Women, Covid-19, & Its Impact on Our Campus & Community
March 2021
Women’s History and More Month at Bakersfield College organizes an array of programs that are open and free to the public. WHAM chose to center our events around history in the making: Women, Covid-19, & Its Impact on Our Campus and Community. Women are often labeled as nurturers - we felt it was time for WHAM to help take care of the campus community.
All events are free, open to the public, and held either at Bakersfield College's main campus on Panorama Drive, on the Delano Campus, or at Taft College. Free parking.
Please try to contact Erin Miller ten days in advance at [email protected] to arrange accommodations.
Women, Covid-19, & Its Impact on Our Campus & Community, Events 2021
The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
Elaine Weiss
Historian | Author | Human Rights Advocate
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
10 a.m. & 2 p.m. | via Zoom & Facebook Live
Elaine Weiss is an award-winning journalist and writer. Her magazine feature writing has been recognized with prizes from the Society of Professional Journalists, and her by-line has appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s, New York Times, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as reports and documentaries for National Public Radio and Voice of America. She has been a frequent correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor.
Her long-form writing garnered a Pushcart Prize “Editor’s Choice” award, and she is a proud MacDowell Colony Fellow. Her first book, Fruits of Victory: The Woman’s Land Army in the Great War was excerpted in Smithsonian Magazine online and featured on C-San and public radio stations nationwide.
Weiss holds a graduate degree from the Medill School of Journalism of Northwestern University. She has worked as a Washington Correspondent, congressional aide and speech writer, magazine editor, and university journalism instructor, speech writer, magazine editor, and university journalism instructor.
Faculty Coordinator: Erin Miller Professor of History
Brought to you in collaboration with the BC Office of Student Life, Levan Center for the Humanities Speaker Series, and the BC Women’s History and More Committee (WHAM).
3 silhouetted faces and title: 2nd Annual Jean Fuller Women in Leadership Panel
2nd Annual Jean Fuller Women in Leadership Panel
Dr. Mary Barlow | Ms. Katie Russel | Ms. Nicole Parra | Thursday, March 4th 6:00 pm | via BC YouTube Moderator, Senator Emeritus Jean Fuller
The panel will include local women who will share their influences, challenges, and successes along with words of advice for young women.
Panelists: Dr. Mary Barlow, Kern County Superintendent of Schools; Ms. Katie Russel, Superintendent, Panama Buena Vista Union School District; & Ms. Nicole Parra, Manager, California Government Relations, Marathon Petroleum Corp. and former California Assemblywoman
Host: President Sonya Christian Organizers: Professor Olivia Garcia & Dr. Maria Wright
Women of Diverse Backgrounds Helping Each Other & Children
A Candid Conversation About Online Education in the Age of Covid-19
Panelists Vice President of Bakersfield College Student Government Association Emma McNellis, Professor of Education Dr. Erica Menchaca, Director of Student Life Dr. Nicky Damania, and Professor of Academic Technology Matt Andrasian-Jones will engage audiences questions and discuss online education, campus resources, technology support, and student engagement and community at BC in the era of Covid-19.
A Dialogue on Covid-19: the Vaccine & Your Health Latino Covid-19 Task Force | Public Health | Covid-19 Vaccine & Mental Health Hotline | Physical Health | Farmworker Outreach | Women-Specific Health Impact Thursday, March 25, 2021 7:00 p.m. | via Zoom Moderator: Professor Olivia Garcia
Panelists Program Manager/Public Relations Officer, Kern County Public Health Services Department Michelle Corson, Chief Administrative Officer, United Farm Workers Connie Perez-Andreesen, Co-Founder, Latino Covid-19 Task Force and President/CEO, Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Jay Tamsi, & Hotline Manager, Kern County Latino COVID-19 Task Force Hotline Bianca Torres discuss & take audience questions about the Latino-COVID-19 Task Force, Public Health, COVID-19 Vaccine & Mental Health Hotline, Physical Health, Farmworker Outreach, & Women-Specific Health Impact, among other topics.