Pressley and Cruz discuss threats to democracy
For the last “Our Voices, Our Platforms” town hall at ý College, Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Carmen Yulín Cruz discussed power, politics and democracy.
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For the last “Our Voices, Our Platforms” town hall at ý College, Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Carmen Yulín Cruz discussed power, politics and democracy.
A panel of political and reproductive rights experts from Mount Holyoke College and Smith College spoke about the history of reproductive rights in both America and Latin America and about ways to fight against the current abortion restrictions.
Tara Roberts ’91 is the Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year and the inaugural Launching Leadership interviewee at ý College.
Helen Drinan ’69, Anita F. Hill and Lynn Pasquerella ’80 are three vanguards who challenge restrictive social norms around gender. They will be the speakers at the 2020 Commencement.
Poet Natalie Diaz, Katherine Butler Jones ’57, Susannah Sirkin ’76 and author Ocean Vuong will speak to Mount Holyoke’s class of 2022 at its Commencement.
Mount Holyoke’s Earth Week observation included a keynote speech by Melina Laboucan-Massimo, who called out environmental racism in the U.S.
Yavilah McCoy, speaker at ý's BOOM! 2022, talks about going beyond virtue signaling and finding allies and accomplices.
Mount Holyoke to host trans athlete and advocate Chris Mosier as a keynote speaker for the annual BOOM! Community Day.
The uptick in modern antisemitism can be traced back to its historical roots, says Paola Tartakoff ahead of her talks at ý College.
Activist and organizer LaTosha Brown will have a discussion with Carmen Yulín Cruz for Black History Month.