Celebrate Women's History Month at ChathamU
Chatham has a long and proud history of celebrating women—from our start as Pittsburgh’s first all-women’s higher education institute to our present-day work with the Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics, the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship, and the Women’s Institute. And though COVID-19 prevents us from gathering to commemorate Women’s History Month in the same way that we have in years past, we’re still excited to share these events with our campus community. Please check MyChatham or the ChathamU app for details, timing, and links.
Tuesday, March 2, 4-5pm @ the Carriage House: Dean’s Hour Celebrating Local Women Businesses
Celebrate Women’s History by supporting a local women’s business – Cobbler World! And enjoy a mini-cobbler on us!
Wednesday, March 3, 12-1pm, Virtual: Holding Space on the Page: Black Women's History and Heritage
Join creative writers for a session of supported community writing. We'll read the work of celebrated Black women poets and prose authors who explore the complexities and richness of their various cultures and experiences. After encountering these creative pieces, we invite you to reflect, hold space, and write. Writing prompts will encourage you to ask questions and make connections personally, professionally, and creatively. You are also welcome to simply read, reflect, and rest. No experience needed!
Sponsored by the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, MFA in Creative Writing Program, and Humanities Department
Tuesday, March 9, 6-7pm, Virtual: Barbara Stone Hollander '60 Lecture in Women’s Leadership featuring Kathi Elliott, DNP '14
This year’s Barbara Stone Hollander ’60 Lecture in Women’s Leadership features Kathi Elliott, DNP ‘14, CEO of Gwen’s Girls and Trustee of Chatham University. Kathi R. Elliott is a Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Chatham University in August 2014 and currently serves on the Board of Trustees. Dr. Elliott also completed dual Master’s degrees in Nursing and Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh in 2008. She has over 15 years of experience in social service, community and individual mental health treatment. Dr. Elliott is Executive Director at Gwen’s Girls, whose mission is to empower girls and young women to have productive lives through exposure to holistic, gender-specific programs, education and experiences. She is also founder of the Black Girls Equity Alliance and serves on the Gender Equity Commission for the City of Pittsburgh.
Her career began as a victim advocate at the Center for Victims. She was quickly promoted to various positions within the organization, including Manager of the Juvenile Justice and the Community Outreach and Education Units. Dr. Elliott assisted in policy and decision-making processes, grant writing and reporting for the agency. She developed and led the implementation of a $3.1 million Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency VOJO grant to expand services provided to victims and witnesses who appeared at the Allegheny County Juvenile Court.
As a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, she has been providing mental health treatment for the wide range of psychiatric disorders across the lifespan in various settings. Dr. Elliott has a private practice, Comprehensive Behavioral Health Services, LLC., in which she provides psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and clinical consultation services. She is employed at the VA Pittsburgh Health Care System outpatient mental health clinic in which she provides telemental health sessions to veterans in remote community-based clinics. Her passion regarding the implementation of evidence-based strategies to impact suicide prevention was reflected in her capstone project entitled: Improving Provider Knowledge on the Management of Suicidal Behavior during Telemental Health Sessions.
Sponsored by the Women’s Institute
Tuesday, March 9, 4-5pm @ the Carriage House: Dean’s Hour Celebrating Women’s History Month
Love Girl Scout Cookies? Grab a box during Dean’s Hour while supplies last and help support Girl Scouts who aim to build “girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.”
Friday, March 12, 8-9am, Virtual: LIVESTREAM: Women Business Leaders Breakfast "AT HOME" Series
Dr. Jessie Ramey, Ms. Janet K. Manuel, MS, SHRM-CP, PHR and Ms. Morgan Overton, MSW
In honor of Herstory / Women’s History month, this panel will feature members of the Executive Committee of The City of Pittsburgh’s Gender Equity Commission (GEC). In a historic first, the majority of the City of Pittsburgh's GEC Executive Committee are Black women, including Ms. Janet K. Manuel, MS, SHRM-CP, PHR and Ms. Morgan Overton, MSW who will speak about their own professional experiences promoting gender equity in human resource management, maternal health policy, and the arts. Their backgrounds span Fortune 500 private sector work, public sector work, foundations, non-profits, and leadership on advisory boards and of major professional associations. The panel will be moderated by the Gender Equity Commission’s immediate past chair, Dr. Jessie Ramey, and will discuss current efforts to promote intersectional equity in Pittsburgh and what that means for all of us. Please pre-register for this event here.
Saturday, March 20, Eden Hall Campus: Women of the World Retreat 2021: Treat Yo Self
Self-care isn’t just about treating yourself to expensive products and treatments. This year’s Women of the World Retreat will focus on debunking self-care myths and will provide participants with advice and practices for a holistic approach to taking care of themselves all of the time, not just during times of high stress. The retreat will feature sessions from Chatham alumnae, faculty and staff. Participants will take part in a variety of activities designed to be relaxing and rejuvenating. Open to all undergraduate and graduate women. Questions? Contact Director of Student Engagement, Emily Fidago at efidago@chatham.edu. Please register by March 15 here.
Sunday, March 21, 2-4pm, Virtual: Intersecting Lines Series: A Panel on Black Womanhood
In the Intersecting Lines series, women will discuss their intersectional identities, and what that means for them. This panel will discuss what it is like as a Black woman in America.
Hosted by the Chatham Feminist Coalition (CFC)
Tuesday, March 23, 11:30am – 12:30pm, Virtual: Just Films - Sisters Rising: Native Women Reclaiming Sovereignty
“The abhorrent violence that is a constant in the lives of Indigenous peoples impacts Indigenous women first,” says Co-producer Jaida Grey Eagle (Ogala Lakota), “We are on the frontlines of an ongoing legacy of violent colonization, and it is vitally important that the world see and hear us.” Native American women are 2.5 times more likely to experience sexual assault than all other American women. 1 in 3 Native women report having been raped during her lifetime and 86% of the offenses are committed by non-Native men. These perpetrators exploit gaps in tribal jurisdictional authority and target Native women as ‘safe victims’. Sisters Rising follows six women who refuse to let this pattern of violence continue in the shadows: a tribal cop in the midst of the North Dakota oil boom, an attorney fighting to overturn restrictions on tribal sovereignty, a teacher of Indigenous women’s self-defense, grassroots advocates working to influence legislative change, and the author of the first anti-sex trafficking code to be introduced to a reservation’s tribal court. Their stories shine an unflinching light on righting injustice on both an individual and systemic level.
Sponsored by The Women's Institute, The Women & Girls Foundation, The Women's Law Project, and YWCA Greater Pittsburgh
We hope you have an enlightening, educational, and enjoyable Women’s History Month!
