2023 BOOM events can be browsed on the MHC Events Calendar page. Below, you can find additional information about many of the speakers and their work, including links to their writing. For help accessing any of the resources on this page, please reach out to researchservices-g@mtholyoke.edu.
"The American Story""Can I Travel?""My Uivak"
Geoffrey L. CohenEvent information: Belonging: the Science of Creating Connections
Belonging by 
Dawn DoveEvent information: Voices from the DawnLand: Indigenous Writers Speak
Through Our Eyes: an Indigenous view of Mashapaug Pond by 
Gaye Theresa JohnsonEvent information: Inaugural Lecture of the Department of Critical Race and Political Economy
Futures of Black Radicalism by 
Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity by 
Yavilah McCoyEvent information: At the Intersection of Racism and Antisemitism
"African American Jewish Women—Life Beyond the Hyphen""Trayvon Martin: Reflections on the Black and Jewish Struggle for Justice"
Madeline L. PetersEvent information: Ableism 101
Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice by 
Rachel Beth SayetThe First of the Mohegans by Thanksgiving Resources & Reflections from Mohegan Educator Rachel Sayet by Wikôtamuwôk Wuci Ki tà Kihtahan (A Celebration of Land and Sea): Modern Indigenous Cuisine in New England by 
Lutze SeguEvent information: Audre's Lessons
Beverly Daniel TatumEvent information:Belonging: The Science of Creating Connections
Assimilation Blues by 
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by 
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by 
Kai Cheng ThomEvent Information:
"LOVE YOUR BODY, HEART & SOUL: Embodied Collective Care for BIPOC Wonderers, Wanderers & Warriors"
"REMEMBERING REVOLUTIONARY LOVE: Transformative Justice At the End of the World"
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by 
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by 
I Hope We Choose Love by 
A Place Called No Homeland by 
Melissa ZobelEvent information: Voices from the DawnLand: Indigenous Writers Speak
Kuhtôqatun/Our Story: On Being a Native Writer by 
Medicine Trail by 
Ella Nathanael Alkiewicz
