BOOM! Conference

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.”

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.

FP Monologues capture stories of resilience in a turbulent time

The Frances Perkins Monologues, like all events nowadays, looked different this year. According to Niki Haswell FP ’22, this annual showcase of writing, art and stories from the Mount Holyoke community’s nontraditional-aged students felt different, too.