The Womxn’s Center for Success celebrates Womxn’s Month annually in March. In addition to the events, programs, and campaigns we put on as a center, we highlight programs from offices and departments from across campus. Take a look at the amazing events taking place at UC Irvine for Womxn’s Month 2024!
The Womxn’s Center for Success would like to extend a warm thank you to the 2024 Womxn’s Month Advisory Board who worked diligently to bring this calendar to life! Additionally, we would like to thank all of our partners who so graciously allowed us to showcase their events as part of this community calendar. If you would like to be included in our annual calendar in future years, please contact womxnscenter@uci.edu with the subject live: Womxn’s Month.
Womxn’s Month Calendar 2024
Winter Quarter: Week 8
Dynamic Womxn Awards: Nominations Open
Date: Friday, March 1, 2024 – Monday, April 1, 2024
Location: Online
Hosted By: Womxn’s Center for Success
Description: The UCI Dynamic Womxn Awards event celebrates and honors the incredible womxn who are leaders and role models actively making a difference in our community. This is a one-of-a-kind celebration focuses on the womxn who inspire us to take action and to fight for causes we believe in.
EmpowerUs Summit
Date: Friday, March 1, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: The Cove at UCI Beall Innovation
Hosted By: Womxn’s Center for Success
Description: The EmpowerUS Summit will take place on Friday, March 1st from 10:00 am – 3:00pm PST at UC Irvine. This engaging summit experience will provide tracks for both students and professionals, mentoring opportunities, and an inspirational keynote speaker. Session topics will focus on wellness, intersecting identities, and personal and professional development.
CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Meghan Ballard-Administrative Meaning Making of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Date: Friday, March 1, 2024
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Location: Law Building, LAW 3500
Hosted By: UCI School of Law
Description: Meghan Ballard, PhD Candidate at UCI School of Social Ecology, will present: “Constructing the Meaning of Meaningful Language Access in the Criminal Legal System: Administrative Meaning Making of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”
Music Faculty Artist Series: Lorna Griffitt, piano
Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Winifred Smith Hall
Hosted By: Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Winter Quarter: Week 9
Celebrating Womxn in Tech Speaker Series-Beyond the Hype: Unraveling the Myths, Realities, and Governance of AI
Date: Monday, March 4, 2024
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Online
Hosted By: Women in Technology at UCI
Description: Join Brandie Nonnecke, Ph.D., director of the CITRIS Policy Lab and associate research professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy in navigating the intricate landscape of AI, from its basic forms, such as narrow AI focused on specific tasks, to the aspirational concepts of generative AI that can be applied in various domains.
14th Annual Creative Edge Lecture: Nina Simon
Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Irvine Barclay Theater
Hosted By: Irvine Barclay Theater
Register for the 14th Annual Creative Edge Lecture with Nina Simon
Reproductive Justice at UCI: The Power in Our Choice- Call Jane Movie Night
Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Time: 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Crystal Cove Auditorium-Student Center
Hosted By: Womxn’s Center for Success
Description: Join us for a screening of the movie Call Jane, the story of the underground abortion efforts of the late 60’s-70’s. Snacks will be provided first come, first served!
Sista Circle: Run Me My Money with School’s First Credit Union
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Location: Center for Black Cultures, Resources & Research
Hosted By: Center for Black Cultures, Resources & Research
APISFA Womxn in Leadership: Fireside Chat with Dr. Negar Shekarabi
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Online
Hosted By: API Staff & Faculty Association
Description: Moderated by Dr. Judy Wu includes Q&A from the audience. Dr. Judy Wu is Associate Dean, School of Humanities Director, Humanities Center Director, Center for Liberation, Anti-Racism, and Belonging (C-LAB)Professor, Departments of History and Asian American Studies
Register for APISFA Womxn in Leadership: Fireside Chat with Dr. Negar Shekarabi
‘Pleasures of Horror: Embodying the Monstrous Latina’ with Dr. Orquidea Moralez
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Humanities Gateway 1002
Hosted By: UCI Film and Media Studies
Description: Dr. Orquidea Morales is an assistant professor in the School of Theatre, Film, and Television at the University of Arizona. Her work on border violence, Latinx media, and horror has been published in journals such as Film Quarterly and Flow. Her work looks at the intersection of Latinx Studies and Horror Studies and she is currently working on a manuscript that traces the movement of La Llorona in Mexican and U.S. film. Morales also hosts a podcast with Brenda Salguero. In Monstras, Morales and Salguero discuss Latinx and Latin American folklore, legends, true crime, and all things spooky.
Register for ‘Pleasures of Horror: Embodying the Monstrous Latina’
Data Feminism: A Feminist Lens on Ethics, Diversity, and Justice in AI & Data Science
Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Online
Hosted By: Women in Technology at UCI
Description: Dr. Klein is Winship Distinguished Research Professor and Associate Professor in the departments of Quantitative Theory & Methods and English at Emory University, where she also directs the Digital Humanities Lab. Her book Data Feminism (MIT Press, 2020), co-authored with Catherine D’Ignazio, established a set of seven principles for doing more just and equitable data science that was informed by intersectional feminist thought.
Register for Data Feminism: A Feminist Lens on Ethics, Diversity, and Justice in AI & Data Science
Celebrating International Womxn’s Day through Artivism
Date: Friday, March 8, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: Student Center Terrace and Ring Road
Hosted By: Womxn’s Center for Success, International Center, Latinex Resource Center, and the Cross-Cultural Center
Description: Come celebrate International Womxn’s Day with the Womxn’s Center for Success and UCI International Center as we celebrate womxn, art, and activism. Join us from 12:00pm-3:00pm on Ring Road as we come together to celebrate womxn around the world. Enjoy performances from student groups, meet international organizations across campus, and learn from womxn artists from the local community!
Register for Celebrating International Womxn’s Day through Artivism
UCI Women’s Water Polo vs. UC San Diego
Date: Friday, March 8, 2024
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Anteater Aquatics Complex
Hosted By: UCI Athletics
UCI Women’s Basketball vs. Cal State Fullerton: Womxn’s Month Game
Date: Saturday, March 9, 2024
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Bren Events Center
Hosted By: UCI Athletics and the Womxn’s Center for Success
Women of the One: Trailblazers of Funk
Date: Saturday, March 9, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Winifred Smith Hall
Hosted By: Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Description: Black women’s voices shaped the archetypal Parliament-Funkadelic sonic brand during its golden decade in the 1970s, but as with Black music in general, women’s contributions are rarely acknowledged. “Women Of The One” is an unprecedented panel that brings together some of the “first ladies of funk” to center their narratives and artistry.
Winter Quarter: Week 10
Reproductive Justice at UCI: The Power in Our Choice-In Conversation with Renee Bracey Sherman
Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Pacific Ballroom C -Student Center
Hosted By: Womxn’s Center for Success
Description: Join the Womxn’s Center for Success as we celebrate the end of Womxn’s Month in conversation with Renee Tracey Sherman, the founder and Executive Director of We Testify. Come learn about advocacy, sisterhood, and the power in our collective choice for a future of reproductive equity! Join us for a moderated discussion between Renee and Womxn’s Center Reproductive Justice student intern, Natalie Larios with an audience Q&A following the discussion. Light refreshments will be available first come, first served.
Register for The Power in Our Choice-In Conversation with Renee Bracey Sherman
Sista Circle: Stitch to Advocate
Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Location: Center for Black Cultures, Resources & Research
Hosted By: Center for Black Cultures, Resources & Research
UCI Women’s Water Polo vs. Concordia Irvine
Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Anteater Aquatics Complex
Hosted By: UCI Athletics
UCI Women’s Tennis vs. Dartmouth
Date: Friday, March 15, 2024
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Anteater Tennis Stadium
Hosted By: UCI Athletics
Jane Monheit
Date: Friday, March 15, 2024
Time: 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Location: Irvine Barclay Theater
Hosted By: Irvine Barclay Theater
Description: The two-time Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist, with twelve studio albums as a leader, and countless recorded guest appearances, has collaborated with artists including Terence Blanchard, John Pizzarelli, and Michael Bublé. Touring nearly nonstop for more than twenty years, Jane continues to headline at every legendary jazz club on the planet, and is frequently seen in the spotlight on the stages of iconic venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl.
Winter Quarter: Finals Week
Book Discussion | Nadia Kim, Refusing Death: Immigrant Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice in LA
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Law Building, LAW 3500
Hosted By: School of Law
Description: Stephen Lee (Professor of Law) and Gregg Macey (Director, UCI Law Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources) host a discussion of Nadia Kim’s book, Refusing Death: Immigrant Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice in LA. Hosted by the UCI Law Center on Law, Equality and Race (CLEAR), UCI Law Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources (CLEANR), the Environmental Law Society (ELS), Latinx Law Students Association (LLSA), and Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) at UCI Law.
UCI Women’s Tennis vs. Cal State Northridge
Date: Sunday, March 24, 2024
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Anteater Tennis Stadium
Hosted By: UCI Athletics
UCI Women’s Water Polo vs. Brown
Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Anteater Aquatics Complex
Hosted By: UCI Athletics
UCI Women’s Track and Field: Vince O’Boyle Classic
Date: Friday, March 29, 2024 – Saturday, March 30, 2024
Time: Day Long
Location: Anteater Stadium
Hosted By: UCI Athletics
The Womxn’s Center for Success would like to thank the members of the 2024 Womxn’s Month Advisory Board for their input and collaboration.
Alicen Bosley: Program Coordinator, Womxn’s Center for Success
Hannah Mitchell: Student Athlete Development Coordinator, Intercollegiate Athletics
Paula Hoang: Associate Director, Center for Student Leadership
Andrea De Vizcaya Ruiz: Occupational and Environmental Health
Chloe Talbert: Student Intern, Social Science Academic Resource Center
Francesca Fong: Student Intern, Womxn’s Center for Success