Founder of the School of Leadership Afghanistan and Middlebury Alumna Shabana Basij-Rasikh discusses how the school educated Afghan girls in Kabul and now continues to do so from their campus in Rwanda. Lunch will be served.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
An anti-diet dance theater performance that uses an intersectional approach to understand anti-fatness in relation to capitalism, race, and patriarchy through an historic lens, current analysis, and personal experience. Using ensemble and solo dance, song, storytelling, research, and projections, this one-hour show is also about body liberation, pleasure, dancing alone in the mirror, eating mangoes, and shaking off that which binds us.
Performed by Laura Haines, Winnie Looby, Alex Heisler, Zoraya Hightower, Hadley Mueller, Rhonda Doonan, and Rachel Siegel.
Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre
Interested in reproductive justice? We’re gathering in Chellis house at 7:30pm to discuss issues we see on campus and what we can do about them!
Chellis Living Room/Seminar Room
Join groups on campus for a broad discussion on the history of May Day, labor rights, and solidarity work in Vermont!
McCullough Wilson Cafe
Please join the departments of Black Studies, Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, and Italian for a reception celebrating graduates in these disciplines.
The following departments invite grads and their guests to join them in the locations listed below.
Black Studies | Abernethy Room (AXN 221) | 2:45-3:30 pm
Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies | AXN 220 | 2:45-3:30 pm
Italian | Abernethy Room (AXN 221) | 3:45-4:30 pm
Axinn Center
Join SPECS and Chellis for a body mapping workshop to explore where we hold and process emotions and experiences (joy, anxiety, stress, etc.) and how to move through them with art and mindfulness. This is an action-step event following It Happens Here.
Chellis Living Room/Seminar Room
Join the Feminist Resource Center and the organizers of Trans-VT for an afternoon learning about their zine and making your own! Zines are an amazing political resource and form of resistance. Join us for a queer, fun time. Snacks, drinks, and art supplies provided.
Chellis Living Room/Seminar Room
On the second day of the symposium, Mexican director Michelle Garza Cervera will answer questions (in English) about her acclaimed debut film Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022). This will be followed by a conversation in Spanish between Michelle and Rita Segato, offering a broader dialogue on gender-based abuse and violence against women in Latin America. The conversation between Michelle and Rita will be translated into English for the audience.
Cookies and drinks will be provided.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Presented in Spanish with real-time translation to English
The symposium will kickoff with a keynote presentation by Argentine anthropologist Rita Segato, followed by an open discussion with students, faculty, and community members. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided in Sunderland Lobby beginning at 4:00 PM.
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
The long running political theatre company, Bread and Puppet, based in Northern Vermont, will bring their new spring show to Middlebury! Join us for this wildly popular, globally recognized troupe of artists and storytellers. You can read more about their spring tour and The End of the World Never Minding Show, on their website. The one hour show will be followed by a half hour talkback, and Bread & Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread and sell their “Cheap Art”.
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
