At Smith College
“Trans Indigenous/Trans Hemispheric Intimacies” – A Lecture by Guest Editor Basuli Deb
In celebration of Meridians spring 2024 issue “Indigenous Feminisms Across the World,” guest editor Dr. Basuli Deb came to Smith on April 15, 2024 to deliver a talk about her work entitled, “Trans-Indigenous/Trans-Hemispheric Intimacies: Standing Rock Water Protectors & Natal Forest Keepers.”
“Up Home” – A Conversation with Smith President Emerita Ruth J. Simmons
On March 4, 2024, Meridians had the pleasure of hosting Smith President Emerita Ruth J. Simmons for a visit to campus to discuss her new memoir, Up Home: One Girl’s Journey. President Emerita Simmons played a central role in founding Meridians at Smith to showcase the scholarship, ideas, activism, and voices of women of color across the globe. Her acclaimed memoir describes how this daughter of sharecroppers became the first Black president of Smith and subsequently the first Black president of an Ivy League university.
International Women’s Day 2024 Webinar
A webinar conversation hosted in honor of International Women’s Day 2024, co-sponsored by Meridians, the Jandon Center for Community Engagement, and the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center.
Cromwell Day Reading and Workshop with Yalie Saweda Kamara
On Thursday, November 2, 2023, Meridians hosted a special Cromwell Day reading and workshop with visiting poet, Dr. Yalie Saweda Kamara, 2023 Winner of the Elizabeth Alexander Creative Writing Award for Poetry. During this event, Kamara read her award-winning poem, “American Beech,” as well as other selections from her past and forthcoming work. Following the reading, participants were guided through a collective poem writing exercise.
Meridians at Smith College Family Weekend 2023
Meridians Open House Celebration – September 2023
On September 14, 2023, we held an Open House Celebration to celebrate our new offices at 22 Green Street. Smith College President Sarah Willie-LeBreton as well as Meridians Editor Emerita and author Paula J. Giddings joined us in celebrating our new space.
Meridians at First-Year Orientation
Meridians Editorial Office Manager Ally Einbinder ’10, Editorial Assistant Eliana Mercedes, and Quigley Fellowship Intern Saturn Johnson ’25 got the chance to meet many new Smithies at the Resource Fair on Seelye Lawn on September 6, 2023.
Cece Roth Eagle ’23 “Month of Wind/Mes del viento” Reading – April 2023
On April 19, Meridians hosted an author reading for graduating senior Cece Roth-Eagle ‘23, Prose Winner of the Elizabeth Alexander Creative Writing Award for Prose. Cece read segments from her award-winning creative nonfiction essay, “Month of Wind/Mes del viento: The Mapuche lof Kinxikew Through the Perspective of Their First Female Longko,” which is published in Volume 23, No. 1.
