We invite you to come learn about the Social Histories Community at JHU! (revised)

Social Histories Community is a new student group on campus that aims to bring together international students, American students, and the greater Baltimore community to bring awareness to two "forgotten histories" of the United States. This spring, we plan to host two events: International Women's Day (March 8th) and Mayday (May 1st), both of which originated in the US, are celebrated around the globe, but are ironically no longer widely recognized in this country.


International Women's Day traditionally brings people together collectively to oppose the norms that have discriminated against women. Mayday or International Workers' Day recognizes social and economic achievements of labor groups and the working class.


The aim of the SHC is to bring help re-form the link between these two celebrations and the country in which they originated. We envision that each of these two events will include panels, speeches, film-showings, and musical performances, but we need your help and ideas in making these days a success at JHU and in the Baltimore community. This project is awarded by KSAS Community Grant this year and it is being supported by various departments.


We would like to invite you to join us at our next planning meeting on Friday, December 7th at 5:00 pm at Coleman Seminar Room, Mergenthaler Hall, 5 th Floor.


We are looking for ideas to bring to the table, energy to help plan these events, or just general interest in learning more about why we believe these days are important. We would like this to be a collective effort of many groups on our campus and in our community, so please help us spread the word and join us if you can!


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We invite you to come learn about the Social Histories Community at JHU!

SHC is a new student group on campus that aims bring together international students, American students, and the greater Baltimore community to bring awareness to two “forgotten histories” of the United States. This spring, we plan to host two events: International Women’s Day (March 8th) and Mayday (May 1st), both of which originated in the US, are celebrated around the globe, but are ironically no longer widely recognized in this country. International Women’s Day traditionally brings people together collectively to oppose the norms that have discriminated against women. Mayday or International Workers' Day recognizes social and economic achievements of labor groups and the working class. The aim of the SHC is to bring help re-form the link between these two celebrations and the country in which they originated. We envision that each of these two events will include panels, speeches, film-showings, and musical performances, but we need your help and ideas in making these days a success at JHU and in the Baltimore community.

We would like to invite you to join us at our next planning meeting on Tuesday, November 27th at 7:30 pm in Kreiger 300. We are looking for ideas to bring to the table, energy to help plan these events, or just general interest in learning more about why we believe these days are important. We would like this to be a collective effort of many groups on our campus and in our community, so please help us spread the word and join us if you can!