{"id":469,"date":"2023-08-18T18:12:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T18:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2024-10-08T18:00:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T18:00:43","slug":"hortense-parker-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/hortense-parker-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Hortense Parker Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organized by students Ahyoung An \u201809 and Camila Curtis-Contreras \u201809, the first Hortense Parker celebration was in 2009. It was inspired by Smith\u2019s Otelia Cromwell day. This event celebrates past and present students of color and honors Parker&#8217;s legacy. \u201cWe hope to [share] the history of women of color and their achievements at Mount Holyoke, to hear from current students of color, and discuss the work that can be done in the future,\u201d said An. Initially, An and Curtis-Contreras had included the commemoration of the first woman of color at Mount Holyoke in their list of demands presented in the documentary they produced, <em>Experienced Diversity<\/em>, that detailed the disconnect between the diversity advertised and the diversity experienced on campus. However, when the administration failed to initiate the planning and organizing event, An and Curtis-Contreras took on the challenge. It has been held annually since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/node\/1353302\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0010-cropped-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0010-cropped-1.jpg 541w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0010-cropped-1-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><sub>Program for first Hortense Parker Day, April 15, 2009<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organized by students Ahyoung An \u201809 and Camila Curtis-Contreras \u201809, the first Hortense Parker celebration was in 2009. It was inspired by Smith\u2019s Otelia Cromwell day. This event celebrates past and present students of color and honors Parker&#8217;s legacy. \u201cWe hope to [share] the history of women of color and their achievements at Mount Holyoke, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2199,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-nosidebar.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-469","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":786,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions\/786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}