Women’s History Month celebrates the contributions women person made to the United States and recognizes the circumstantial achievements women person made implicit the people of American past successful a assortment of fields.
Public Fresno State events include:
March 2-31: Akoma Art Exhibit: Celebrating Black Women Artists, sponsored by the Africana Studies Program, Leon S. Peters Ellipse Gallery, Fresno State Library, curated by Vanessa Addison-Williams and Tyler Alcé. Akoma is the Adinkra awesome for “heart,” signifying the bosom of a community-based signifier and imaginativeness that Black women artists connection to uplift Black women, civilization and history. Contact: Dr. Meta Schettler, mschettl@csufresno.edu.
March 6: Opening reception for the Akoma Art Exhibit, honoring commissioned paintings by Kambrya Bailey (“Restoration Song: Labor of Love”) and Britney Holman (“Heart of a Nation”), from 5 to 8 p.m. successful Leon S. Peters Ellipse Gallery, Fresno State Library. Refreshments and escaped copies of the caller Africana Studies zine, “I Am Because We Are,” volition beryllium available. Sponsored by the Africana Studies Program. Contact: Dr. Meta Schettler, mschettl@csufresno.edu.
March 7: “Bold Stories, Real Impact: A Look Inside Rippin Sindher’s Films,” presented by Cineculture, 5:30 p.m. successful the Peters Education Center Auditorium astatine the Student Recreation Center. The screening includes six films by Selma autochthonal and movie manager Rippin Sindher, followed by a treatment with the filmmaker. Contact: Dr. Mary Husain, mhusain@csufresno.edu.
March 11: Identity poesy store series, led by maestro of good arts postgraduate Angelina Leanos, from noon to 1 p.m. astatine Thomas Building, Room 110. Contact: Kathy Moua, kathybk@mail.fresnostate.edu.
March 11: Poetry event, sponsored by the American Indian Programs and Services Team astatine the Cross Cultural and Gender Center, noon to 1 p.m. astatine Thomas Building, Room 110. Sessions volition absorption connected indigenous taste beliefs, practice and traditions to empower students to sermon however practice and civilization interaction their lives and identities. Students tin customize their idiosyncratic poesy journals done a guided presumption by maestro of good arts postgraduate and Cross Cultural and Gender Center pupil unit subordinate Angelina Leanos with worksheets, penning utensils, creation materials and journals (while supplies last). Registration link. Contact: Kathy Moua, kathybk@mail.fresnostate.edu.
March 14: “Bella” movie showing, presented by Cineculture and the Jewish Studies Program, from 5:15 to 7:30 p.m. astatine the Peters Education Center Auditorium astatine the Student Recreation Center. By manager Jeff Lieberman, “Bella” chronicles the governmental vocation of American governmental activistic Bella Abzug. A treatment with Lieberman follows the film. Contact: Dr. Mary Husain, mhusain@csufresno.edu, or Dr. Jill Fields, jfields@csufresno.edu.
March 18: Environmental Warfare successful Gaza, publication speech with Dr. Shourideh C. Molavi, pb Palestine researcher for forensic architecture, and writer of “Environmental Warfare successful Gaza,” 6 to 7:15 p.m., Fresno State Library, Rm. 3212 oregon Zoom (preregistration required).
March 18, Forensic anthropology laboratory circuit with module Dr. Chelsey Juarez, presented by the Anthropology Department, 2:30 to4:30 p.m. successful McLane Hall, Room 212. Contact: Dr. Dvera Saxton, dsaxton@mail.fresnostate.edu.
March 20: Special reception for the Akoma Artists with Benjamin Boone and Faylita Hicks, 6 to 9 p.m. astatine the Leon S. Peters Ellipse Gallery, Fresno State Library. Refreshments, unrecorded music, dynamic spoken word. Sponsored by the Africana Studies Program. Contact: Dr. Meta Schettler, mschettl@csufresno.edu.
March 27: “Amplify Your Heart,” paint and sip nighttime with Kambrya Bailey, 7 to 9 p.m. astatine Tower Blendz, 802 E. Olive Ave., Fresno. Free smoothie and overgarment supplies, RSVP required for the 20 disposable spots. Sponsored by the Africana Studies Program. Contact: Dr. Meta Schettler, mschettl@csufresno.edu.
March 27: “Sankofa Gardens Workday,” 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., astatine Fresno State Horticulture Nursery (3150 E. Barstow Ave.). Join Minkah Taharkah from the California Farmer Justice Collaborative astatine a outpouring onshore prep store for a caller Africana Studies plot plot. RSVP. Contact: Dr. Meta Schettler, mschettl@csufresno.edu.
March 27: Reproductive Justice Tea, a treatment connected reproductive justness and activism with beverage and pastries, presented by the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department, 1:30 to 3 p.m., Fresno State Library Room 3212, featuring section reproductive justice-focused assemblage organizations. Contact: Dr. Larissa Mercado-Lopez, lmercadolopez@mail.fresnostate.edu.
March 28: “Yasmeen’s Element” (2024), presented by Cineculture, 5:30 p.m. astatine the Peters Education Center Auditorium astatine the Student Recreation Center. “Yasmeen’s Element,” by Pakistani-American manager Amman Abbasi, is the communicative of Yasmeen, a pupil who is anxious to learn. She is helped and sometimes hindered by those she encounters, a parable for what women’s acquisition tin beryllium successful an unstable place. A treatment with Abbasi follows the film. Contact: Dr. Mary Husain, mhusain@csufresno.edu.
March 28-April 5: “Antigone,” presented by University Theatre. The struggle betwixt justness and instrumentality rises to poetic heights successful Anne Carson’s innovative translation of Sophocles’ classical communicative of civilian disobedience. Woods Theater (Speech Arts). Event times. Tickets are $10-$20. Contact: Miguel Gastelum, mgastelum@mail.fresnostate.edu.
