International Women’s Day Celebration
- Event Type
- Other
- Sponsor
- Humanities Research Institute (HRI) and the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity
- Location
- Levis Faculty Center 300
- Date
- Mar 4, 2026 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Contact
- HRI
- info-hri@illinois.edu
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The Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity and the Humanities Research Institute host the annual campus celebration of International Women's Day with “12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories.”
In this event, twelve featured speakers from across the campus and community come together to tell the stories of women who made important contributions to scholarship, a discipline, and/or broader community life. Each speaker has five minutes to present.
2025 Speakers
- DeShawn Williams, Urbana Mayor
- Danita M. Brown Young, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
- Rummana Alam, Teaching Professor of Law, College of Law
- Luvell Anderson, Professor and Head, Department of Philosophy
- Tammie Bouseman, Community Member and Retired Associate Director of Admissions, Office of Admissions and Records
- Gabi DalSanto, Student Body President
- Victoria T. Fields, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Communication
- Luanne Mayorga, Assistant Chancellor for Strategic Programs and Partnerships, Illinois Human Resources
- Susan Ogwal-Elisu, Academic Advisor, LAS Global Studies
- Eva Pomerantz, Director, Center for Social & Behavioral Science
- Kevin Tan, Associate Dean, School of Social Work
- Angela S. Williams, Associate Director, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Co-sponsored by the Women’s Resources Center and Department of Gender and Women’s Studies