Women's History Month

This March we honor Women's History Month and the Theme: “Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future."

Don't Miss Our Flagship Event

Understanding the 2026 Theme

This year's theme honors the women who have and are reimagining and rebuilding systems to ensure long-term sustainability – environmental, economic, educational, and societal. It recognizes the powerful leadership of women in creating a future that is rooted in equity, justice, and opportunity for all. From environmental advocacy to financial reform, from community organizing to policy innovation, women are at the forefront of driving holistic change. Their leadership is not only addressing today’s most urgent challenges – it is laying the foundation for a more resilient and inclusive tomorrow. Theme from National Women's History Alliance.

Honoring and Celebrating at RIC

Rhode Island College is hosting a number of events and opportunities to honor Women's History Month. We hope you'll participate, learn, celebrate, and enjoy with us!

Join Us at Our Flagship Event

Setting the Record Straight on Campus Sexual Violence

• Wednesday, March 4; 4–6 pm; Virtual

The debate over how institutions should manage sexual violence is more heated than ever, but hardly anyone knows how organizations actually decide what to do after a sexual assault is reported. In On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence, Nicole Bedera observed and interviewed survivors, perpetrators, and administrators at an American university to get a look inside the cases that are usually shielded from public view. Her research exposes the structures that predictably punish survivors who come forward in service of protecting—or even rewarding—their perpetrators. In doing so, she reveals that the "neutral" systems tasked with ending gender inequality only intensify it, upending survivors’ lives and threatening the degrees that brought them to college.

RSVP to Attend the Virtual Event

This event is co-sponsored by the Unity Center, Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion Committee, RIC's Schools of Nursing and Social Work, College Lectures Committee, Learning 4 Life, RIC Is Well, and RIC/AFT. Please email Danii De La Rosa at ddelarosa@ric.edu with questions.