International Women’s Day: March 8, 2017 Activities + Actions
The New School hosts a variety of programming for the March 8, 2017 International Women’s Strike both on campus and around the Greenwich Village area.
9:15–10:00 am
WELLNESS GOOD MORNING — INTENSATI TRAINING
Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela | Assistant Professor of History, Eugene Lang College
University Center, 63 5th Ave, Fitness Studio, Room L205
Let’s kick-start the day activating our mind and body with a class of Intensati!
10:00 am — 12:00 pm
WELLNESS GOOD MORNING — SELF DEFENSE
Ebba Boye | Economics PhD Student, The New School for Social Research
University Center, 63 5th Ave, Fitness Studio, Room L205
This is a self-defense training only for people who identify as women.
HOW TO ORGANIZE AT WORK: WOMEN’S STRIKE, MAY DAY, & BEYOND
Labor Group, Women’s Strike NYC
Event Café at University Center, 63 5th Ave
Join us for an open conversation and planning about organizing in our workspaces.
FEMME IN FILM — INTERACTIVE TEACH-IN WORKSHOP
Alana Zonan | Film-maker producing short film highlighting voices of fellow women & what motivates them to fight today
University Center, 63 5th Ave, Room 514
In this International Women’s Day be heard and learn about women in film and find your voice at this interactive Teach-In! So often women are seen and not heard. How many women can you picture in films and then how many of these women can you quote? In this workshop we’ll talk about women who have made an impact in film, how we can progress in the male-dominated entertainment industry, participate in a writing exercise, and then turn the camera on ourselves! I hope you will join me in this thought-provoking and motivating discussion as we women continue to make history.
10:00 am — 2:00 pm
GETTING ARTSY WITH PARSONS STUDENTS & FACULTY
Anke Gruendel | Politics PhD Student, The New School for Social Research; Professor, Parsons School of Design
University Center, 63 5th Ave, Lobby and Café
Join Parsons students and faculty for some fabulous artsy activities of sign making using many different techniques. Bring you inner artist with you and help us make beautiful and creative signs for the rally!
RESIST ART CLUB MARCH WRITE-IN
Jess Irish | Assistant Professor of Design and Technology + Director of Academic Affairs for School of Art, Media, and Technology, Parsons School of Design
University Center, 63 5th Ave, Lobby
Come and celebrate International Women’s Day by sending a Parsons/The New School-made postcard to the representative of your choice, local or national.
12:00 pm — 1:15 pm
INTRO TO FEMINIST THOUGHT & ACTION ABOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Ann Snitow | Senior Lecturer in Liberal Studies & Associate Professor of Literature, The New School for Social Research + Eugene Lang College
University Center, 63 5th Ave, Room L104
We’ll be discussing and looking at two very popular comic books about acid throwing in India. Our visitors (below) will discuss the kinds of political activism in which they are engaged, and we will look at images from the two brilliant Priya comic books.
Monica Singh | M.A. in Fashion Design, Parsons
Singh is a motivational speaker, humanitarian, and well-known social activist for Violence Against Women at UN. She is an organizer confronting men’s violence, particularly incidences of acid throwing in India.
Ram Devineni | filmmaker, publisher, and founder of Rattapallax films and magazine
Devineni is the producer and co-creator of two graphic novels — Priya’s Shakti and Priya’s Mirror — that popularize the feminist response to these terrifying attacks.
12:00 pm — 1:30 pm
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WORKSHOP
Suzanne Adely & Lamis Deek | National Lawyers Guild
University Center, 63 5th Ave, Room L102
Legal observers play a crucial role monitoring and reporting on police behavior at demonstrations and other protest events by protecting and asserting civil and political rights. The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Legal Observer program is part of a comprehensive system of legal support designed to enable people to express their political views as fully as possible without unconstitutional disruption or interference by the police and with the fewest possible consequences from the criminal justice system.
1:00 pm — 3:00 pm
DAYS UNDER TRUMP: HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF AS A WOMAN IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL CONTEXT?
Lucia Nader | Brazilian Activist & Human Rights Researcher
University Center, 63 5th Ave, Lobby
Join us and tell your story! We are making a photography project about the days under Trump, and women’s voices must be heard.
1:30 pm — 3:00 pm
INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES
Ashley Bernal | PhD Student, Milano School of International Affairs
University Center, 63 5th Ave, Room 202
Come learn about and discuss intersectional feminist with activists and Professor Ashley Bernal.
2:00 pm — 3:00 pm
INTRO TO FEMINIST ECONOMICS
Katherine Moos | Economics PhD Student, The New School for Social Research
Wolff Conference Room, 6 E 16th St, 11th Floor
Come to this student-led class on feminist economics and learn more about economic thought from a feminist perspective.
2:00 pm — 4:00 pm
FLYERING THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Julia Ott | Associate Professor of History, The New School for Social Research
University Center, 63 5th Ave, Lobby
The New School community (students, faculty, staff) will come together to flyer & invite people to join the rally. We will meet in Univ. Center lobby & walk together through the neighborhood on our way to the rally.
I SAW THE SIGN — INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY SIGN-MAKING PARTY
Anti-fa-losophy Group, The New School for Social Research
Eugene Lang Courtyard, 66 W 12th St
Join us for an afternoon of solidarity and sign-making as we gear up for the International Women’s Strike rally at Washington Square Park at 4:00! Come by, make conversation, make a sign, maybe even learn a thing. Some poster board and markers will be provided, but please bring more if you have them!
3:00 pm — 4:00 pm
SANCTUARY CAMPUS CAMPAIGN MEETING & PLANNING
Sanctuary Campus Cross-Campus Coalition
Eugene Lang Courtyard, 66 W 12th St
Students from The New School, NYU, Columbia, and CUNY involved in the Sanctuary Campus Campaign will meet and strategize about creating a cross-campus effort to pressure school administrations. Join us to learn more about it and to help us to create Sanctuary Campus in NYC.
