A colonial-style brick building shopfront has a embedded signage reading Gunter-Smith Center for Community Engagement, followed by the York College of Pennsylvania logo.

Understanding Gender

2021-22 Program Series

While gender seems like a simple concept, the truth is that it is complex, vexed, and influences every facet of our lives. Join us throughout the upcoming year as we examine gender through a series of lenses from the arts to the sciences, personal identity issues to business and public policies.

To learn more about the individual programs and events in this series, explore below.

CCE 2021-22 Program Series

EngagePrograms and Events

The Glass Ceiling Exhibition: Young Glass Breakers by Ophelia Chambliss
The Glass Ceiling
August 26, 2021–May 31, 2022
A series of paintings, stories, testimonials, and spoken and written word pieces by women that addresses the issues of realizing, reaching, and breaking the glass ceiling to success in their careers and personal lives.
Are you a boy or a girl? by Mary Sullivan
Engendered
April 1–May 21, 2022
This exhibition features artists addressing gender identity in a variety of ways that include examining their own relationship to established gender norms and expectations, responding to the heteronormative male/female binary, and asserting Queerness as a fluid alternative to the idea of a stable gender identity.
Understanding Gender: Lenses of Gender Lunchtime Lecture Series
Understanding Gender: Lenses of Gender
April 19–22, 2022
This series of virtual talks focuses on gender through the lenses of biology and sociology, politics, language, culture, and policy.
Contact Us
Center for Community Engagement
59 E. Market Street, York, PA 17401
Phone: 717.815.1213
cce@ycp.edu