This article was originally printed in the April 2023 print edition. Kaira Jewel Lingo, a Dharma teacher with a focus on spirituality and social justice,…
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As part of Smith’s 2021-2022 Presidential Colloquium series, Masha Gessen, a transgender and nonbinary Russian-American author and journalist, was invited to deliver a webinar on Feb. 15 to the student body and Smith community members.
Co-president and CEO of The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Coalition, Emmy-award winning journalist, and women’s rights activist, Carol Jenkins spoke at Smith’s second Presidential Colloquium of the 2021 Fall Semester on Sept. 21.
It was the best of times for the president of Smith College adorned with her Louboutin’s, it was the worst of times for her students,…
In the semester’s final Presidential Colloquium on May 5, President Kathy McCartney was joined by Professor Jennifer Ho from the University of Colorado Boulder. Ho discussed the escalated violence against Asian Americans throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and broader issues of race and racism.
On April 1, President of Smith, Kathleen McCartney, hosted a Presidential Colloquium on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Joining her were two disability rights activists, Judy Heumann and Tom Hehir.
Ward’s talk, “Authoritarian State or Inclusive Democracy? What We Can Do Right Now,” was a rallying cry to all Smithies witnessing our country as it exists today — where democracy is jeopardized and the lethal effects of decades of insurgent white supremacy are coming to fruition.
Cristina Rodríguez, the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale University, gave the first speech in the 2019-2020 Presidential Colloquium Series on Thursday, September 19, 2019. Her lecture, “The President, Immigration Law, and the Politics of Constitutional Structure,” sought to provide greater insight into US immigration law by looking at historic and current tensions between executive and legislative powers.
Sunnie Yi Ning ’18 Assistant News Editor Last week, Harvard Law professor, political activist and former Democratic presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig gave a talk…
Sunnie Yi Ning ’18 Assistant News Editor Last week, Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College, delivered a lecture as part of the Presidential…