NATCHITOCHES – Northwester State University’s Office of Inclusion and Diversity will celebrate Women’s History Month by hosing a talk by Dr. Becky Martinez, with a presentation titled “Finding Your Voice, Influence and Liberation.” The program will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 22 in the Lucile Hendrick Room on the first floor of the Student Union.
Martinez is a mixed race, mixed class woman of color who has learned to hold the dynamic of “both/and” due to these identities. In her work as a consultant, facilitator and coach centering social justice, Martinez values opportunities for people to find their humanity. She “creates space for critical reflection and learning to increase self-awareness for sustainable movement and change with the understanding that systems are created and maintained by people, people have the capacity to change and that change has the capacity to shift systems.”
Her work “provides concepts, skills and tools to engage systems of power, privilege and oppression for more inclusive and equitable policies, practices, norms, structures and ways of being.”
The focus of the keynote is to inspire, encourage and empower women to seek leadership and feel confident in any space.
The public is welcome to attend.
