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Have You Heard of Pauli Murray?

Thursday, June 16, 2022,  7 PM to 8:30 PM (Eastern)

 

As Ppauli-murray-cropped-iwth-attributionRIDE month begins, we turn to the intersectionality of civil rights, women's rights, and gender rights. Have you heard of Pauli Murray? Anna Pauline (Anna) Murray, (November 20, 2010 - July 1, 1985), an architect of the civil rights struggle and the women's movement, was an activist, organizer, lawyer, priest, poet and writer. She challenged race and gender discrimination over her lifetime in legal, societal, academic, and religious circles in the quest for equality for people of color, women and the LGBTQ community. Long before concepts of transgenderism and targeted therapies, Murray privately wrote about her gender identity and sexuality, expressing a deeply-held belief that she was a man trapped inside a woman's body, for which she instinctively requested, and was denied, hormone therapy. It has taken years for the medical community to catch up. She lived in the Jim Crow era and also what she termed the 'Jane Crow' era, a reference to women's inequality.  

 

Join us for this free virtual presentation to learn from attorney and researcher Susan Hall Mygatt '69 about this iconic black (mixed race), feminist, gender-dysphoric woman, ahead of her time, who had been almost completely erased from the narrative of two of the most important American social justice movements of the 20th century - civil rights and women's rights - in which she was directly involved and for which she helped to articulate the intellectual foundations. Although Murray's life was intertwined with well-known figures such as Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Thurgood Marshall, Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Friedan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Murray, herself, remained little known until recently. Now, finally, it is this progressive, intersectonal identify that has made her a revolutionaly pioneer. 

 

To learn more about this  virtual program and Susan Mygatt and to register, please visit the website article Click here

 

Celebrate Juneteenth at Seneca Village in Central Park

Sunday, June 19, 2022,  10 AM to 12 noon (Eastern)

 

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Join other alums and the Central Park Conservancy and Marie Warsh, class of 1997 (Historian for the Central Park Conservancy) for a free live event on Juneteenth to celebrate Seneca Village, the predominately African American community that existed before Central Park. Marie will greet the group to provide a brief introduction to Seneca Village and our group will proceed to enjoy it! The event includes various performances inspired by the history and community of Seneca Village through dance, poetry, music storytelling, art activities and more!  

Afterward, those interested can lunch together at a convenient spot on the Upper West Side. Friends and family are welcome!

To learn more about this event to register, please visit the website article Click here

Understanding the Trans Community

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 7 PM  to 8:30 PM

 

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At Smith, Ryan Rasdall ’11 was openly gay, identified as female, and majored in The Study of Women and Gender (SWAG). Now, Ryan is a corporate attorney in Boston, identifies as a bisexual transgender man, and uses his free time to advocate for transgender people. Join us for a free, virtual in-depth discussion of transgender issues, personal and political, and the societal and legal consequences the transgender community faces, at large.

To learn more about the program and to register, please visit the website article Click here.

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