Stopping the Climate Crisis: The Time to Act is Now

Stopping the Climate Crisis: The Time to Act is Now

On November 9 at 7 p.m. in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, Varshini Prakash offered a lecture called “Stopping the Climate Crisis: The Time to Act is Now.” Prakash is the executive director and co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, “a grassroots organization of young people working to stop climate change and create good-paying jobs in…

Social Justice, Activism, and Career Preparation: A Reflection by Angelica Mishra

Social Justice, Activism, and Career Preparation: A Reflection by Angelica Mishra

I’ve worked in the Women’s & Gender Resource Center in Landis since 2017, the spring of my sophomore year. I had already declared my Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies major, but I was still debating what other major I wanted to combine it with. My good friend Elaine Hang (shout out to Elaine!) had worked…

Library Exhibit: The History of Gender At Dickinson College

Library Exhibit: The History of Gender At Dickinson College

Earlier this month, the Waidner-Spahr Library Archives organized an exhibit portraying the topic of gender throughout the past century at Dickinson College. Aspects of the exhibit included women’s sports team photographs, rulebooks directed at female students, letters between women’s advocacy groups and administration members, items from student-led movements, among other artifacts. There were pamphlets, photographs,…