LibGuides: Women's History Month at MDC Hialeah Campus: 2021 Celebration Resources

Emotions, Expectations, and Equivalence

In this talk Daanika gives us an insight into how empathy works through a gender lens Daanika Kamal specializes in human rights law, focusing on access to justice and rights protections of the most marginalized segments of society. She is an internationally published author and editor in the fields of gender empowerment, mental health and climate change. In 2018, Daanika founded the Colour Blue (TCB) to promote and encourage the empowerment of those facing mental health challenges, as part of her efforts to affirm mental health as a fundamental human right in Pakistan. Daanika is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences and panels, and in 2019, she was the youngest recipient of the Women Leaders for the World fellowship. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

TEDx: Are women really more emotional than men?
Daanika Kamal | October 2020
TEDxIslamabad

In this talk Daanika gives us an insight into how empathy works through a gender lens.

2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Women Who Changed the World

The Nobel Prize

Literary mastery, pioneering science, life-saving discoveries and actions for peace and human rights - achievements of women around the world awarded the Nobel Prize.

Jennifer Doudna: Nobel Prize awardee

Geneticist Jennifer Doudna co-invented a groundbreaking new technology for editing genes, called CRISPR-Cas9. The tool allows scientists to make precise edits to DNA strands, which could lead to treatments for genetic diseases ... but could also be used to create so-called "designer babies." Doudna reviews how CRISPR-Cas9 works -- and asks the scientific community to pause and discuss the ethics of this new tool.

Opinion: Should we use gene editing to produce disease-free babies? A scientist who helped discover CRISPR weighs in.
Jennifer A. Doudna & Samuel H. Sternberg | Aug 22, 2017

Researchers recently reported that they were able to edit human embryos to fix a dangerous mutation. The technology is inching closer to reality, so we need to take a stand, says biochemist Jennifer Doudna.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 to:

Emmanuelle Charpentier
Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany

Jennifer A. Doudna
University of California, Berkeley, USA

“for the development of a method for genome editing”

Walter Isaacson & Jennifer Doudna discuss CRISPR

Author and historian Walter Isaacson is known for his biographies on the world's greatest thinkers and innovators. Now, he focuses on history in the making with the story of biochemist Jennifer Doudna, PhD, of the University of California, Berkeley, who jointly received the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing the gene-editing technology CRISPR, which is based on a virus-fighting trick used by bacteria that helps cure diseases, fend off viruses and have healthier babies. Isaacson and Doudna will discuss the power of science and the breakthroughs on the way.

Acceptance Presentations of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Hour of Code

Activity

Head to Code.org for more information and resources about coding.

As part of this event, we will be doing an Hour of Code, Star Wars style: learn to program droids, and create your own Star Wars game in a galaxy far, far away. Head to the Hour of Code: Star Wars page and choose to code using Blocks. At the end of the activity, Star Wars: Building a Galaxy With Code (Blockly), you will be awarded a certificate which you can send to your professor for credit.

This video will provide an introduction of how to code with blocks:

Code.org
Code.org® is a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science in schools and increasing participation by young women and students from other underrepresented groups.

Then Everything Changed

The Everything Changed
The film is the first product from Clery Center’s Kristin’s Krusade Initiative honoring Kristin Mitchell who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend 20 days after her college graduation.

Central to the film are interviews with people deeply impacted by dating violence. The film is designed to:

• Help the campus community identify problematic behaviors someone may be experiencing, engaging in, or observing and what makes them dating violence
• Offer practical strategies for bystander intervention and how to access resources; and
• Provide examples of healthy communication and relationship behaviors.

MDC Resources

Single Stop
Single Stop offers students a wide array of services, including public benefits screening, financial coaching, individual counseling, tax preparation, access to a food pantry, and various other services. All of our services are free to Miami Dade College students and their immediate family members.
MDC Student Wellness
Wellness education, services, and resources.

Mr. Gabriel Lamas
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Citrus Health

Additional Resources

Break the Cycle
What they do: Break the Cycle inspires and supports young people 12–24 to build healthy relationships and create a culture without abuse.
What to look for: Youth leadership and education, training and capacity building, legal services, policy and advocacy, and public awareness resources about dating violence, as well as Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month materials and resources.
Love is Respect
What they do: Engage, educate, and empower young people to prevent and end abusive relationships.
What to look for: Downloadable materials like palm cards, bookmarks, posters, and handouts addressing healthy relationships and the warning signs of abuse.
OneLove
What they do: Work with young people across the country to raise awareness about the warning signs of abuse and activate communities to work to change the statistics around relationship violence.
What to look for: A free, research-based film that educates the community about relationship violence, a campaign to help students identify relationship abuse, and other materials.
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
What they do: Support efforts that demand a change of conditions that lead to domestic violence such as patriarchy, privilege, racism, sexism, and classism, as well as support survivors and advocates and hold offenders accountable.
What to look for: Resources for survivors of domestic violence and a National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 (1-800-799-SAFE).

Votes for Women

Votes for Women: Women’s Suffrage and Political Participation is presented as part of the Student Interdisciplinary Symposium. The panel discussion will center on ENC1102 students' research projects on the women’s suffrage movement and women’s political participation from the early 19th century to today.

2021 Student Interdisciplinary Symposium
Resilience in a Time of Great Uncertainty and Change presented by MDC Hialeah Campus
March 24, 2021 at 9:00 am

Trailblazers: Celebrating our First Ladies

National First Ladies' Library