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Events at Smith

Info Sessions with Fund for the Public Interest
March 18, 2019
Want to get paid to make a difference this summer? Want to learn valuable communication, leadership and organizing skills? Want to help protect the environment, public health, and our democracy while working with people who share the same passions as you? If so, you should check out Fund for the Public Interest, a national non-profit organization that runs campaigns for some of the nation’s most prominent social change and environmental organizations, such as U.S. PIRG and Environment America. Representatives from the Fund will be holding info sessions and interviews in Campus Center lower-level, room 003 Monday 3/18: 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 6 p.m. and Tuesday 3/19: 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 6 p.m. The Fund is currently hiring students to join our summer campaign in Northampton, Boston, and in 30 other cities across the country. Our staff typically earn an average of $13-18/hour.
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Campus Center Room 003

Re-Storying Gardens: How the Stories We Tell About Plants Can Undermine Colonialism,
March 18, 2019
Increase Equity, and Make Us More Human. Tim Johnson, Director of the Smith College Botanic Garden, will present as part of the Landscape Studies Spring 2019 Lecture Series. The event is free and open to the public.
Graham Hall, Hillyer
2:40 pm

Events at Smith

Speciesism & Empathy: A Conversation About How Animal Sanctuaries Make Crucial Connections
March 21, 2019
Featuring Kathy Stevens, founder and director of Catskill Animal Sanctuary in New York, and Lori Gruen, professor of philosophy, coordinator of Wesleyan Animal Studies, and author of Entangled Empathy. Topics of speciesism, love, and the significance and rewards of a vegan diet are all on the table for conversation. After talking with each other they will open up the conversation to the audience. Part of Animals Advocates' Meatless March events.
Campus Center 103/104
7:00 pm

A Bird’s-Eye View on How Hormones Impact Songbird Communication
March 26, 2019
This talk is part of the Sigma Xi Series, and will be presented by Dan Vahaba, Psychology, Smith College. Talks begin at approximately 12:10 pm and are open to all faculty, staff, and students. A complimentary lunch is offered in McConnell Foyer.
McConnell Auditorium
12:10 pm

Legal Frameworks for Environmental Protection in Brazil
March 26, 2019
Professor Stella Emery Santana, visiting professor of environmental law, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indiana University, will discuss the development of environmental protection in Brazil, from the 1988 post-dictatorship constitution up to the current president’s environmental policies and guidelines. She will present several case studies of major environmental disasters and situations of environmental risk and consider the Brazilian government’s responses. Part of the Spring 2019 Lecture Series: Brazilian Nature-Cultures.
CEEDS, Wright Hall, Lower Level
4:30 pm

Neo-traditionalism and the Eco-ethics of the African Feminist: Artist + Scholar in Dialogue
March 26, 2019
Artist Ifeoma U. Anyaeji is featured in the exhibition "Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials." She will discuss her neo-traditional "Plasto-yarning" technique in dialogue with Chelsea Mikael Frazier, a cultural studies scholar working at the intersection of Black feminist theory and environmental thought. Moderated by Emma Chubb, Charlotte Feng Ford '83 Curator of Contemporary Art.
Graham Hall, Hillyer
5:00 pm

Events Off Campus

A Green New Deal Town Hall with Senator Ed Markey
March 24, 2019
In February, Senator Ed Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the historic Green New Deal resolution. Central to the Green New Deal resolution is ensuring a democratic, inclusive process for determining how we move forward as a nation. Markey invites you to join him in Northampton for a town hall discussion on the Green New Deal and more.
Northampton High School, 380 Elm Street, Northampton

On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women's Rights in the Era of Climate Change
March 25, 2019
Join us for a book salon with Dr. Jade Sasser. On Infertile Ground is a feminist critique of population control narratives reproduced by international development actors in the 21st century.
Five College Women's Studies Research Center, 83 College Street, Mount Holyoke College
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Climate Displacement - A Second Chance to Get it Right
March 26, 2019
The displacement of population does not have to follow old models of urban renewal and gentrification. Communities have an opportunity to take control of what their future can be, not replicating inequities of resources, injustices of services or diminished qualities that contribute to ill health and well-being. Climate displacement might be that opportunity to change the course. Guest speaker Kristina J. Peterson, Ph.D (Anthropology), is Facilitator- Director of the Lowlander Center in Gray, Louisiana. She conducts research with community members on historic and contemporary efforts of successful community resilience, and helps create safe venues for participation and discourse on coastal issues with and for traditional and indigenous high-risk coastal communities in Southeast Louisiana.
Integrated Learning Center (ILC) room S131, UMass Amherst
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Events at Smith

Vegan Ice-Cream Social
March 27, 2019
Stop in and bring your friends to celebrate the end of Meatless march! Part of Animals Advocates' Meatless March events.
Helen Hills Hills Chapel Bodman Lounge
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

China: Environmental Villain or Savior?
April 1, 2019
Daniel K. Gardner, Dwight W. Morrow Professor of history at Smith College, will present. This talk is part of the Landscape Studies Spring 2019 Lecture Series, which is free and open to the public.
Graham Hall, Hillyer
2:40 pm

Disaster Refuge: U.S. Refugee Policy in an Era of Accelerated Climate Change
April 1, 2019
Migration experts forecast that during the next 50 years, hundreds of millions of people will be forced from their homes because of eroding coastlines, drought, more powerful storms, and other so-called “natural” disasters. In this talk, García will discuss the legal, political, and humanitarian implications of this migration and the possibilities for creating a climate refugee policy in the United States.
Seelye 106
5:00 pm

Why Do the Humanities Matter in a STEM World?
April 2, 2019
This talk is part of the Sigma Xi Series, and will be presented by Hélène Visentin, French Studies, and Alexandra Keller, Film and Media Studies, both of Smith College. Talks begin at 12:10 and are open to all faculty, staff, and students. A complimentary lunch is offered in McConnell Foyer.
McConnell Auditorium
12:10 pm

Events Off Campus

6th Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning
March 28, 2019
The Fábos Conference is held every 3 years to bring together experts who are influencing landscape and greenway planning, design, and policy-making, from the local to the international level. The conference is hosted by the UMass Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning and will take place in Amherst, MA, USA from March 28 - 30, 2019.
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Energy Revolution: The Physics and Promise of Efficient Technology
March 28, 2019
Eminent physicist Mara Prentiss, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard University, will present a lecture on the main findings of her outstanding 2015 book of the same title. In Energy Revolution, Professor Prentiss demonstrates a viable path for the U.S. and global economy to transition to 100 percent renewable energy within 50 years or less. A reception for Professor Prentiss follows the lecture in the Gordon Hall Atrium.
3rd floor conference room, Gordon Hall, Amherst College
4:00 pm