Events 2019-2020

June 20, 2019 –  Theater Meet-Up

Cirque du Soleil “Corteo” at Agganis Arena

July 22, 2019 – Theater Meet-Up

Film Screening of “This Changes Everything.” Program in Support of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Program at Boston University; Regal Cinemas Fenway

September 24 – Lunch and Learn

Moms in Chief: Gender Stereotypes, Politics, and Presidential Nominees’ Spouses with Tammy Vigil, Associate Professor of Communication Studies; 110 Cummington Mall, Room 245

October 1, 2019 – Lunch and Learn, sponsored by BU Evergreen

Monumental Decisions with Raul Fernandez, Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Wheelock College; George Sherman Union, Small Ballroom, 2nd Floor

October 11, 2019 – Newcomers Lunch at the President’s House

The Black Women’s Health Study: 25 Years of Research, with Yvette C Cozier, D.Sc., MPH, Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, and Associate Professor of Epidemiology (SPH); Sloan House, 135 Ivy Street, Brookline, MA

October 22, 2019 – Theater Meet-Up

Martha Graham Dance Company: Lecture and Demonstration; 915 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA 02215

November 14, 2019 – Lunch and Learn

Taking Action on Climate Change: BU & You, with Erica Mattison, MPA, JD, Assistant Director of Communications for University Sustainability; Eichenbaum Colloquium Room, Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering

December 11- Holiday Party

Refreshments plus entertainment by the BU Academy Swamp Cats; Hawes Street Living Room

January 7, 2020 – Lunch and Learn Program presented by WOCC

Building Community Through Allyship, with Judy Burgess, Director of Labor Relations at BU  & co-chair, BU LGBTQIA+ Task Force, Photonics Center Colloquium Room

January 9, 2020 – Lunch and Learn

Obsession with Perfection: Beauty, Dysmorphia and Malleability with Dr. Neelam Vashi, Associate Professor of Dermatology, Director, Boston University Center for Ethnic Skin; BU School of Medicine Admissions Conference Room

January 30, 2020- Lunch and Learn

A New Approach to Closing the Gender Wage Gap, with Katharine Lusk, Co-Director and founding Executive Director of the Initiative on Cities; Eichenbaum Colloquium Room, Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering

February 25, 2020 – Lunch and Learn

Reintroducing Boston University Libraries, with Dr. K. Matthew Dames, University Librarian; Eichenbaum Colloquium Room, Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering

June 18, 2020  Annual Business Meeting

Year-end reports from Awards, Communications, Membership, Finance, Development, Program and Fisk House committees; Nominating Committee presentation of slate and election of officers; online program

Service Projects

  • November/December:  Toy Drive for BMC Grow Clinic
  • March:  Toiletries Drive for Rosie’s Place