On Monday, October 14, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Somerset, LUNA will again host a celebration for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Come enjoy a Pow Wow Demonstration, complemented by an Emcee’s explanation of regalia, dance, and song.
LUNA will serve indigenous foods that are central to a couple of Native American tribes, along with information about the importance of each food and the tribe that it comes from.
On Thursday, October 17 at 8:30 a.m., please join us for the first Women on Campus Coffee Hour of the academic year.
These once-a-term events provide opportunities for female-identifying faculty and staff to come together for coffee and conversation that should help create networks of support while fostering a safe space to discuss how we can continue to work toward achieving gender equity on campus.
This special feature in The Chronicle of Higher Education might inspire or inform some of our conversation, if you’re interested in reading: https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/the-awakening
To learn more or register, visit Diversity & Inclusion’s website: https://www.lawrence.edu/info/offices/diversity-and-inclusion/get-involved/women-on-campus-coffee-hour
Upstander Training prepares participants to intervene safely and appropriately when witnessing incidents of discrimination, harassment, or harm. You’ll engage with real-life scenarios to learn how to effectively identify and challenge negative narratives and behaviors.
Facilitators from Fit Oshkosh will provide an interactive training on Wednesday, October 2 from 4:30 until 8:30 in the Hurvis Room in the Warch Campus Center.
This free training is open to the public. Space is limited, though, so please RSVP: https://www.lawrence.edu/info/offices/diversity-and-inclusion/get-involved/upstander-training
Please join us on Tuesday, October 8 at 11:15 in the Esch Hurvis Room (225) for the second of our Cultural Competency Lectures for the 2019-2020 academic year. Associate Dean of Academic Success Kate Zoromski will explore the intersections among socioeconomic factors and students’ lives at Lawrence.
For more information or to RSVP, visit the Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s website: https://www.lawrence.edu/info/offices/diversity-and-inclusion/get-involved/cultural-competency-lecture-series
Wondering what to expect when Smithsonian visionary artist Joyce Scott speaks on Thursday, 9/19 at 7 p.m. in the Cinema? Here are some links to her awards and works:
Her artwork draws on her family’s craft traditions and her African American heritage. Her approach employs irony and humor designed to address cultural stereotypes, along with issues of racism and sexism.
Following her talk, all are welcome to join the artist for a reception in the Pusey Room.
This event is free and open to the public.
On Tuesday, September 24, Lawrence’s Instructional Designer Jedidiah Rex and Senior Web Developer/Systems Analyst Jay Dansand will open this year’s Cultural Competency Lecture Series with a talk focused on “Accessibility as Inclusiveness.” Please join them at 11:15 in Mead Witter.
Together, they will explore what it means for Lawrence to be an inclusive community—and how we can create access and inclusion on campus for those with disabilities. By shedding light on challenges faced by those with disabilities and sharing what they are doing in each of their contexts, the presenters will prompt the audience to invest in making Lawrence a more welcoming place.
To learn more about the lecture series or to RSVP for the event, visit Diversity and Inclusion’s website.
This event is free and open to the public.
On Thursday, September 26, all are invited to the Warch Cinema to immerse themselves in the lives of “illegals” through the film The Unafraid (screening begins at 4:30) and the virtual reality experience Los Sueños de Anita (running from 3 to 4:15 and 7 to 8 p.m.).
Los Sueños de Anita is a virtual reality experience that immerses viewers into the life of two undocumented parents as they raise their young daughter Anita and face struggles much too familiar to the community.
The Unafraid – Follow the personal lives of three DACA students in Georgia, as they take on activism in a state that has banned them from attending their top state universities and disqualifies them from receiving in-state tuition at any other public college. The screening starts at 4:30 with a Community Conversation and short survey afterward, and viewing the virtual reality piece will be available again until 8 p.m.
Brought to you by the LU Film Studies Program, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, the Diversity and Intercultural Center, the Appleton Dignity & Respect Campaign, and ESTHER.
Both are free and open to the public.
Joyce J. Scott is an African-American artist, sculptor, quilter, performance artist, installation artist, print-maker, lecturer and educator known for her figurative sculptures and jewelry using free form, off-loom bead weaving techniques, similar to a peyote stitch.
Scott was recognized in 2016 as a MacArthur Foundation Fellow and named a Smithsonian Visionary Artist in 2019. Her work is included in the current exhibition, “Reflecting Perspectives: Artists Confront Issues of Diversity and Inclusion,” at the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass.
Please join us for her talk at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 19 in the Warch Campus Center’s Cinema. A reception will follow from 8:30 until 9:30 in the Pusey Room.
This event is free and open to the public.
Jedidiah Rex and Jay Dansand will address the topic of “Accessibility as Inclusiveness” on Tuesday, September 24, from 11:15 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. in the Warch Campus Center’s Mead Witter room.
Their talk will address questions surrounding what it means to be an inclusive community and how we can create access and inclusion on campus for those with disabilities.
By shedding light on challenges faced by those with disabilities and sharing what they are doing in each of their contexts, the presenters will prompt the audience to invest in making Lawrence a more welcoming place.
Learn more and RSVP for this event through our website: https://www.lawrence.edu/info/offices/diversity-and-inclusion/get-involved/cultural-competency-lecture-series
The Office of Diversity & Inclusion is pleased to be partnering with Lawrence’s Film Studies Program, the Diversity and Intercultural Center, ESTHER, and the Appleton Dignity & Respect Campaign to bring you two films in one event: Los Sueños de Anita and The Unafraid.
Los Sueños de Anita is a virtual reality experience that immerses viewers into the life of two undocumented parents as they raise their young daughter Anita and face struggles much too familiar to the community. It runs about 9 minutes and will be available for viewing between 3pm-4:15pm and 7pm-8pm.
The Unafraid follows the personal lives of three DACA students in Georgia as they take on activism in a state that has banned them from attending their top state universities and disqualifies them from receiving in-state tuition at any other public college. The screening (which will take place in the Warch cinema) starts at 4:30pm on September 26 with a Community Conversation and short survey afterward, and viewing the virtual reality piece will be available again until 8pm.
This event is free and open to the public.
