Gender

Come learn more about diverse gender identities and gender expressions!

This interactive workshop will introduce the concept of microaggressions and examine how they operate to reinforce systemic inequality, power, and privilege, while having lasting impacts on individuals.

Join award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh on March 7, 4-5 p.m., to see his livestreamed presentation, “Picture Books and Social Justice.”

The distinguished keynote speaker of WSU’s Week of Women in STEM is Gerri Martin-Flickinger, the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Starbucks.

The Week of Women in STEM panel features professional women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, who will discuss how to get started in the field, provide tips on work-life balance, any answer any questions you may have.

The Women Leaders and their Stories Panel is a livestreamed mentorship event to inspire students beyond the classroom as they pursue their careers and futures.

Each day you may interact with a variety of people you have relationships with: co-workers, romantic partners, family members, supervisors, and friends. Communication is key to maintain positive relationships with all of these people in your life.

The Pacific Northwest Collegiate Leadership Conference is the largest student leadership conference in the region, and this year a selection of the conference’s interactive workshops will be livestreamed.

Amber Morczek, Ph.D. candidate in WSU’s Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, will discuss rape culture and how this cultural framework normalizes and condones gender-based violence.

Microaggressions are verbal and nonverbal exchanges that put down an individual, intentionally or unintentionally, based on their membership in a marginalized group.

During this livestream, the activist, journalist, and film director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will discuss her work documenting a wide variety of issues in South Asia.

Delivering the 10th annual Common Reading Invited Lecture will be Khalida Brohi, activist for women’s rights, social entrepreneur, global speaker, and founder of the Sughar Empowerment Society in Pakistan to help educate and empower women.

The criminal justice system should focus less on retribution and more on reparations for those born into a culture of violence, says activist and Law Professor Cynthia Chandler.

This year’s WSU International Women’s Day keynote speaker made world headlines in 1999 when she became the first Miss Universe from Africa.