Human rights and climate action events feature in this week’s EEOC. Here at Bwog, we do our best to bring your attention to important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you have a correction or addition, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.

Student Event Spotlight

• On Wednesday, March 30, at 6 pm EDT, is the kick-off meeting for a student-led abortion rights coalition, organized by Columbia law students Alexanne Neff and Alyssa Curcio. This meeting will be a starting point to create action and energy around reproductive justice activism, and will also be an inclusive, spacious place for all members of the movement. Students can fill out the group’s Google Form to register for the meeting and join the group listserv.

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• On Tuesday, March 29, from 11:30 am to 1 pm EDT, Multicultural Affairs will host the workshop “Understanding Antisemitism.” This workshop explores antisemitism, an often misunderstood form of oppression, and how it manifests on campus and beyond. Through interactive exercises and group dialogue, this workshop will examine strategies for navigating contentious dialogue around antisemitism and discuss ways to act in solidarity with Jewish students and communities. This workshop is open to students, faculty, and staff, with registration required. It will take place in Lerner Hall Room 569.
• Also on Tuesday, March 29, from 1 to 2 pm, the Center on Global Energy Policy will host a student-only lunch and roundtable discussion with Minister Juan Carlos Jobet, CGEP Distinguished Visiting Fellow and Chile’s former Minister of Energy. Minister Jobet will discuss his academic and career histories and current work, followed by an open conversation with the student attendees. Lunch will be provided. This event will take place at the School of Social Work, with registration required to attend.
• Also on Tuesday, March 29, from 5:30 to 7 pm, the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life will present the Zoom discussion “Faith in Thoreau” about Henry David Thoreau’s life and work surrounding religion and environmental and climate activism. Alongside his own curiosities surrounding religion, the immanent, and the transcendent, his legacy within environmentalism and climate studies has often been harnessed in ways that approximate or play upon the sense of a spiritual or spirited conviction. Registration is required.
• Also on Tuesday, March 29, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm, the Dance Theatre of Harlem and Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute will present the online workshop “The Brain at the Barre: The Neuroscience of Ballet.” The workshop will explore the concept of muscle memory and how we can harness neuroplasticity to learn and perform dance. Registration is required.
• On Wednesday, March 30, from 11:45 am to 1 pm, the Mailman School of Public Health will host guest speakers Sara Ziff and Sydney Giordano in the discussion “Fighting for Labor Rights and Combating Sexual Assault in the Modeling Industry and Gig Economy.” Ziff is a former model and the founder of the Model Alliance, which fights for better labor protections for models and those on the factory floor. This in-person event will take place in Room 532 of the Allan Rosenfield Building at 732 West 168th St.
• Also on Wednesday, March 30, from 12 to 1 pm, is the online discussion “U.S. Feminisms in a Global Context” with Professor Judy Tzu-Chun Wu of the University of California, Irvine. This talk argues for the importance of globalizing the study of U.S. feminism. International events such as war and colonization as well as the transnational movement of people, ideas, and goods have shaped who becomes a feminist in the U.S. and their ideas about feminism. Online RSVP is required.
• On Thursday, March 31, from 1 to 2 pm, Professor Christian De Vos, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, will speak about his career in the human rights field. Professor De Vos will discuss his research about the International Criminal Court. The event will include a Q&A session and the opportunity for students to gain knowledge about how to forge their career paths. Pizza will be provided! This event will take place in Room 802 of the International Affairs Building.
• On Friday, April 1, from 9 to 10:30 am, is the Global Youth Summit on Climate Action. The Summit will bring together young people from around the world to examine the global climate crisis from multiple local perspectives. By going beyond the narratives and popular figures that dominate media coverage of the youth climate movement, the goal of the Summit is to hear the diverse climate stories of participants, while compiling resources, networks, and strategies to identify ways to engage in climate work in local settings. Registration is required for this online event.
• Also on Friday, April 1, from 4 to 5 pm, the Harriman Institute, along with the North American Dostoevsky Society, will host a book panel on Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment: A Reader’s Guide (2022) by the late Professor Deborah Martinsen, who died in 2021. Martinsen was the past president of the International Dostoevsky Society and executive secretary of the North American Dostoevsky Society, as well as the former head of the Office of the Core Curriculum. Her many book publications include Surprised by Shame: Dostoevsky’s Liars and Narrative Exposure (OSU Narrative Series, 2003) and Dostoevsky in Context (Cambridge, 2016), co-edited with Olga Mairova. Registration is required for this online event, which will be held over Zoom and live-streamed on YouTube.

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