The International Women’s Day Radio Project: Bringing Women’s Voices to the Airwaves

Free Panel Discussion

Melanie Berzon, Operations Director and Host of Jazz in the Afternoon, KCSM Radio

Eileen Bolinsky, Producer and Editor, NPR’s Here & Now at WBUR

Madge Kaplan, Director of Communications and Host of WIHI, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Anita McFadden, Global Marketing Manager for Talent Acquisition, Medtronic

Kate Rushin, Poet and Educator, Regular Panelist, The Colin McEnroe Show/The Nose, WNPR-90.5 FM, CT Public Radio

Moderated by Evelynn M. Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science, Professor of African and African American Studies, and Director of the Project on Race & Gender in Science & Medicine at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Harvard University

During the 1970s and 1980s, Boston was a hub of the second wave of the feminist movement in the United States. One unique event, produced by the feminist community in Boston each spring, was the celebration of women’s music, poetry, and commentary during a 24-hour radio broadcast in honor of International Women’s Day. This broadcast became a prominent feature of the annual national celebration. It gave voice to the diversity of the women’s movement at a time when mainstream radio (and other media) rarely covered women’s issues. Join us for a panel discussion with several women who were leaders in the groundbreaking International Women’s Day Radio Project.

Also of Interest: Radio Contact: Tuning In to Politics, Technology, and Culture, an exhibition at the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, open through December 9, 2016

Free parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.