Diversity and Inclusion

Friday, October 4-Sunday, October 6
Warch 204 – Cinema

Join us for our annual event showcasing recent critically acclaimed films from Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world! Attend one screening or all of them! Plus, stay for Q&A sessions with the filmmakers and other events.

Friday, October 4

5 p.m. | Without Prescription / Receta No Incluida
Puerto Rico, 2022
Followed by a Q&A and reception with Director Juliana Maité

Attempting to silence the OCD voice in her head, Olivia escapes a family party to illegally acquire pills from the town’s pharma-dealer, David. She becomes trapped in David’s apartment by a massive rainstorm and the two must help each other.

Saturday, October 5

2 p.m. | The Eternal Memory / La Memoria Infinita
Chile 2023
Directed by Maite Alberdi

Chilean couple Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years, but Augusto was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease eight years ago. Both of them fear the day he will no longer recognize her.

4 p.m. | Love and Revolution / Te Estoy Amando Locamente
Spain 2023
Directed by Alejandro Marín

Set in 1977 Seville, at a time homosexuality was a crime in Spain, the plot follows Reme and her son Miguel (a wannabe singer and performer) who become acquainted with the budding Andalusian LGBTI movement.

Sunday, October 6

2 p.m. | Cassandro
Mexico 2023
Directed by Roger Ross Williams and starring Gael García Bernal

Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, Texas, rises to international stardom when he creates the character Cassandro, the `Liberace of Lucha Libre.’ He upends not just the macho wrestling world, but also his own life.

4 p.m. | Alegría
Spain 2021
Directed by Violeta Salama

After some time living in Melilla, Alegría rediscovers her Jewish roots in the wake of the wedding of her niece Yael. The film explores the blending of culture, identity, religion, and family.

Learn more about the film festival

Friday, September 13 | 5:30 p.m.
Kaleidoscope Academy | 318 E Brewster St, Appleton, WI 54911

Lawrence University is proud to sponsor the 3rd Annual Latine & Hispanic Heritage 5K Run & Walk! This event is free and open to the entire community.

Registration is limited to the first 350 participants!

Timeline

• 4:30 p.m. | Check-in opens
• 5:30 p.m. | 5K begins
• 6 p.m. | Music from DJ Henry Garza, food trucks onsite until 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21 | 5-7 p.m.
Wellness Center Plaza

Join us for an evening of fun, featuring student cultural and musical performances and a variety of free food!

Saturday, May 4 | 5-7 p.m.
Memorial 113 – Diversity Center

PAO is hosting Chicago-based Palestinian-American poet George Abraham for a poetry reading and workshop session. The purpose of this event is to create a space where participants can learn about Palestine through poetry and reading. Especially with current world happenings, and because Arabian identities are often left out of Pan-Asian rhetoric, we feel like this is an especially important event to program.

This event will be taking place as part of PAO’s month-long event series for AAPI heritage month (which takes place every May). The event is one that we have programmed once two years prior that we are looking to bring back for this year’s AAPI heritage month celebration.

Saturday, May 4 | 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Warch 324 – Somerset Room

The Wisconsin Grassroots Festival is the signature event put on annually by the Wisconsin Grassroots Network bringing together activists and leaders from grassroots groups around the state representing many issues and constituencies who have organized to improve their communities. This year The LU YDSA and LU Dems will be sponsoring the event to host it here at Lawrence University!

Wednesday, May 1 | 6 p.m.
Wriston Auditorium

Join us for an evening of reflection with Dr. Alphonso Simpson, Associate Professor and Director of African American Studies from University Wisconsin, Oshkosh. His talk on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be accompanied by a performance by NOIR and spoken word poetry by Monique Johnson.

Thursday, April 18 | 7-9 p.m.
Warch 204 – Cinema

Dance For Diversity (DFD) is an annual screendance project series by Creative Director Elisabeth Roskopf that is made explicitly for Artists of Color to elevate their unique voices and share their stories through their dance-making and performance work. DFD provides a platform for Artists of Color to create an original solo piece on film that reflects who they are, their story of identity, and expresses personal experiences that address (including but not limited to) racial stereotypes, discrimination, and assumptions.

There will be a post-screening talk with some of the artists.