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BOOM! Conference features department proposals, poetry and keynote speakers

BOOM! Conference features department proposals, poetry and keynote speakers

Tuesday, March 29, was Building On Our Momentum Community Day at Mount Holyoke College. The annual event dedicates one day to panels, presentations and workshops on the subjects of “diversity, equity and inclusion,” according to the College’s website. Students, faculty and staff all encouraged to attend and actively engage in BOOM! events. Events included talks such as “Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at Mount Holyoke: A Dialogue,” in addition to the keynote address titled “Affirmation, Love and Freedom — A Night of Poetry and Dialogue.”

College hosts series of talks on antisemitism during spring semester

On Feb. 10, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer Kijua Sanders-McMurtry sent an email out to the Mount Holyoke community discussing the College’s efforts to educate the community on antisemitism. The letter focused on the progress made so far as well as steps forward in preventing it on campus.

BOOM! 2021: Coming together, apart

Mount Holyoke held its fifth annual BOOM! Conference, a collection of workshops and panels on racial justice, on Tuesday, March 23. The program focused on understanding bias in the distribution of land, resources and communities.