3:00pm, Conversation with actor Seret Scott, Lamont Forum Room, Lamont Library 7:00pm, Film screening, Carpenter Center
One of the first narrative feature films directed by a Black woman, Kathleen Collins’ Losing Ground never received a commercial release, and after its premiere in 1982 and a subsequent screening at MoMA in January 1983, it showed only sporadically over the years. Collins died in 1988 at the age of forty-six, having made just this miraculous film and a short. Losing Ground remains an exquisite anomaly in feature filmmaking: a window into the realities and fantasies of an intellectual Black woman and her artist husband. To this day, there are no comparable characters to these...
On February 1st, GlobalWE Connect will hold the fifth event in its Women’s Empowerment Fireside Chat Series featuring Vital Strategies and its Vice-President, Public Health Programs Division and Acting Director, Data Driven Policy Initiative for Women’s Health,
Sharon Kim-Gibbons.
About Vital Strategies
Vital Strategies is a leading global public health organization and a trusted partner of governments and civil society organizations around the world. They help governments acquire the knowledge and tools they need to make rapid progress against cancer,...
Harvard Radcliffe Institute and the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University present a series of virtual programs focusing on the intersection of art, activism, and climate change. The programs will feature leading figures in the arts and humanities engaging in conversations about their commitment to art and activism as a means to combat climate change, the origins of their interests, and their hopes for the future. With so much at stake for our planet, the work of artists and activists is essential in reaching and moving the public, as well as scientists, policy makers, and...
This online symposium, co-presented by SONCITIES and the Harvard University Department of Music, brings together sound artists, composers, and sonic theorists in a 2-day gathering exploring issues of soundscape and social justice, through talks, listening sessions, artist presentations, conversations, and panels. We are thrilled to welcome a vibrant group of speakers whose work engages with social and political issues in relation to listening, field recording, and sonic ecologies.
Patricia Boyle McKenna is the Senior Director Network and Operational Technology for Harvard University Information Technology. In her role as Senior Director, Patricia is responsible for Network and Operational Technologies that support the University’s mission of teaching, learning and research. Patricia leads two teams of fifty-three members who provide foundational technology and support to over 50,000 end users across Harvard and manages HUIT’s network and building technology activities. Her team comprises Engineering Architects, Applications Engineers and Technical Support...
The Studio Kresge building 10th floor 677 Huntington Avenue Boston / Online
Humans have been creating art for millennia. Now, researchers are beginning to document how making and engaging with art can improve well-being. Our panelists will explain the latest research, share their personal experiences, and offer tips for incorporating the arts in wellness programs.
On December 3rd, GlobalWE Connect will hold the fourth event in its Women’s Empowerment Fireside Chat Series featuring Special Needs Initiative for Growth and its Founding Executive Director, Racheal Inegbedion.
Launched in 2021, the Fireside Chat Series features dialogues with senior leaders of organizations serving women and girls worldwide and the challenges and opportunities they encounter in a rapidly-changing world. The first three events in this series featured BRAC and BRAC USA, Women for Women International, and CAMFED USA.
Please join the Race, Gender & Equity Initiative and the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society at Harvard Business School for a new speaker series focused on inequality. The first speaker will be Frank Dobbin, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and coauthor of the new book Getting to Diversity: What Works and What Doesn’t. The session will be hybrid. Lunch will be served to on-campus participants.
Join us on Tuesday, November 29th at 4:00 PM for a discussion of She Said, the new movie about the breaking of the Harvey Weinstein case and the launch of #MeToo. The film is based on the book of the same name, written by Jody Kantor and Megan Twohey in 2019.
(You are welcome to join the conversation if you have only read the book, too! Or even if you haven't read the book or seen the movie and don't mind spoilers!)
She Said | Official Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5pxUQecM3Y
