Women of Color Celebration 2020
Celebrating Women of Color in our Community - October 16th, 2020
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REFLECTION: Morning Movement and Meditation
Date: 9AM-10AM
Structure: Virtual Guided Group Activity
Facilitator: Alex Fox (Fitness Instructor and Meditation Coach)
Join us for a morning yoga and meditation to kick start the day. Participate in this group exercise session from the safety and comfort of your home office, living room or dorm.
AFFIRMATION: Keynote Speaker
Date: 1PM-2PM
Structure: Virtual Presentation with Open Chat and Questions Series
Keynote Theme: "You are Enough: A Thousand Times Enough"
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Maria del Guadalupe Davidson
Dr. Davidson is a Woodburn Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Director
and Academic Coordinator for Social Justice Affairs in the Eberly College of Arts
and Sciences at West Virginia University. Dr. Davidson’s main field of research
is black women’s studies where she is primarily known for her analysis of black
women’s agency, critiques of Global South feminism, and her attempts to put continental
philosophy in dialogue with diasporic black feminist theory. Dr. Davidson is the
author of
Black Women, Agency, and the New Black Feminism (2017) and
The Rhetoric of Race: Toward a Revolutionary Construction of Black Identity (2007;
translated into Spanish 2009) and the co-editor of five
collections. In 2017, she was the recipient of the Black Girls Rock—Maria
del Guadalupe Davidson Rock Star Award, named in her honor, and the Women's and
Gender Studies Jill Irvine Leadership Award. Her scholarship and teaching interests
include black feminist theory, rhetorical theory and criticism, and Africana philosophical
thought.
CONNECTION: Networking Event
Date: 4PM-5PM
Structure: Virtual Meeting with Breakout Conversations
Tap into the wealth of knowledge and experience of Women of Color from our own campus as we facilitate community building and host interactive presentations on topics to help you build your personal brand. Presentations include:
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Dr. Tiffany Mitchell Patterson - “Institutions do not have the capacity
to love you back”: Fighting for justice, sustaining your work and protecting
your peace.
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Dr. Ellen Rodrigues - Tips for Jobseekers: How to stand out in the job
market – from a recruiter.
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Marjorie Fuller - Black leadership in a turbulent world: Where do we go
from here?
- Dr. Victoria Sanchez - Navigating an undergraduate /graduate career in the sciences.
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