Women's and Gender Studies
bell hooks day
bell hooks center, Draper 106 101 Chestnut St, Berea, KY, United StatesJoin us in celebrating the life & works of bell hooks! 10 AM-12 PM: Altar-making at the bell hooks center in Draper 106; walking tour of bell's home & the bell hooks Institute 11:45 AM-1 PM: Lunch catered by Sodexo at the Carter G. Woodson Center in the Alumni Building 1-3:30 PM: bell hooks day […]
DECOLONIZATION IS DEAD.
bell hooks center, Draper 106 101 Chestnut St, Berea, KY, United StatesAfro-Indigenous descendant global scholar, mom and auntie, Dr. Clelia O. Rodriguez was born and raised in the ancestral lands of the Lenka in what is presently known as El Salvador. Dr. Rodriguez earned her MA and PhD from the University of Toronto and BA from York University. She is the Founder of SEEDS for Change, […]
Gender Talk: In conversation with Sonya Renee Taylor
bell hooks center, Draper 106 101 Chestnut St, Berea, KY, United StatesSonya Renee Taylor is the New York Times best-selling author of The Body is Not an Apology and a thought leader on racial justice, personal and collective liberation, radical self-love, and transformational change. In this moderated conversation with students, Sonya invites in radically unapologetic self-love as this enables us "to love our bodies in a way that […]
WGS Colloquium: The Art of Falling Apart with Lauren Kelly Benson
bell hooks center, Draper 106 101 Chestnut St, Berea, KY, United StatesWe continue to endure wild, heartbreaking, unprecedented times, yet we have so little guidance about relating to these times with wholeness and honesty. What if we allowed ourselves to be ok not being okay? What if we moved through the world expressing the full breadth and width of our emotional experience? What if falling apart is […]