In honor of Women’s History Month, the Penn State Gender Equity Center is hosting a variety of events open to the public throughout March.
Located at 204 Boucke Building at Penn State, the Gender Equity Center provides support for students affected by sexual violence, relationship violence, stalking, and harassment; it provides referrals, crisis intervention, support counseling, education, and advocacy.
The center offers programs and lectures every March to honor Women’s History Month, in addition to its various other events that run from September through April.
In choosing events and speakers, Program Coordinator Jennifer Pencek asks students she knows from peer education groups or students visiting the center for their opinions on what they would like to see.
March 15, at 6-8 p.m.
Film screening: Moxie Join the Gender Equity Center, in partnership with Penn State Libraries and Hillel at Penn State for a film screening and discussion of Netflix s Moxie.”
Emma Johnson (actor Josephine Langford) inspired by her mom s (actor Amy Poehler) rebellious past and a confident new friend publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school. We will discuss the main themes from the movie as well as discuss the history of grassroots activism by women for social and political change. Register here.
March 16, at 6 p.m. (virtual)
Practical Activism: Living Out Your Vocational Calling the Paul Robeson Cultural enter is hosting an event with Minniejean Brown Trickey, one of the Little Rock Nine who fought during the civil rights era to push for desegregation of schools. She has since then continued to fight for equality across the country. We will specifically look to talk about finding one s vocational calling and how that ca
7 p.m. Thursday, March 18 | Warnock Commons Social Lounge
Join the Gender Equity Center and Residence Life for a Women’s History Month-themed Jeopardy! game. You can compete for fun prizes from the Penn State Gender Equity Center.
Red Lip Theology: Candice Benbow
7 p.m. Monday, March 22
In 2015, Candice Benbow created Red Lip Theology in order to encourage women to embrace themselves as good creations. Through Red Lip Theology, she combines theological ideals with beauty to celebrate the creativity and spirituality of Black women. You can find more information and tickets
During the first two weeks of in-person learning (Feb. 15 to Feb. 26), the University will conduct universal COVID-19 testing of all students who are taking in-person classes or who are taking a fully remote or online course load while living in Centre County or within a 20-mile radius of a Penn State campus outside of University Park. Students should be on the lookout for an email sent to their Penn State email address to register for a time to get tested. At University Park, the tests will be administered seven days a week in Room 126 of the White Building. Testing site details at other Penn State campuses will be communicated directly to students.
Penn State police investigate racially motivated Zoom-bombings
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
Penn State University Police are investigating two racially motivated “Zoom-bombings” that targeted two separate diversity events held Monday.
The unwanted hijacking of a Zoom video conference call at the two different events held at University Park and Penn State Brandywine are the latest of similar incidents under investigation by the University Police and Public Safety’s Criminal Investigations Unit and Penn State’s Office of Information Security.
In both instances, the Zoom-bomber was dressed as a police officer while displaying what appears to be a firearm, Penn State officials said in a press release.