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Women of Color in Academia: Challenging the Presumption of Incompetence
June 22, 2015
by Carmen G. Gonzalez, JD, Professor, Seattle University School of Law. An expert in the areas of international environmental law, environmental justice, and food security, she is also co-editor of Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia. This is the School for Social Work 2015 Anti Racism Lecture.
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Events Off Campus

Women in Farming — Weekend Intensive at the Greenfield Community Farm
June 27, 2015
June 28, 2015
Come out to the Greenfield Community Farm for a weekend-long intensive workshop taught for women, by women. Cost: $200. Learn how to use power tools for basic building projects around the farm or homestead and get an intensive 101 course on chainsaw and tractor work. Bring your questions and your dreams about your own situation. Have you wondered about how to drive a tractor? Learn from women who have done it and get in the driver’s seat to try yourself. Want to safely and efficiently use power tools? Get introduced to a range of power saws (circular saw, chop saw, table saw, sawzall); drills; discuss fasteners; wood basics; tool and material economics; and simple design and lay out rules. Are you mystified by chainsaws? Learn to confidently use this most dangerous and important of farm/homestead tools. The workshop will be taught by Wisty Rorabacher and Sarah Fournier-Scanlon. Wisty homesteaded 200 acres of land in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas where the tractor was essential for a wide range of tasks beyond tilling and plowing. For example, she maintained a gravel road, cleared small trees and brush, lifted car engines, hauled lumber and animal feed, turned a compost pile, and dug post holes and trenches. Sarah (aka Pepper) runs Taproot Commons Farm in Cummington, MA and has been farming/homesteading for six years. She does all the farm carpentry, and has constructed over 25 buildings over the last five years. She is a graduate of the Game of Logging chainsaw safety program. Registration is required. Call 413.325.8969 or sign up at the link below:
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9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Events at Smith

Exhibit: Places for the Spirit: Traditional African American Gardens
July 1, 2015
For twenty years, photographer Vaughn Sills collected images of a gardening style that, despite its long history, is unknown to most horticulturists and is disappearing quickly. Sills traveled through the Deep South searching out African-American folk gardens: those yards and gardens that reflect in form and organization some of the earliest African-American religious and cultural traditions. The exhibit runs from March to September 2015.
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Lyman Plant House, Smith College