “REDLINE.” In visually frank images, Morgan’s work displays and discusses historically deep-rooted inequalities related to housing and other basic life necessities. She works across several artistic mediums, incorporating sculpture, map making and community engagement as well as photography and video into her work.
Celestia Morgan was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. She earned her BFA in photography from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2012 and her MFA from The University of Alabama in 2017. Morgan has taught visual arts in the Birmingham City Schools and served as a photography instructor at UA. She is currently a postdoctoral research associate at UA.
Morgan’s recent exhibitions include REDLINE at the Birmingham Museum of Art; the National Public Housing Museum’s Undesign the Redline in Chicago; and New Southern Photography, curated by Richard McCabe at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. She has also exhibited her work at the Minneapolis (Minn.) Institute of Art; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas; and the Birmingham (Ala.) Civil Rights Institute. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Lenscratch, The Bitter Southerner, Art Papers, the Southern Foodways Alliance journal Gravy; and Burnaway. Morgan’s work is in the permanent collections of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Birmingham Museum of Art and in many private collections across the country. This exhibit has been made possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, call 205-345-3038.
Advancing Women in STEM
Friday, March 4 | 2-4 p.m. | Camellia Room, Gorgas Library
UA students
Join University Libraries to celebrate women in the sciences. Enjoy refreshments while browsing books about women scientists and the study of gender and sexuality in the sciences, hear from UA faculty about their work in the sciences, and meet faculty and students working in STEM and adjacent fields. Displayed books will be available for checkout from the library. The event includes faculty lightning talks from 2:30-3:30 p.m. with panelists:
- Cadi Fung (Geography)
- Amanda Koh (Chemical Engineering)
- Kimberly Genareau (Geological Sciences)
- Martha Makoswki (Mathematics)
- Kathryn O’Harra (Honors Program, Chemical/Biological Engineering)
From 3:30-4 p.m. guests can enjoy refreshments and browse books during an Informal meet-and-greet with faculty.
Celebrating Rosa Parks: A Trip to the Rosa Parks Museum and the Equal Justice Initiative
Saturday, March 5 | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | Montgomery, Alabama
Reservation deadline: Wednesday, March 2
UA students only
This event, hosted by the Women and Gender Resource Center in partnership with University Programs, will be a trip to the Rosa Parks Museum and the Equal Justice Initiative Museum and Memorial in Montgomery. Transportation and lunch will be provided.
Students may reserve a spot by at sltickets.ua.edu.
The day of the event, participants should arrive no later than 8 a.m. at the Women and Gender Resource Center, 1101 Jackson Ave., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401. UA COVID protocols as well as the COVID protocols of the Rosa Parks Museum and the Equal Justice Initiative Museum and Memorial will be followed.
Questions or concerns can be directed to Elizabeth Lester, elester1@ua.edu or 205-348-5040.
TEDTalk Tuesdays: “Radical Women, Embracing Tradition”
Tuesday, March 8 | Noon-1 p.m. | Intercultural Diversity Center, 2100 Student Center
(Educational Engagement)
UA faculty, staff and students
The Spring 2022 TEDTalk Tuesday Series continues with Kavita Ramdas. Participants will learn why investing in women can unlock infinite potential around the globe, how women can walk the line between Western-style empowerment and traditional culture and preserve the traditions that sustain them. For more information, contact the Intercultural Diversity Center at ua_idc@ua.edu.
Queer Women of History Trivia Night
Tuesday, March 8 | 5-7 p.m. | Intercultural Diversity Center, 2100 Student Center
(Educational Engagement/Cultural Exploration)
UA students, faculty and staff
In partnership with the Women and Gender Resource Center, the Safe Zone Resource Center will host a trivia night celebrating the accomplishments of queer women in history. Attendees will test their knowledge of queer women in history throughout the event via a Kahoot game. Food will be provided and prizes will be given to the top three teams. For more information, contact the Safe Zone Resource Center at 205-348-7297 or safezone@ua.edu.
Food for Thought: The Hope of Black Queer Voices
Wednesday, March 9 | Noon-1 p.m. | Intercultural Diversity Center, 2100 Student Center
(Cultural Exploration/Educational Engagement)
UA students, faculty, staff
The Intercultural Diversity Center will continue its Food for Thought: Cultural Learning, Sharing and Teaching series with a program on this year’s Women’s History Month theme “promoting health and providing hope.” The program, hosted by the Safe Zone Resource Center, will include a panel discussion on the importance of Black queer voices as they work towards providing healing and promoting hope, sharing their experiences, and working collectively to provide a space for their voices to be heard. Educational materials and resources on Black LGBTQ+ identity will be provided as well. Catered lunch, snacks and refreshments will be offered. Participants will have the opportunity to receive giveaways that support educational efforts. Registration is required. For more information, contact the Intercultural Diversity Center at ua_idc@ua.edu.
Start Smart
Wednesday, March 16 | 5-7 p.m. | Virtual
UA students
Join this pay equity workshop sponsored by the Women and Gender Resource Center. Start Smart workshops are specifically designed for college students about to enter the job market. Registration is required. For more information contact Elizabeth Lester at 205-348-5040 or elester1@ua.edu.
TEDTalk Tuesdays: ‘To Future Generations of Women, You are the Roots of Change’
Tuesday, March 22 | Noon-1 p.m. | Intercultural Diversity Center, 2100 Student Center
(Educational Engagement)
UA students, faculty and Staff
This TEDTalk features award-winning journalist, writer, political activist and feminist organizer Gloria Steinem. Participants will learn about the revolutionary roots of the feminist movement, the fundamental need for intersectionality to combat prejudice, and how to advocate for each other in solidarity, discovering the freedom within companionship and community. For more information, contact the Intercultural Diversity Center at ua_idc@ua.edu.
Understanding Pay Equity
Wednesday, March 23 | Noon-1 p.m. | Student Center Forum
This event hosted by the Women and Gender Resource Center will offer food and panelists will join over Zoom. For more information, contact Elizabeth Lester at elester1@ua.edu or 205-348-5040.
Women in Business Conference
Friday, March 25 | Noon-6 p.m. followed by dinner | Alston Hall, Room 30
Saturday, March 26 |7 a.m.-12:45 p.m. | Hewson Hall, Room 0002
(Cultural Exploration/Educational Engagement/Social Enrichment)
UA students, faculty and staff
Join the Culverhouse College of Business for its signature women’s event, Women in Business Conference. Connect with a community of alumnae, professional women, and current female students in an event designed to inspire, support and develop women in business. The conference will feature panels, networking, professional development and more. Everyone is welcome. For more information, visit Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Culverhouse.
Social Justice Movie Series: “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry”
Friday, March 25 | 7 p.m. | Virtual
(Cultural Exploration/Educational Engagement/Social Enrichment)
UA students, faculty and staff
This week’s Social Justice Movie Series for Women’s History Month will feature “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry: The History of the Women’s Liberation Movement.” Participants will hear from the women who founded the modern women’s movement from 1966-1971, the emergence of more radical factions of women’s liberation, and its effect on the worldwide revolution. Registration is required. For more information, contact the Intercultural Diversity Center at ua_idc@ua.edu.
Andrea Jenkins Virtual Keynote Presentation
Tuesday, March 29 | 6 p.m. | Virtual
(Cultural Exploration/Educational Engagement/Social Enrichment)
For Women’s History Month, the Safe Zone Resource Center in partnership with the UA Counseling Center, the Women and Gender Resource Center, and Alabama Panhellenic Association will host Andrea Jenkins, oral historian, poet, and the first Black, transgender woman to be elected to public office in the United States. Jenkins, who was elected to the Minneapolis City Council, is the author of the poetry collection, “The T is Not Silent: New and Selected Poems” (Purple Lioness Press, 2015), and contributor to the acclaimed anthologies “Queer Voices: Poetry, Prose and Pride” (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2019), “A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota” (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2016), and “Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota” (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2015). Jenkins is currently the Oral Historian for the Transgender Oral History Project at the University of Minnesota Libraries, documenting the lived experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming people in the Upper Midwest and the United States.
Registration is required. For more information, please contact the Safe Zone Resource Center at safezone@ua.edu.