“Disability Justice & Feminist Practice” is Northwestern’s Women’s Center’s theme for 2021-2022, which will guide its programming for the year. Members of the NU and Evanston communities can engage with this topic by participating in a variety of Women’s Center educational events. The center recently opened public registration for their annual Women’s History Month Symposium,.
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Sekile Nzinga discusses mutual aid, Womenâs History Month and more
Sekile Nzinga is director of the Womenâs Center. Photo by Joel Wintermantle
In celebration of Womenâs History Month, the Womenâs Center will bring the campus community together by hosting a number of  programs focused on this yearâs annual theme Mutual Aid and Community Engagement.
On March 8, the center will acknowledge International Womenâs Day with an hour-long celebration, where they will announce the winner of this yearâs Shujaa Award. The center will also present its annual Symposium on March 9 and feature a plenary conversation between activist scholars Dean Spade and Kelly Hayes.
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MLK Dream Week events Jan. 13 to 19
Mariame Kaba will deliver the MLK Dream Week keynote. Photo by Gion Carlo
Northwestern University will commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a series of virtual Dream Week events beginning with Mariame Kaba’s keynote address at 4 p.m. CST Wednesday, Jan. 13. Several events are free and open to the public, including the keynote.
Additional public events include an oratorical contest at noon, Friday, Jan. 15, the Alpha Phi Alpha Candlelight Vigil at 3 p.m., Monday, Jan. 18 and a panel on systemic racism in law and medicine at noon, Tuesday, Jan. 19.