Microgame Online Workshop: Roman Matrons' Protest

Relive the historical moment that inspired "No taxation without representation!" Join us on November 22nd for When Have Women Paid Taxes? The Roman Matrons' Protest of 42 BCE. The workshop includes a full play-through of the Microgame, as well as set-up, debrief, and a Q&A session to help you understand how best to run the microgame in your own classroom. 

The Game
It is 42 BCE in Rome and you are one of the 1,400 wealthiest women in Rome. As most of you are members of prominent families, you are influential, but still legally unable to vote or fully control your own property. Now the current leaders of Rome are demanding that women pay taxes to fund their civil war, which for many of you directly targets your husbands and sons and brothers. Nearly all these women do not want to pay taxes, but opinions vary on how to go about it. Should you try to exert influence from behind the scenes, publicly advocate for policy changes, or resort to violence and assassination?  It is thus a game of how, rather than why, change can be pursued. It also addresses a larger question of what rights women do and don’t have: If women cannot vote or serve in public office, why should they have the responsibilities of citizenship but not the rights? How should one resist an increasingly autocratic regime? 

As part of our Month of Giving, we will also be raffling off exclusive swag to participants during the workshop!

Pricing
Become a member (the self-selected price for annual membership starts at $25!)
$45 for members
$75 for non-members

Schedule
Saturday, November 22nd, 2pm-4pm EST

Notes
If you sign up for the workshop, you can expect to receive your role sheet and any supporting materials the Monday before the workshop (11/16) and a link to the Zoom meeting for the workshop by Thursday (11/19).