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Welcome to the Social Justice Community Space For information about the Diversity Caucus or use of the Social Justice Community Space, please contact Selina Boria in the President’s Office at x4368 or [email protected]. Upcoming Diversity Caucus Meetings for 2020-2021 4th Tuesday of each month on Zoom 2:00 to 3:00pm March 23, 2021 April 27, 2021 Email [email protected] for Zoom link Celebrating Women http://clipart-library.com/clipart/8iEb4dpyT.htm Women’s History Month 2021 Tarana Burke Tarana Burke is an American civil rights activist. She is known for being the first to use the phrase "Me Too", in 2006, to raise awareness of Source: CNN the pervasiveness of sexual abuse and assault in society. The phrase has since developed into a broader movement. Time named Burke, among a group of other prominent female activists dubbed "the silence breakers", as the Time Person of the Year for 2017. She is currently Senior Director at Girls for Gender Equity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarana_Burke Renee Richards The LGBT community has revered her as a pioneer since she underwent gender reassignment surgery, in 1975, but the 80- year-old told the magazine she wears the label with reluctance. Richards, who was born male, changed her name from Richard Raskind after her transformation and defiantly went on to take the court as a woman in the US Open. To do so, she had to win a legal battle against the United States Tennis Association, which sought to deny her the right to play under her chosen gender. Speculation over Richards’ newfound identity triggered a heated public debate during the battle over whether she would compete as a woman. Richards never intended her transition to go public -- and went to great lengths to keep it private -- but in 1976, when news of the operation Renee Richards poses for a portrait on the front porch of her home in leaked, she stood firm and said “anatomically, functionally, socially, Carmel, New York, March 25, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar emotionally and legally, I am female.” www.nydailynews.com/.../national/tennis-star-renee-richards-reflects-trans-life-article- When 10-year-old Amelia Mary Earhart saw her first plane at a state fair, she was not impressed. “It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and looked not at all interesting,” she dismissively said. It wasn’t until she attended a stunt-flying exhibition, almost a decade later, that she became seriously interested in aviation. A pilot spotted Earhart and her friend, who were watching from an isolated clearing, and dove at them. “I am sure he said to himself, ‘Watch me make them scamper,’” she exclaimed. Earhart, who felt a mixture of fear and pleasure, stood her ground. As the plane swooped by, something inside her awakened. “I did not understand it at the time,” she https://www.ameliaearhart.com/photos/ admitted, “but I believe that little red airplane said something to me as it swished by.” “My ambition is to have this wonderful gift On December 28, 1920, pilot Frank Hawks gave produce practical results for the future of her a ride that would forever change her life. commercial flying and for the women who may “By the time I had got two or three hundred want to fly tomorrow’s planes.” feet off the ground, I knew I had to fly.” https://www.ameliaearhart.com/biography/ ~Amelia Earhart Billie Jean King American tennis great Billie Jean King broke down barriers by pushing for equal prize money for women and becoming one of the first well-known openly gay athletes. Born on November 22, 1943, in Long Beach, California, Billie Jean King became the top- ranked women's tennis player by 1967. In 1973, she formed the Women's Tennis Association and famously defeated Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes." The first prominent female athlete to admit her homosexuality, King continued her work as an influential social activist after retiring from tennis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Jean_King https://www.biography.com/people/billie-jean-king-9364876 Helen Gurley Brown Helen Gurley Brown served as Cosmopolitan's editor-in-chief for more than 30 years. American writer Helen Gurley Brown was born on February 18, 1922 in Arkansas. She came on as editor-in-chief at Hearst Corporation's Cosmopolitan magazine in the mid-1960s, a position that she held for more than 30 years. Among creating new features, Brown spurred the magazine's now-famous repuation for producing sexually overt content. Throughout her career, Brown authored several books, including 1962's Sex and the Single Girl, 1965's Sex and the Office, 1982's Having It All and her most recent work, 2000's I'm Wild Again: Snippets From My Life and a Few Brazen Thoughts. Brown died on August 13, 2012, at the age of 90, in New York City. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Gurley_Brown https://www.biography.com/people/helen-gurley-brown-20929503 Isabel Allende Isabel Allende is a Chilean journalist and author born on August 2, 1942, in Lima, Peru. Her best-known works include the novels The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts. She has written over 20 books that have been translated into more than 35 languages and sold more than 67 million copies. In her own words: It is very strange to write one’s biography because it is just a list of dates, events, and achievements. In reality, the most important things about my life happened in the secret chambers of my heart and have no place in a biography. My most significant achievements are not my books, but the love I share with a few people—especially my family— and the ways in which I have tried to help others. When I was young, I often felt desperate: so much pain in the world and so little I could do to alleviate it! But now I look back at my life and https://myhero.com/Isabel_Allende feel satisfied because few days went by without me at least trying to make a difference. https://www.isabelallende.com/en/bio A Mexican artist who painted many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary Mexicayotl movement, which sought to define a Mexican identity, Kahlo has been Frida Kahlo around 1950. The Mexican artist, who died in 1954, is the subject of renewed interest in books described as a surrealist or magical realist. and exhibitions. Credit Hulton Archive/Getty Images Kahlo's work has been celebrated internationally as emblematic of Mexican Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón national and indigenous traditions, and by feminists for what is seen as its (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences. ~ Sonia Sotomayor Nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became the first Latina Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history. Sonia Sotomayor was born on June 25, 1954, in the Bronx borough of New York City. Her desire to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor be a judge was first inspired by the TV show Perry Mason. She graduated from Yale Law School and passed the bar in 1980. She became a U.S. District Court Judge in 1992 and was elevated to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in 1998. In 2009, she became the first Latina Supreme Court Justice File:Seal of the United States Supreme Court.svg in U.S. history. https://www.biography.com/people/sonia-sotomayor-453906 Rosie the Riveter Rosie the Riveter was the star of a campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for defense industries during World War II, and she became perhaps the most iconic image of working women. American women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers during the war, as widespread male enlistment left gaping holes in the industrial labor force. Between 1940 and 1945, the female percentage of the U.S. workforce increased from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent, and by 1945 nearly one out of every four married women worked outside the home. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/rosie-the-riveter Annette Rafferty Annette Rafferty, born in 1930, began her work with Abby's House in 1973, before it even existed. After teaching for 21 years at various Catholic schools, she was asked by the Worcester Urban Ministry Commission to serve on a committee assessing whether there was need for a new homeless shelter in Worcester. Heading the task force, Rafferty took to the streets. https://www.communityadvocate.com http://westboroughtv.org/abbys-house-capital-campaign-kickoff/ Josephine Baker Josephine Baker was a dancer and singer who became wildly popular in France during the 1920s. She also devoted much of her life to fighting racism. Born Freda Josephine McDonald on June 3, 1906, in St. Louis, Missouri, Josephine Baker spent her youth in poverty before learning to dance and finding success on Broadway.