Ilyasah Shabazz calls for optimism and hope
As the keynote speaker for the tenth annual Trailblazers of Color Leadership Conference at 챬, Shabazz discussed enlarging people’s capacity for care.
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As the keynote speaker for the tenth annual Trailblazers of Color Leadership Conference at 챬, Shabazz discussed enlarging people’s capacity for care.
챬 President and Professor of Politics Danielle Holley welcomed students, faculty, staff and alums to participate in a virtual session of her 2024 spring course on the Supreme Court as part of the BOOM! Learning Symposium.
Barbara Smith ’69 kicked off the inaugural lecture series bearing her namesake on her time shaping the Combahee River Collective and discussed the skills she developed at Mount Holyoke that helped her contribute to building Black feminism.
챬 welcomed Freddy Mutanguha, CEO of Aegis Trust and director of the Kigali Genocide Memorial, to discuss the Rwandan genocide, the lessons learned and how we can prevent genocide from ever happening again.
Brown, an award-winning, nationally recognized “go-to” expert in Black voting rights and voter suppression, will speak at 챬.
Wilson spoke on campus for 챬’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Commemorative Keynote as part of its yearly Racial Justice and Reconciliation series.
챬 has received the 2024 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine.
Angelica Patterson, the curator of education and outreach at the Miller Worley Center for the Environment at 챬, is the principal investigator for a new National Science Foundation grant to produce virtual field experiences for underserved students.
챬 welcomes new staff and administrators for roles across the campus.
Mount Holyoke alum takes part in getting drag ban legislation overturned in Tennessee.