CCNY celebrates Women’s History Month 2021

The City College of New York celebrates Women’s History Month 2021 with a plethora of events including a kickoff event discussing sorority life and leadership, presentations from women leaders in medicine as well as discussions of art and architecture.

The schedule of virtual events is as follows:

Womxn's Herstory Month (WHM) Kickoff is a discussion about leadership and sorority life presented by the Department of Student Life & Leadership Development in collaboration with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. | Lambda Chapter on Thursday, March 4 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/ccnystudentlife by clicking the Student Life icon and going to the events section;

The CUNY School of Medicine at CCNY has an evening of presentations from fascinating and accomplished women leaders in medicine including Dr. Shou Ling Leong '78, Dr. Anahi Ortiz '81, Dr. Roslyn Schneider '84, and Dr. Marilyn Fraser. Each doctor will speak about their lives as leaders in medicine. The event takes place on Monday, March 8 from 7-9 p.m. Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-strong-women-in-medicine-seminar-tickets-141039552097;

The 8th Annual Women's Leadership Summit (WLS) presented by the Department of Student Life & Leadership Development takes place on Friday, March 12 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m, which focuses on "Navigating and Forging Your Essence!". Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/ccnystudentlife by clicking the Student Life icon and going to the events section. The deadline is March 7;

CCNY Women in Science "Women Making History" panel takes place on March 16 at 12:30 p.m. RSVP here to receive the Zoom link via email;

The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture’s Sciame Lecture Series presents And/Or “Visceral Disruptions” and will feature Camille Norment and Okwui Okpokwasili, hosted by Onome Ekeh, for a discussion of art and architecture on Thursday, March 18 from 5:30-7 p.m. Please register here: https://ccny.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pde-sqjooHdEthKEK7eEkjmwYcy399oNt;

The Zahn Innovation Center is hosting a panel of entrepreneurs on Tuesday, March 23 from 5:30-7 p.m. who are "Breaking Ground and Making History." Changemakers Shabnam Rezaei, Kerry Brodie, Caeley Looney and Cynthia Pong will discuss how they're each making history now and changing the course of history through their work and activism. The conversation will be moderated by Jennifer Jones, founder, award-winning social entrepreneur and chief hype woman. Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/breaking-ground-making-history-a-female-fo…; and

The Sciame Lecture Series will also have an event titled  “Geographies of Absence and Loss” and will feature Maram Masarwi and Ahlam Shibli, hosted by Sean Anderson, for a discussion of art and architecture on Thursday, March 25 from 5:30-7 p.m. Please register here: https://ccny.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUld-qoqDksGNXoPLyTB-tz56MhEEk6rMoL.

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