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By SU Public Relations

SALISBURY, MD---ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ commemorates International Women’s Month throughout March.

Activities begin with the University’s eighth International Women’s Day Conference, “Together: Let's #Accelerate Action for Women's Equality,” beginning 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 7, in the Worcester Room of the Commons.

The conference consists of a series of 10-minute presentations relating to the theme “Accelerate Action,” a worldwide call to acknowledge the strategies, resources and activities that positively impact women's advancement, and to support and elevate their implementation. Individuals are welcome to attend one or more sessions or the entire conference. 

Other Women’s History Month events at SU include:

• Thursday, March 13, 7 p.m., Guerrieri Student Union, Wicomico Room – International Women’s Month Guest Lecture: “Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid and Black Freedom” by Edda Fields-Black: The story of Tubman's enslavement and the daring Underground Railroad escapes she led are widely known. Historian Fields-Black discusses Tubman’s crucial but sometimes overlooked Civil War exploits. Through her groundbreaking book, COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid and Black Freedom During the Civil War, she reveals stories of those freed, their resilience and the lasting impact of Tubman's heroism.
• Tuesday, March 25, 7 p.m., Guerrieri Student Union, Wicomico Room – Las Guaracheras salsa music workshop: Explore the rich fusion of Afro-Caribbean and Latin American rhythms that characterize the music of Las Guaracheras, an all-women salsa sexted from Cali, Colombia.
• Wednesday, March 26, 7 p.m., Holloway Hall, Jackson Family Auditorium – Las Guaracheras concert: Free tickets, available through SU’s online box office, are required.

International Woman’s Month events are sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, History Department, English Department, Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Office of Cultural Affairs, Organization of Latin American Students and SU Women's Forum. 

Admission is free and the public is invited. For more information visit the ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ Woman’s Forum webpage. 

Learn more about SU and opportunities to Make Tomorrow Yours at www.salisbury.edu.