WXGS Programs

Women and Gender Services has a wealth of programs. See below for our monthly programs and our signature programs we put on every year.

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October Programs

Symbols That Create Community

A Women and Gender Studies (WGS) and Women and Gender Services (WXGS) collaboration: Symbols That Create Community with Lennon Michelle Hernandez Wolcott. Free food and open to all.

Lennon Michelle Hernandez Wolcott, of Indigenous (Yaqui)/Mexican American and Euro American descent, is an artist, curator, educator, and administrator whose work engages topics such as memory, loss, ethnic tradition, and multiculturalism, community activation, and decolonial thinking, embodied in research, storytelling, performance, and symbolism. Through a presentation of her work and her contemporaries, Lennon will discuss the structures of decolonial values through centering tradition, while elevating craft to fine art.

Afterwards, learn how symbols intersect to represent and unite through alter art. Lennon Hernandez Wolcott will discuss historical and cultural elements to create an Ofrenda (an Offering), through personally crafted mini ofrenda shadow boxes (Nichos) and review the elements for Día de los Muertos (water, wind, earth, fire). Each participant will be shown how to make elements of a Nicho box and then assemble them to create their own.
For questions and assistance with accommodations, please email WGS@mit.edu.

  • Date: Monday, September 29
  • Time: 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
  • Location: Cheney Room (3-308)

La Yuma (2009) Movie Screening

Join MIT Global Languages and WXGS for an Ibero-American celebration movie night. The film is in Spanish with English subtitles. LA YUMA (2009) is a Nicaraguan film that tells the story of a resilient young woman from a poor neighborhood of Managua who dreams of becoming a professional boxer. Despite facing poverty, gender stereotypes, and violence, she pursues her passion for the sport as a path to independence and dignity. The film highlights themes of perseverance, gender empowerment, and social inequality. Free food!

Open to all MIT students. Students enrolled in Spanish courses are encouraged to attend.

  • Date: Thursday, October 2
  • Time: 5:30 p.m.
  • Location: Cheney Room (3-308)

Campus Partner Events

National Coming Out Day

Come hang out with G@MIT and LBGTQ+ Services for a National Coming Out Day celebration. There will be flags, buttons, pins, stickers and snacks plus signs you can write and decorate about what National Coming Out Day means to you. Open to all.

  • Date: Friday, October 10
  • Time: 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
  • Location: Lobby 10

Paint Night with At Peace Arts

In honor of Dating and Domestic Violence Awareness Month, join the Office of Violence Prevention & Response (VPR) and LBGTQ+ Services in the Rainbow Lounge for another Paint Night, which will include free dinner, a live DJ, and guided painting with At Peace Arts. The event will take place the last week of October, with a final date to be announced soon. We hope this can be a night of community, peace, allyship, and healing for the MIT community and survivors of dating and domestic violence. We’d love to see you there.

Learn more about At Peace Arts here.

  • Date: Tuesday, October 28th
  • Time: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
  • Location: Rainbow Lounge (50-250)

The Boston Dyke March is a community-led event focused on uplifting and increasing visibility for the broader LBGTQ+ community. Organized by Women and Gender Services, students come together to connect on campus, to make posters, eat food, and go to the event as a community.

International Lesbian Visibility Day, in collaboration with student groups such as MIT Sloan Pride and G@MIT is a day celebrating the experiences, contributions, and presence of lesbian individuals around. This observance provides opportunities for education, storytelling, and community building. This event often includes panel discussions and social gatherings with students.

International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an annual observance. At MIT, past events have included on-campus speakers such as faculty members, alumni, and postdoctoral researchers, highlighting pathways and experiences in STEM fields. This day offers an opportunity to celebrate achievements, share stories, and inspire future generations..

Women’s History Month is a month-long observance highlights the stories, accomplishments, and ongoing contributions of women across a range of fields and communities. Programs often include educational events, speaker series, and opportunities to engage with the lived experiences and leadership of women past and present.

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