Our campus partners are hosting events at their schools and in their communities. Most will take place on March 8th, but some will be happening in the days that follow. Want to submit a Feminist Coming Out Day celebration for inclusion in this list? Email feministcomingoutday@gmail.com with your event information. Check back on this page for updates as venues and dates are finalized!
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
Waltham, Massachusetts
Women’s Resource Center, Shapiro Campus Center 3rd floor
Tuesday, March 8, 7-8pm
What does it mean to be a feminist? FEMINISM is the logical response to sexism; it exists because sexism exists. FEMINISM is “the radical notion that women are people.” We’re feminists. We’re proud of it. As part of a national effort to encourage people to embrace their feminist roots we are throwing a feminist coming out day celebration and you’re all invited.
Hosted by the Brandeis Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance. [Facebook Event Page] [Facebook Group]
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Feminist Coffeehouse & Reception for Feminist Portrait Project
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011, 7:30-9:00 PM
Ticknor Lounge
Are you a Harvard feminist? Show it! Join the Queer Students and Allies, the Radcliffe Union of the Students, and the Athena Program to raise awareness of feminism’s goals and continuing relevance by showing your support on Harvard University’s second Feminist Coming Out Day, a part of the Harvard College Women’s Center’s Women’s Week. Throughout the day, don pins and shirts to declare “This Is What A Feminist Looks Like”. By night, check out our “Feminist Coffeehouse” and “Feminist Portrait Project”, which display the diverse face of feminism on campus.
Panel Discussion: Activism & the Feminist Blogosphere
Thursday, March 10th, 2011, 7:00-8:30 PM
Ticknor Lounge
Follow-up Feminist Coming Out Day with a panel discussion with feminist bloggers to explore how to translate this discussion into activism. Confirmed panelists are Chloe Angyal and Lori Adelman ‘08 (Feministing.com), Julie Zeilinger (The F-Bomb), Cherie Hannouche (The Daily Femme), Andrea Plaid (Racialicious), Sady Doyle (Tiger Beatdown), Anna North (Jezebel), and Lena Chen ‘10 (The Chicktionary).
HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES
Geneva, New York
Campus Center
Tuesday, March 8th, 11am-1pm, 5-7pm
The HWS Chapter of NARAL: Pro-Choice NY will be celebrating Feminist Coming Out Day in the Campus Center by playing music, handing out condoms and zines, showcasing our portrait gallery and encouraging people to sign a pledge that they are feminists.
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND
St. Mary’s City, Maryland
Feminist Portrait Gallery, Arts & Crafts Table, & “Mocktail” Party
Monday, March 7th-Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies themed housing and the Feminists United for Sexual Equality at St. Mary’s College of Maryland are presenting several activities in observance of Feminist Coming Out Day on campus. We will host a poster portrait gallery of members of the SMCM community who identify as feminists. Members of the WGSX house and FUSE will have a table at the Campus Center with a banner asking, “What does feminism mean to you?” on which students will be able to write responses. We will also have art supplies and blank poster templates to allow students to draw themselves in order to be included in the portrait gallery. The event will culminate in a “cupcake social” for students and faculty to discuss what what feminism means to them.
POMONA COLLEGE
Claremont, California
Feminist Coming Out Day Lunch
Upper Lounge, Walker Hall
Tuesday, March 8th, 12-1pm
Pomona College Women’s Union is going to be hosting a “Feminist Coming Out Day” lunch event centered around sharing some of our favorite moments of feminist consciousness. Come for conversation about what feminism(s) means to us in our local, global, and personal contexts. Bring your own lunch; we’ll be providing an array of yummy desserts.
Hosted by the Pomona College Women’s Union. [Facebook Event Page] [Facebook Fan Page]
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
Pasadena, California
Feminist Coming Out Day Panel
The Circadian, Campus Center
Tuesday, March 8th, 6-8pm
Calling all feminists at Pasadena City College! PCC Feminist Club is hosting a Feminist Coming Out Day panel on March 8th in the Circadian from 6-8 PM! Our panel will be focusing on why it’s important to come out as a feminist as opposed to the oft-said, “I’m not a feminist, but…” and how our panelists have incorporated feminism into their everyday lives.
Our panelists include:
- Myra Duran, National Campus Organizer for Feminist Majority Foundation
- Kathy Heintzman, Women’s Literature and English teacher at Arcadia High School
- Krystle Madrid, therapist for female victims of trauma
- Phoebe Brauer, Public Affairs Manager for Planned Parenthood Pasadena & San Gabriel Valley
- Dinah Stephens, Public Affairs Coordinator for Planned Parenthood Los Angeles.
Hosted by the PCC Feminist Club. [Facebook Fan Page] [Facebook Event [Twitter] [PCCFeministClub@gmail.com]
PURCHASE COLLEGE, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Purchase, New York
Feminist Coming Out Day Party
Tuesday, March 8th, 9:30-11pm
South Side, Campus Center South
Join us as we celebrate the 100th International Women’s Day and Feminist Coming Out Day. We will also discuss the upcoming field trip to Washington, DC.
Hosted by FORTH at SUNY Purchase [Website] [Facebook Fan Page] [goFORTH.purchase@gmail.com]
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
St. Louis, Missouri
Busch Student Center, North Entrance
Tuesday, March 8th, 10:00-2:00pm
Come celebrate International Women’s Day & Feminist Coming Out Day! Stop by our booth and pick up buttons, buy a t-shirt, or just get some candy. We will have Women’s Studies faculty & students at the booth to answer your questions about the holidays and the SLU Women’s Studies Program. SLU students can also tell their coming out story on the Facebook page of Una, the Feminist Voice of SLU.
SMITH COLLEGE
Northampton, Massachusetts
Feminist Coming Out Day: T-shirt Sale
Tuesday, March 8, Noon-4 p.m., Campus Center Garden Level
Feminists of Smith Unite! will be tabling in order to celebrate Feminist Coming Out day on March 8. Come by the table to check out feminism at Smith and purchase a “This Is What a Feminist Looks Like” t-shirt.
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY
Cedar City, Utah
Women Rock!
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011, 7:30-9:00 PM
Gotham Comic Shop, 1065 South Main Street
It is the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day and the SUU Center for Women and Families is celebrating in style! Come out for a FREE concert with Vernicious Kind and Vindustyrus (two awesome pro-women bands) and the lovely ladies of Off the Cuff Improv may be making an appearance as well!
Hosted by the Southern Utah University Center for Women and Families.
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Austin, Texas
Interactive Art Project | Wall of Truth
Gender and Sexuality Center
Monday, March 7-Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The Gender and Sexuality Center at the University of Texas at Austin invites YOU to come tell your truths on Feminist Coming Out Day. Have you ever felt you couldn’t express yourself as a feminist? What are the consequences of telling the truth in today’s society? We want you to give a face to feminism! We want you to come tell your truths by creating and posting them to our Wall of Truth which will be on display in the GSC. We will have truth-telling supplies for you. All you have to do is tell it. From March 7-8th we invite you to come create a “postsecret”* telling your truth as a feminist and post it to our board. It will then be displayed on our Wall of Truth in the GSC until the 11th.
Hosted by the Gender and Sexuality Center at the University of Texas at Austin. [Facebook Event] [Website] [Facebook Fan Page] [Twitter]
Feminist Action Project Table
West Mall
Tuesday, March 8th, 11:00am-2:00pm
What does a feminist look like? Come join the discussion at the Feminist Action Project table at the International Women’s Day collective event. Pose with our picture frame for inclusion in the online archive of feminists on campuses across the U.S., or submit your own statement or image on their website with UT-Austin in the text.
Also check out our statue project- which feminists would you like to see as statues at UT? We’ll have posters of Gloria Anzaldua, Betty Dodson, and Dolores Huerta along with information on these powerful women. What would campus look like if one of them had a statue instead of Jefferson Davis (for example)? Come check out Feminist Action Project for these activities and to learn about our April 1st & 2nd conference, “Feminism is for Every(body)”.
Hosted by the Feminist Action Project. [Facebook Fan Page] [Website] [Twitter]
Workshop | Truth Telling: A Feminist Act
Gender and Sexuality Center, Student Activity Center 2.112
Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 6-7:30pm
The Gender and Sexuality Center: Serving Women and LGBTQ Communities is proud to present a workshop on truth-telling as a feminist act. Heather Davies, LCSW will guide us in exploring our truths as feminists, understanding these truths, and expressing these truths — post-secret style. These feminist truth telling post-secrets will be displayed on our Wall of Truth through March 11.
Over the last seven years, Heather Davies has thoroughly enjoyed nurturing and sharing her feminist lens, first as a counselor and trainer with Waterloo Counseling Center and then as a counselor, advocate, and trainer with UT Austin’s Voices Against Violence (VAV) Program. While she continues to co-teach VAV’s Theatre for Dialogue class during the Fall semester, she also recently launched a full-time counseling practice focused on creative and holistic approaches to health, wellness, and thriving.
Space is limited. To register for the workshop please email us at gsc@austin.utexas.edu and let us know you want to come.
Hosted by the Gender and Sexuality Center at the University of Texas at Austin. [Facebook Event] [Website] [Facebook Fan Page] [Twitter]
WELLESLEY COLLEGE
Wellesley, Massachusetts
SRR + SHEs + WEED + SJFSF = Environmental Feminism
Monday March 7th, 8-9pm in the HOOP
Tabling by Democracy Rising and Amnesty International
Tuesday March 8th, 11am-4pm on the 4th Floor of the Wang
Learn about International Women’s Day and wear pink for Feminist Coming Out Day.
A Talk by Sonalini Sapra “The Wall Behind the Door Gender, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice in India”
Tuesday March 8th, 4:15pm-5:45pm in the Multifaith Center, Main Room
“Emerging Perspectives on Family and Inequality” a presentation and dialogue featuring Joya Misra and Karen Hansen
Thursday March 10th, 4pm in PNE 212
Hosted by Wellesley’s International Women’s Day. [Facebook Event Page]
