Women's History Month
About
Since the late 1980s, Women’s History Month has celebrated the contributions women have made to history, culture, and society and has recognized the specific achievements women have made over the course of American history. The UTSA theme for Women’s History Month 2023 is “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.”
At UTSA, the Women’s Studies Institute has proudly hosted one of the country’s largest Women’s History Month campus celebrations over the past decade and a half. Guided by an annual theme, the month-long series features scholars, award-winning authors, filmmakers, and community leaders. Events are open to the public and so they connect hundreds of students from across campus to the larger San Antonio community.
Featured Events
This talk is by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez. As a first-generation Latina immigrant, her passion is in naming the experiences of first-generation students navigating systems not built for them.
Careers in Racial and Gender Justice: A Conversation with American Gateways
Laura Flores-Dixit joined American Gateways in 2020. At American Gateways, Laura represents low-income Central Texas community members in a variety of legal matters before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
The Untold Poems of a Chinese and Puerto Rican Woman
Kimberly Ming is a multiethnic, multifaceted, multimedia, storyteller.
It is not often you hear about a Chinese and Puerto Rican woman that grew up in Northern Colorado. Boricuas (Puertorriqueños/Puerto Ricans) in the diaspora are more populated in New York, Florida, and other states. Kimberly Ming grew up navigating the world through a multiethnic lens as a daughter to parents of Chinese and Puerto Rican heritage in a suburban white town that never felt quite like home.
In this virtual event, Kimberly shares her collection of work that is vulnerable and raw. It has the potential to help mixed and multicultural people know they are not alone. It also has the power to bridge cultural gaps that many seek to understand in a real and deeper way.
Week 1
Week 2
Careers in Racial and Gender Justice: A Conversation with YWCA San Antonio
Discussion
Week 3
UTSA Spring Break
Classes do not meet. University offices will be open.
UTSA Spring Break
UTSA Spring Break
UTSA Spring Break
UTSA Spring Break
Week 4
Week 5
Careers in Racial and Gender Justice: A Conversation with American Gateways
Discussion
Other Events
In addition to the UTSA events listed above, many organizations around San Antonio have planned activities in celebration and recognition of Women’s History Month. Here is a select listing:
March 4–July 2
ART EXHIBIT
Womanish: Audacious, Courageous, Willful Art
McNay Art Museum
March 6–14
FILM SCREENINGS
Women’s History Month Film Festival
San Antonio Public Libraries
See website for details including films, dates/times and locations
March 8
History of Women on Wall Street: Suffragette to Fearless
St. Mary’s University
3:30 p.m.
March 9
PANEL DISCUSSION
Ladies in Leadership Panel
The Tobin Center
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
March 28
2023 Greater San Antonio Women in Leadership Symposium
The Witte Museum
8 a.m.–12 pm
March 29
VIRTUAL PANEL
Women in Nuclear & National Security
5–6:30 p.m.
March 30
FILM SCREENINGS
Watcha! Latina Spring Film Series
Jamie’s Place; 1514 West Commerce Street
8–11 p.m.
Virtual Backgrounds
These virtual backgrounds are available for you to use when you attend Women's History Month virtual events or other virtual meetings you have throughout March.
About Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is a field dedicated to scholarship and research that creates a critical dialogue on the production of knowledge about and related to all women, genders, sexual orientations, and the application of such knowledge to social and political practices and processes. It is an academic field that incorporates disciplinary, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, multicultural, and/or global perspectives to advance the study and knowledge of women, gender, and sexuality. The program recognizes the integral connection between scholarship, activism, and teaching.
- Students pursuing a major in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies must complete a minimum of 120 semester credit hours; a total of 39 hours must be at the upper-division level.
- Students earning a minor in Women’s Studies are required to complete 18 semester credit hours; a total of 6 hours must be at the upper-division level. Internships and other experiential learning projects are also an integral part of the Women’s Studies Program.
Nominate a Student
Outstanding Women's Leadership Award
The Outstanding Women’s Student Leadership award will honor a UTSA student who has shown strong leadership skills and service, advocacy, and support for women on campus.
Submit Nominations: Multicultural Student Center for Equity & Justice (MSCEJ) RowdyLink
Deadline: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023, at 5:00 pm
Students can self-nominate or be nominated. The Award will be presented at the end of Women's History Month (March 2023).
