{"id":5485,"date":"2019-08-29T14:05:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T18:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/?page_id=5485"},"modified":"2024-04-22T16:38:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T20:38:51","slug":"events-2019-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/events\/events-archive\/events-2019-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Events 2019-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>June 20, 2019<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Theater Meet-Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cirque du Soleil \u201cCorteo\u201d at Agganis Arena<\/p>\n<h4>July 22, 2019<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Theater Meet-Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Film Screening of \u201c<em>This Changes Everything.<\/em>\u201d Program in Support of Women\u2019s, Gender, &amp; Sexuality Program at Boston University; Regal Cinemas Fenway<\/p>\n<h4>September 24<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Lunch and Learn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Moms in Chief: Gender Stereotypes, Politics, and Presidential Nominees\u2019 Spouses with <\/em>Tammy Vigil, Associate Professor of Communication Studies; 12-1:30pm; 110 Cummington Mall, Room 245. <span>This event is free for members, $10 for non-members.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>October 1, 2019<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Lunch and Learn, sponsored by BU Evergreen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Monumental Decisions <\/em>with Raul Fernandez, Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity &amp; Inclusion, Wheelock College; George Sherman Union, Small Ballroom, 2nd Floor. <b>Description:<\/b><span>\u00a0It\u2019s time to reevaluate the old monuments, the artwork, the named streets and structures that surround us in the built environment \u2013 those relics of a past where those in power decided whose stories were worth honoring and whose should be disregarded. So, how, in a more diverse and inclusive society, do we decide what stays and what goes? And, in doing so, how do we avoid making the same mistakes as our predecessors?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>October 11, 2019<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Newcomers Lunch at the President&#8217;s House<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Black Women\u2019s Health Study: 25 Years of Research, <\/em>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. This event is free to members, $10 for Non-members.<\/p>\n<h4>October 22, 2019<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Theater Meet-Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Martha Graham Dance Company<\/em>: Lecture and Demonstration; 915 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA 02215.<\/p>\n<p><em>About this Event: <\/em>Janet Eilber, Artistic Director of the Martha Graham Company, will speak about Graham\u2019s vision of heroines from Greek tragedy including Medea, Clytemnestra, and Jocasta, as well as explore Graham\u2019s retelling of the Ariadne\/Minotaur story as imagined in her dance Errand into the Maze, with two-dancers from the company performing this 13 minute piece. The lecture will also include videos, movement excerpts from Graham\u2019s depiction of Greek heroines, and teaching the audience several moves from one or two of the characters. The presentation will conclude with a Q &amp; A.\u00a0 This is a co-curricular event in collaboration with Classical Studies\u2019 course on Greek Drama (CL 224), Yo-El Cassell\u2019s movement courses and the dance program (Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance). It is sponsored by the following BU organizations: BU\u2019s Center for the Humanities, BU\u2019s Arts Initiative, Kilachand Honors College, Department of Classical Studies, BU\u2019s Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Program, Core Curriculum\u2019s NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities, Women and Gender Studies, and outside of BU by the Society for Classical Studies Classics Everywhere \u201cInitiative.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>November 14, 2019<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Lunch and Learn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Taking Action on Climate Change: BU &amp; You, <\/em>with Erica Mattison, MPA, JD, Assistant Director of Communications for University Sustainability; Eichenbaum Colloquium Room, Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences &amp; Engineering. This event is free to members, $10 for Non-members.<\/p>\n<h4>December 11<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Holiday Party<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Refreshments plus entertainment by the BU Academy Swamp Cats; 5-7pm; 43 Hawes Street Living Room. This event is free to members, $10 for non-members.<\/p>\n<h4>January 7, 2020<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Lunch and Learn Program presented by WOCC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Building Community Through Allyship, <\/em>with Judy Burgess, Director of Labor Relations at BU \u00a0&amp; co-chair, BU LGBTQIA+ Task Force, Photonics Center Colloquium Room<\/p>\n<h4>January 9, 2020<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Lunch and Learn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Obsession with Perfection: Beauty, Dysmorphia and Malleability <\/em>with Dr. Neelam Vashi, Associate Professor of Dermatology, Director, Boston University Center for Ethnic Skin; BU School of Medicine Admissions Conference Room<\/p>\n<h4>January 30, 2020<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Lunch and Learn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>A New Approach to Closing the Gender Wage Gap, <\/em>with Katharine Lusk, Co-Director and founding Executive Director of the Initiative on Cities; Eichenbaum Colloquium Room,\u00a0Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences &amp; Engineering<\/p>\n<h4>February 25, 2020<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Lunch and Learn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Reintroducing Boston University Libraries, <\/em>with Dr. K. 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