Events

April 8, 2021
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Panel Discussion to follow - “Legacies of the 19^th Amendment: The Struggle Still Continues”

• Erika Duthiers, Esq, Assistant Vice President for Compliance & Ethics and Deputy General Counsel in the Office of Legal Affairs, Moderator
• Deborah Hughes -  President & CEO of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum
• Kate Bennett - National Women’s Hall of Fame
• Samra Brouk - New York State Senator, 55^th District
• Sarah Clark, New York State Assemblywoman, AD 136

Dr. Anderson is professor of African American Studies at Emory University. She is the author of the critically-acclaimed White Rage, published by Bloomsbury (2016).

Learn more about Dr. Anderson
Listen to a conversation with Carol Anderson on Intersections: The RIT Podcast

September 23, 2020
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A recording of this presentation is available via Zoom

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Professor Martha S. Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor and Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University. She is a legal and cultural historian whose work examines how black Americans have shaped the story of American democracy.

Learn more about Martha
Listen to a conversation with Martha Jones on Intersections: The RIT Podcast

Sept. 20, 6:00 pm, virtual

“A Social Justice March Celebrating Hope, Courage, & Change!”, Sunday Sept. 20, at 6 PM EDT, virtually at The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House website or on the Rochester First website, where the event is simulcast (and recorded to be viewed later) by WROC TV Channel 8.

Celebrate with the Moving Forward Committee the progress we have made for gender equity and human rights and get energized to continue the work. For additional information, contact Dr. Kijana Crawford, drcgss@rit.edu.

Oct. 5, 2:30-3:30 pm via Zoom

Dr. Nathan R. Lee, RIT Department of Public Policy, will speak on “Gender Gap in Local Communities: A New Data Initiative in Local Governance” as part of the Fall 2020 Women’s and Gender Studies Speaker Series. For additional information, contact Dr. Silvia Benso, clawgsprogram@rit.edu.

Oct. 29, 2020 from 12-1pm

RIT faculty member and director of the Journalism Program Hinda Mandell will lead attendees through how to analyze the sometimes-difficult-to-decode editorial cartoons, specifically relating to women voters and the 19th Amendment of John Scott Clubb. This program is in conjunction with the RIT Archives digital exhibit, Epidemics, Economics, and Elections: The Editorial Cartoons of John Scott Clubb and Elmer Messner. To attend this event, please register on the RIT Libraries website. Read more about the Epidemics, Economics, and Elections exhibition.

Oct. 30, from 10:10-11 am via Zoom.

Anyone interested in joining the conversation should contact Tamar Carroll at tamar.carroll@rit.edu. The film is available streaming through the RIT Library website.

Nov 12, 12:30-1:45 pm via Zoom: https://rit.zoom.us/j/95683137109

Curator Kathryn Murano Santos of the Rochester Museum and Science Center will be speaking on the Changemakers exhibition, along with RIT alumnae that contributed to the exhibition. For more information, contact Rebecca DeRoo at rjdgsh@rit.edu.