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This Week’s Events
All times are Pacific Time (PT)
Disability Justice on Campus: Unpacking Ableism and Sanism
Tuesday, April 12, 4–6 p.m.
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Historically, institutions of higher education have been inaccessible for Mad, mentally ill, neurodivergent, and Disabled (MMIND) students. This workshop will explore the barriers MMIND students face in higher education and how faculty and staff can best engage with and support their MMIND students, especially during the ongoing COVID pandemic.
Pepper Distinguished Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture
Tuesday, April 12, 4:15–5:30 p.m.
Benson Auditorium
Artists Beatriz Cortez and rafa esparza will discuss their practice and engage with the ancient idea of the unfolding of worlds as a continuum and as the context for their exploration of cyborgs, hyperobjects, and gestures as acts of generosity across time and space.
This conversation is held in conjunction with the exhibition Beatriz Cortez: Cosmic Portals.
Wellness Wednesday: Intellectual Wellness
Wednesday, April 13, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
McConnell Apron
Join us for tips, tools, and resources for your wellness.
Part of the Strive 2 Thrive health and wellness campaign focusing on awareness, education, and support for students.
Racial Justice Initiative Distinguished Lecture with Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens
Wednesday, April 13, 4:15–5:30 p.m.
Zoom link: https://pitzer.zoom.us/j/81970015195
Award-winning historian Deirdre Cooper Owens will give the spring Racial Justice Initiative Distinguished Lecture.
Cooper Owens is an award-winning historian and popular public speaker, is the Charles and Linda Wilson professor in the history of medicine and director of the humanities in medicine program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and is one of two Black women in the US running a medical humanities program. Dr. Cooper Owens is also the director of the program in African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia, the country’s oldest cultural institution.
Pitzer Entrepreneurship Series: Sarah Penna ’06
Wednesday, April 13, 6:30–7:30 p.m.
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Sarah Penna ’06, Senior Manager, Creator Launch @Patreon, has been at the forefront of supporting and creating successful content and content strategy for the last 14 years. She will share her experiences with creating content for podcasts, film, and TV projects.
Introduction to Body Love with Talia Cooper
Wednesday, April 13, 7–8 p.m.
Register at: tinyurl.com/taliacooper
This workshop, “Introduction to Body Love: addressing the double whammy of feeling bad about feeling bad about your body” is for anyone who’s ever felt negatively toward their own body. It will be led by Talia Cooper, a body liberation coach, social change activist and educator, and singer-songwriter.
Financial Know-How Series: Investing
Thursday, April 14, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
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Certified Financial Planner Jen Mulder ’04 will speak about investing in stock markets, index funds, and crypto-currencies. This is the final in our financial wellness workshops sponsored by the FirstGen program, Financial Aid, and Career Services.
Pato Hebert: Lingering Closing Program and Exhibition Catalogue Launch
Thursday, April 14, 5:45–8:45 p.m.
West Hall Courtyard and Kallick Family Gallery
Join Pitzer College Art Galleries, Associate Professor of Media Studies Ruti Talmor, and Pato Hebert for a program to mark the closing of the exhibition Pato Hebert: Lingering. Addressing the COVID-19 condition of long-hauling, in which ongoing COVID symptoms persist well after the initial infection, this exhibition traces the ongoing process of recovery as a site for healing, creativity, and questioning, and the frustrations of seeking care for the varied and extensive symptoms of long-term illness.
Pitzer College Art Galleries
Art Exhibition: Pato Hebert: Lingering
Tuesdays-Saturdays; reservations required
Kallick Family Gallery, West Hall
Showing now through April 16
Curated by Associate Professor of Media Studies Ruti Talmor, Lingering addresses the COVID-19 condition of long-hauling, in which ongoing COVID symptoms persist well after the initial infection. The exhibition traces the ongoing process of recovery as a site for healing, creativity, and questioning, and the frustrations of seeking care for the varied and extensive symptoms of long-term illness.
Art Exhibition: Pau S. Pescador, Working
Closes on Tuesday, April 12, reservations required
Lenzner Family Gallery, Atherton Hall
Pau S. Pescador: Working explores the stories of trans individuals who work in the civil service sector in a time when legal protections have become contested ground and successive presidential administrations have issued opposing orders on the rights of employees based on gender, gender expression, and sexual orientation.
Art Exhibition: Beatriz Cortez: Cosmic Portals
Closes on Tuesday, April 12; reservations required
Nichols Gallery, Broad Center
Beatriz Cortez’s new body of work continues her exploration into Indigenous knowledges, multiple temporalities, and ancient forms of abstraction. A two-part installation, the exhibition features a large-scale indoor sculpture referencing an ancient Mayan observatory placed in dialogue with an outdoor work inspired by a mosaic built twenty-nine centuries ago by the ancient Olmec people. While one structure looks out toward the skies the other is directed toward the underworld.
Student Meetings
Queer, Trans, Plus Student Alliance (QTs Alliance) – Wednesdays, 7–8 p.m., hybrid meetings
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Latinx Student Union Weekly Meetings – Thursdays, 7–8 p.m., Dolores Huerta Room at the GSC
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APAC (Asian Pacific American Coalition) – Sundays, 2–3 p.m.
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Pitzer Outdoor Adventures Meeting – Wednesdays, 8–9 p.m. on the Mounds
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The Outback News Meeting – Sundays, 1–2 p.m., Grove House Outdoor Classroom
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