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For the month of March, Windward Community College and the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo are celebrating Women’s History month with a line-up of special programs and events.
Windward CC events
- Film: The Codes of Gender: Identity and Performance in Popular Culture, March 17
Uncovering a remarkable pattern of gender-specific poses, the film explores the late Irving Goffman’s central claim that the way the body is displayed in advertising communicates normative ideas about masculinity and femininity. - Talk with Kaleo Tevaitea Tanoa Ramos, March 17
Kaleo Ramos is a licensed special education teacher and LGBTQIA activist from Kāneʻohe. Since 2007 Ramos has served as an active part of Hawaiʻi’s LGBTQIA community, earning pageant titles and has been a liaison for a number of organizations.
For a complete list of Windward CC events, visit the Windward CC website.
UH Hilo
- Symposium: Poetry Scores Hawaiʻi-LOOK LIKE WHAT IT MEANS, March 11–12
Jan Castro is at UH Hilo as a scholar-in-residence, March 2–13, 2015, at the UH Hilo Department of Art. She will moderate a two-day symposium, “Poetry Scores Hawaiʻi – LOOK LIKE WHAT IT MEANS,” hosted at UH Hilo. - Performances by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, March 13
Kanaka maoli wahine poet, activist, and scholar Osorio will give two presentations—No Seed Left Unturned: Composing for a new generation of Kanaka Maoli and Mele ʻAi Pōhaku: Hawaiian Creativity and Resistance.
For a complete list of UH Hilo events, visit the UH Hilo Stories website.
