Nazareth Celebrates International Women's Day with Keynote and Performance by Danielle Ponder
Nazareth College’s Women and Gender Studies Program will host Danielle Ponder in celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day on March 8. The event will include a keynote address from Ponder, Monroe County Assistant Public Defender, as well as a musical performance by her popular R&B/soul band, Danielle Ponder & the Tomorrow People. The keynote address takes place in the Medaille Hall Formal Lounge on March 8 from 4-5:30 p.m. The performance by Danielle Ponder & the Tomorrow People then takes place in the Golisano Academic Center Linehan Chapel from 8-9:30 p.m. Both are free and open to the public. Nazareth College is located at 4245 East Avenue, Rochester, N.Y., 14618. For more information contact Dr. Yamuna Sangarasivam, Women and Gender Studies Program Director, at ysangar7@naz.edu.
Ponder is a hands-on activist for the poor in Rochester both through her work as a public defender and as a powerful soul singer. She was born in Rochester and has spent the greater part of her life fighting for justice in Monroe County.
The College’s women and gender studies program provides a broad-based community for interdisciplinary scholarship and inquiry focusing on women, gender, and sexualities. Students analyze gender as an organizing factor in social, political, and familial institutions and policy. The program also addresses gender-specific social injustices and strives to initiate social change from local and global perspectives.
Nazareth University is an inclusive community of inspired learners, educators, and changemakers who for nearly 100 years have been driven by a bold commitment to action, empathy, equity, and leading innovation for the common good. Impact experiences are at the heart of a Nazareth education, preparing each student to discover within themselves the potential to cultivate positive change in their life's work, in any career field, and in a world that is constantly evolving and infinitely interconnected.
Our broad academic offerings present a range of study options typical of larger universities, yet achieved in our supportive campus culture. Nearly 2,100 undergrad and 600 graduate students enroll in degree and certificate programs and engage in collaborative, transformative learning experiences, preparing for the professions and society of today and tomorrow. In a learning community that purposefully integrates liberal arts and professional programs, Nazareth University graduates are able to launch a lifetime of impactful leadership in communities and workplaces near and far.
