FITCHBURG — To commemorate Women’s History Month in March, Fitchburg State University is holding a series of programs that celebrate women who advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion.
The National Women’s History Month’s theme recognizes women throughout the country who understand that, for a positive future, bias and discrimination must be eliminated from our lives and institutions.
Programs include the Nancy Kelly Memorial Lecture at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in which Rachel O’Leary Carmona will present “Fostering Our Feminist Future.” Carmona, executive director of the Women’s March, will discuss her activism work and the future of feminism in the U.S. and the rest of the world. The talk will be delivered in the Randall Lecture Hall of the Antonucci Science Complex. Admission is free and open to the public.
The lecture is presented by Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; the Economics, History, and Political Science Department; the English Studies Department; the Humanities Department; and the Behavioral Sciences Department.
Other programs in March include a keynote address by the City of Worcester’s Commissioner of Health and Human Services Matilda “Mattie” Castiel, M.D. at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 in the main lounge of Hammond Hall. Dr. Castiel will discuss her identity, public health, and her role as commissioner in this address, for which admission is free and open to the public.
The campus will also celebrate Women in the Arts with a performance at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 28 in Kent Recital Hall in the Conlon Fine Arts Building, 367 North St. For this event, the Women’s History Month planning committee is welcoming singers, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, poets, actors, visual artists, and more to perform and/or display work in celebration of women.
The full calendar of offerings may be viewed online at fitchburgstate.edu.…Read more by Cheryl A. Cuddahy
