Upcoming Events

The Science of Reproductive Rights Hackathon
MIT has an opportunity to advance a scientific approach to public policy affecting abortion access and funding. Join us at a hackathon to collect empirical and rights-based research in support of reproductive freedom. We will spend 4 hours learning together, gathering research, and generating ideas.

Cathy Park Hong: "Minor Feelings" Book Discussion
Cathy Park Hong, poet, writer, and professor, visits MIT to discuss representation and identity in the context of her award winning book Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning. The book, a series of essays depicting her life growing up as Korean American in the United States, focuses on the Asian American experience of being both invisible and lauded as a "model minority". As a hybrid event, you can tune in at home virtually, or in-person where food will be provided.

"Somebody's Daughter" film screening & discussion
The MIT American Indian Science & Engineering Society presents a screening of Somebody’s Daughter to raise awareness during the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women Week of Action.
Monday May 2nd, @ 7 PM in 4-270.
Email wgs@mit.edu for accommodations. The film will have closed captions.

An Evening with Tressie McMillan Cottom
Join the MIT Libraries for an evening with cultural critic, celebrated sociologist, and award-winning writer Tressie McMillan Cottom.

Salary Negotiation 101
Join us for some tips and tricks when it comes to negotiating your salary! This event will take place in the Green Living Room in McCormick Hall, April 27 at 6 PM. RSVP: tinyurl.com/Salary101 There will be cookies & boba :)

We Can Breathe hosted by MIT Media Lab
A Black History Month - Media Experience, Practice and Conversation.

MIT Reads: A Conversation with Elizabeth Acevedo (hybrid event)
Clap When You Land was chosen in collaboration with Global Languages and Women’s and Gender Studies. More details to come.

An Indigenous History of National Parks and Other Homelands
A half-day symposium featuring speaker Professor David Treuer (Ojibwe), who will frame a conversation on the history of Indigenous land dispossession behind the national parks. It will create space for scholarly and personal reflection on this past and how it shapes the present. Registration required.

A Conversation with Author Jayne Allen
Join us for a conversation with author Jayne Allen in the SPXCE Lounge on April 14th at 12 PM. Jayne will speaking about her two books Black Girls Must Die Exhausted and Black Girls Must Be Magic. MIT student Mercy Oladipo will moderate a fireside chat and allow participants to join in.

Picture a Scientist | Women Take the Reels Film Festival
PICTURE A SCIENTIST chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks, and geologist Jane Willenbring lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, ranging from brutal harassment to years of subtle slights.
RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/PaSMIT

Superwoman Doesn’t Exist: The Myth of the Strong Black Woman
Please join us for a virtual book discussion and conversation with author Marita Golden, as she presents The Strong Black Woman How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women.
RSVP: tinyurl.com/MITGolden

Writing with Fire | Women Take the Reel Film Festival
Writing with Fire follows the women journalists of India’s all-female newspaper as they risk it all, including their own safety, to cover the country’s political, social, and local news from a women-powered perspective.
3/15 6:30 PM Bartos Theater RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/WWFMIT

Ma Belle, My Beauty | Women Take the Reel Film Festival
Join us in screening the film Ma Belle, My Beauty as part of the annual Women Take the Reel Film Festival. This film follows once polyamorous lovers reuniting in the idyllic stretches of rural France. Watch as complex feelings of love and grief transform what once was.
3/10 6:30 PM Bartos Theater RSVP: tinyurl.com/mabelleMIT