Consultant on Gender- and Race-Equity to Speak at Smith

Peggy McIntosh, associate director of the Wellesley Center for Research for Women, will conduct a teach-in at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20, at Wright Hall Auditorium on "Images of Race, Class, Gender and Privilege: A Personal Account." The event is free, open to the public and wheelchair-accessible.

McIntosh, who is also founder and co-director of the National S.E.E.D. Project on Inclusive Curriculum (Seeking Education Equity and Diversity), consults widely throughout the United States and the world with college and school faculty who are creating gender-fair and multicultural curricula.

Her 1989 publication, "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack," has been considered by many to be instrumental in putting the dimension of privilege into discussions of gender, race and sexuality in the United States.

McIntosh's talk is sponsored by the Smith College Office of Multicultural Affairs.

September 14, 2000