Events Calendar
Rapoport Center: Sissy at 100
- Date:
- October 1, 2026
- Start:
- All day event
- Save to your calendar:
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- Location:
- CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)
- For more info:
- https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/sissyat100/
Please join the Rapoport Center and the Sissy Farenthold Fund for Peace and Social Justice in celebrating what would have been Sissy Farenthold’s 100th birthday.
The two-day celebration will honor Farenthold’s remarkable legacy of leadership and advocacy for reproductive justice, peace, and environmental justice. The program will feature a film screening, conversations with leading voices in these areas, and a keynote address by Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward.
The celebration will take place at the University of Texas School of Law, in CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom).
Thursday, October 1 5:30 p.m. – Film Screening & Talkback Screening of Films about Sissy Farenthold (directed by Joe Bailey, Jr. and produced by the Rapoport Center) and Talkback
Participants
Alice Bailey (’08) Cooper Christiancy Karen Engle George E. Farenthold II Athena Hawkins Bennett Torres 7:00 p.m. – Birthday Cake Cutting
- Specific audiences:
- Texas Law students
- Prospective students
- Texas Law alumni
- Faculty
- Staff
- General public
- Sponsored by:
- Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice
If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.