WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
Women's History Month ~ March 2024
WSEC and Berkeley Lab Activities and Resources
A Message from Carol Burns, and Henrik Von Der Lippe / WSEC Executive Sponsors
Berkeley Lab Celebrates Women’s History Month
Dear Colleagues,
March is Women’s History Month, and we are pleased to invite you to a slate of Berkeley Lab events to honor and celebrate the contributions of all women, globally and at the Lab, as well as highlight exciting opportunities for all Lab employees. As the executive sponsors of the Women’s Support and Empowerment Council (WSEC), the Lab’s first ERG, we are proud to support the role that the group has played over the years in advancing women’s participation and leadership at Berkeley Lab.
This year’s Women’s History Month events include special speakers, networking and volunteer opportunities, fun games, and array of other events we’re excited about!
Our first event will be raising the WSEC banner on March 4th at 11:30am. For those of you working onsite, we hope you enjoy seeing the WSEC Women’s History Month banner displayed outside of Building 65 throughout March.
Next, we put on our thinking caps for the 3rd Annual Women's History Month Jeopardy Game, a now-beloved celebration testing knowledge about women’s history in topics such as science and the arts. We have an amazing lineup of special speakers, including Dr. Jess Wade on March 14th and Greta Vollmer on March 21st. Also on the 21st is a special Women’s InterLaboratory Network event featuring Kate Maxwell. Additionally, we are proud to partner with the Lab’s K-12 Program for Empowerment in STEM Day on March 20th, which you can sign up to support here.
Please visit the WSEC Women’s History Month webpage for details about these and other Women’s History Month events, and stay tuned as the list continues to grow. All events are open to everyone at the Lab. We hope to see you at one of these events to help us continue to foster a culture of inclusion and diversity at Berkeley Lab and beyond.
Best Regards,
Carol Burns, Deputy Lab Director for Research
Henrik Von Der Lippe, Director of the Engineering Division and Laboratory Chief Engineer Executive Co-Sponsors, WSEC
3rd Annual Women's History Month Jeopardy Game and Celebration [Virtual]!
Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 12 - 1 pm PST
Join the Women’s Support and Empowerment Council’s Women’s History Month celebration and Jeopardy challenge! Team up with colleagues across the Lab and have a BLAST testing your knowledge and learning about women’s history in topics such as science, the arts, and more in this fun, friendly virtual Jeopardy game!
Location: Zoom
Mission Recognition: Crediting Women Scientists in Social Media
Thursday, March 14, 2024, 10 - 11am PST [virtual only]
Join the renowned Dr. Jess Wade for a virtual talk on Thursday, March 14, 10-11am, to hear about her mission to create recognition for women scientists on public forums such as Wikipedia. Dr. Wade's public engagement work in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) advocates for women in physics as well as tackling systemic biases such as gender and racial bias in social media.
Location: Zoom
Volunteer Opportunity: Empowerment in STEM Day
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024, Multiple times
Join WSEC Empowerment as they co-host Empowerment in STEM Day with K-12 Program at the Lab. You can volunteer for various activities throughout the day. More information on activities currently seeking volunteer positions here: more information here!
The DOE Women’s InterLaboratory Network presents:
The Woman in the Arena with Kate Maxwell
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 11 - 12 pm PST
It takes courage to lead, to be different, and to show up as an agent of change, particularly in the face of naysayers. It is bravery and authenticity – not fearlessness – that is our superpower. This talk explores what it means to be that Woman in the Arena who strives, who struggles, who keeps showing up, and who never loses track of who she is and what she stands for.
Women, Language and Social Change with Greta Vollmer
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 12:30pm - 1:30 pm PST
Sessler Conference room (50A-5132) and hybrid
The modern field of language and gender studies got its start on the Berkeley Campus in the 1970’s with Dr. Robin Lakoff’s seminal essay “Language and Woman’s Place.” And much has changed since then! In this talk, I will consider the ways in which language evolves and changes, as well as the ways in which we shape – and are shaped by - contemporary linguistic practices. In short, what power does language hold in our day-to-day lives and how does language change affect us?
Dr. Greta Vollmer is a retired professor of English and Applied Linguistics at Sonoma State University (where she taught courses in English education, grammar, language acquisition and linguistics) and former Director of the Bay Area Writing Project. She received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley School of Education (2000) in Applied Linguistics.
Sisters with Transistors Movie Screening - a joint event with the Global ERG
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Building 50 Auditorium
(Refreshments will be served outside the auditorium.)
The Global Employee Resource Group and WSEC invite you to a screening of the movie "Sisters with Transistors", about the remarkable untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
The movie is narrated by Laurie Anderson and features the following artists:
Maryanne Amacher
Bebe Barron
Suzanne Ciani
Delia Derbyshire
Pauline Oliveros
Daphne Oram
Éliane Radigue
Clara Rockmore
Wendy Carlos
Laurie Spiegel
Other Women's History Month events we're excited about:
UC Women in Tech Committee speaker series
Monday, March 4, 2024 2 - 3 pm PST
Brandie M. Nonnecke, Ph.D. is the Director of the CITRIS Policy Lab and an Associate Research Professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy. Dr. Nonnecke is also co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at Berkeley Law where she leads the Project on Artificial Intelligence, Platforms, and Society, and co-directs the UC Berkeley AI Policy Hub, an interdisciplinary initiative training researchers to develop effective AI governance and policy frameworks.
Thursday, March 7, 2024, 12 - 1 pm PST
Dr. Lauren F. 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. Lauren works at the intersection of data science, AI, and the humanities, with an emphasis on questions of gender and race.
Lean In: Let's #InspireInclusion Through Debunking Four Myths Holding Women Back
Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 9 am PST
We will share findings from our 2023 Women in the Workplace Report that disprove four widely-held myths about women’s ambitions and goals in the workplace – and hope to leave you inspired with actionable steps to build a more inclusive culture at your company.
This 60-minute session is hosted by Lean In’s Editor in Chief, VP of Education, Caroline Fairchild, and will cover:
Key findings from Lean In’s 2023 Women in the Workplace Report
A fresh look at four common myths holding women back
An overview of Lean In’s (free) research-backed programs to help create more inclusive workplaces
How you can take action to #InspireInclusion at your company today
Women in Data Science Worldwide, Stanford University Conference
Friday, March 8, 2024, 9 - 6 pm PST
This technical conference features outstanding women discussing their exceptional work in data science and related fields, across a wide range of domains. Livestream will be available at no cost. More information here!
PIM Celebrates Women in Construction Week 2024
March 3-9 is Women in Construction Week, which celebrates and promotes the role of women in the construction industry. See more on what the PIM Division is doing here.
Association for Women in Science, Northern California Chapters (AWIS-NCC) Winter Workshop 2024- Women & Entrepreneurship
Saturday, March 16, 2024, 2 - 5 pm PST
Join Association for Women in Science for an immersive day of networking with like-minded women in science, engaging in thought-provoking discussions, and gaining practical knowledge to navigate the entrepreneurial landscape. Ellen Kats, PhD in Biomedical Science, Senior Director of Business Development at the Buck Institute, brings a wealth of seventeen years of experience in business development, managing intellectual property portfolios, and fostering successful start-ups.
Zoom Author Talk: BRAVE THE WILD RIVER: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 12 - 1 pm PST
Join the UC Botanical Garden for their Women's History Month Zoom Author Talk with Melissa L. Sevigny. BRAVE THE WILD RIVER: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, by science journalist and writer Melissa L. Sevigny, is an evocative and beautifully written chronicle of botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter’s history-making journey through the Grand Canyon in the summer of 1938. Free to everyone, but donations welcomed! Register here.
See past Women's History Month details and events below.
Women's History Month ~ March 2021
Berkeley Lab Resources & Events:
Women's History Month Learning Resources - Articles, Documentaries and More
Picture a Scientist Documentary Film Screening – March 21 – 23, 2021
In honor of Women’s History Month, Berkeley Lab invites you to a virtual screening of the documentary Picture a Scientist in advance of the panel discussion with Jennifer Doudna on March 24 at 12 noon.Women@The Lab Virtual Awards Ceremony - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 3 pm
Berkeley Lab and the WSEC are proud to honor an outstanding group of women Lab employees for its fourth "Women @ The Lab" event. Click here for more information and event registrationA different way of being and knowing: Nurturing the next generation of Black Indigenous Women of Color Scientists - Dr. Mayra Padilla - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - 12:30 pm
The WSEC and LANA are proud co-host a talk by Dr. Mayra Padilla. Dr. Padilla is the Dean of Institutional Effectiveness & Equity at Contra Costa College. Dr. Mayra Padilla holds a bachelor’s degree in applied physics from UC Davis and a doctorate in neuroscience from UC Berkeley.
In Celebration of the Lab’s 90th Anniversary:
WSEC Photo Story - A gallery of photos of past WSEC and Women @ the Lab events.
Feature on Susan Hubbard, WSEC Executive Sponsor
Feature on Ina Reichel, WSEC Chair
Other Events & Resources:
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Science, Engineering, and Medicine - Tuesday, March 9 - 8 am
Join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for the public release of the consensus study report, The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Science, Engineering, and Medicine. The report explores how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the careers of women in academic STEMM during 2020 and considers how these disruptions might shape future progress for women in academic STEMM.We See You: The Power of Female STEM Role Models On and Off the Screen – Wednesday, March 17 - 1 pm
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) Committee on Women in Science and Engineering and the Science & Entertainment Exchange Presents a discussion that will touch upon how writers for television and film develop characters that challenge stereotypes, the research on the powerful impact of role models in inspiring our next generation of scientists, and the very personal stories of struggle and triumph from a trail-blazing doctor who is a role model to so many.2021 Annual Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium (WES) - Wednesday, March 10 - 9 am
“Pathways to invention, entrepreneurship, and STEM careers for students K-12 and beyond.”Picture a Scientist Panel Discussion - Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - 12 noon
The producers of the Picture a Scientist documentary film will host a live virtual event in partnership with ProQuest and Scientific American, featuring Dr. Raychelle Burks, and Dr. Jane Willenbring, and Nobel prize-winning chemist Dr. Jennifer Doudna. This event is free and open to all. Registration Required.Finding Your Path: Women in Climate Action Careers - Wednesday, March 31 - 2 pm
You are invited to join women in climate action at Sandia National Laboratories, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the U.S. Department of Energy to learn about ways you can work in clean energy and climate action in government. You’ll also hear from the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education about their website to find research and non-research opportunities. Meet the Women in Climate Action Who Give Us Hope