A visit from Anita Hill kicked off the Feminist Futures initiative. In addition to her talk to a sold-out audience, she met with a group of over 30 high school, undergraduate, and graduate students and had an on-stage conversation after the lecture with Megan Spencer and Amoni Thompson (pictured right, respectively), graduate students in the Department of Feminist Studies.

A women’s rights icon, attorney and powerful advocate for equality, Anita Hill brought the issue of sexual harassment to the forefront of our national conversation 28 years ago in her testimony during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge Clarence Thomas. Hill’s bravery empowered women from all walks of life to fight sexual harassment and helped foster equality for women in the workplace. Hill finds echoes in the #MeToo movement, Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings and today’s volatile social and political climate. A professor at Brandeis University, Hill continues to inspire others to speak truth to power in order to foster true change.