Annual Theme

Earth is a Relationship

Earth is a Relationship Artwork ID: At the center of the image, there is large black text that reads, "Earth is a Relationship." Below that text is smaller black text that reads, "Northwestern University Women's Center 2024-25."

The top of the image consists of strawberries, raspberries, ants crawling on a peeled orange, and morels and chanterelles. The center left has blueberries and persimmon leaves, while the center right has a bee crawling on a persimmon. The bottom adorned images are of persimmons, morels, chanterelles, a half-bitten peach, a honeycomb with bees swarming around it, and ants crawling from the bottom right.

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Theme Artist

Meet the artist who designed our annual theme artwork "Earth is a Relationship"

Chi Nwosu is a Black, nonbinary, queer Nigerian artist based in Chicago, the traditional homelands of the Anishinaabe. Chi's current medium is primarily digital illustration, traditional painting and writing. Their spirit-led markings are an alchemy of personal explorations and collective memory focusing on marginalized experiences through weaving potent elemental, political, and spiritual symbols. Chi's art invites viewers to imagine a world rooted in love, curiosity, and care. Their art calls us to remember our interconnectedness and that each of us is a seed of change toward our collective liberation.

Past Themes

2023 - 2024: Collective Hope is a Radical Practice
2022 - 2023: Lessons from Harm Reduction
2021 - 2022 Disability Justice As Feminist Practice
2020-2021: Mutual Aid & Community Engagement
2019-2020: By Degrees: Gender. Education. And Progress.
2018-2019: Gender. Labor. And Power.
2017-2018: Critical Intersections