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Center and the Women’s Center are partnering to host a luncheon on March 15 as a belated celebration of International Women’s Day. Students, faculty and staff are invited to share stories over lunch from noon to 2 p.m. in Shepherd Union Ballroom A.

“We’re having our monthly Sister Circle event, which focuses on a different aspect of women’s history or gender equity,” Davies said. “This month, they’re talking about womanism and womanist icons and how that’s different than feminism.”

The Sister Circle will be held on March 21 from 2-3:30 p.m. in Shepherd Union room 320. There will be a presentation as well as an activity focused on womanism and its foundations in the Black community. long history in activism. according to the Women’s Center web page.

“They’ve [student program coordinators] done the research around womanism,” Hernández said. “It’s a phenomenal workshop presentation, and I hope a lot of people come to that because they put so much work into it, and they’re very passionate about it.”

This month there will also be several guest speakers, including Devon Isaacs, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Her Keynote presentation will be on “(re) imagining Selu: Healing Our Communities Through Healing Ourselves.” according to the Women’s Center web page.

“She has a really unique perspective and experience being indigenous,” Hernández said. “She’s talking more specifically about a story and reimagining a story of their corn mother in their type of culture, which will be a fascinating conversation.”

Isaacs will be presenting on March 30 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Registration for the event can be found on the Women’s Center web page.

Kara Robinson Chamberlain is visiting Weber to speak as a part of the WSUSA sSpeaker sSeries. Chamberlain is a survivor of sexual assault and abduction. She will be speaking on March 22 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in Shepherd Union Ballroom C.

Nikole Hannah-Jones is also visiting through Browning Presents. Hannah-Jones won a Pulitzer Prize for her 1919 project, on which she will be presenting. This event will take place on March 31 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the Browning Center Austad Auditorium.

“We’re a center that’s super understanding, super welcoming, and we are so excited to host Women’s History Month every year,” Hernández said.