“My Life After Hate,” an Evening with Arno Michaelis (11/8)

October 19, 2022

Arno Michaelis

Phi Sigma Alpha, the Office for Diversity and Inclusion, and UConn Hillel invite you to "My Life AFter Hate," an evening with Arno Michaelis.

Arno Michaelis will share how compassion helped him transform from skinhead to peacemaker and member of The Forgiveness Project. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Arno was a founding member of a notorious worldwide racist skinhead organization, a reverend of a self-declared racial holy war, and frontman of the hate-metal band Centurion, which sold 20,000 CDs by the mid-nineties and is still popular with racists today.

Single parenthood, love for his daughter, and the forgiveness shown by people he once hated all helped to turn Arno's life around, bringing him to embrace diversity and practice gratitude for all life. After spending over a decade as a successful information technology consultant and entrepreneur, Arno is now a speaker, author of My Life After Hate, and very fortunate to be able to share his ongoing process of character development with the world in an effort to counter the cycle of violence he once fueled.

This in-person event will be held on Tuesday, 11/8, at 8:00 PM in the ODI Commons. Please RSVP here.

Motivational Interviewing Core Skills Training (11/2)

UConn Student Health and Wellness (SHaW) is delighted to bring national speaker and trainer Amaura Kemmerer to campus for a special presentation titled “Cultivating a Culture of Care.” Amaura will draw upon her background in mental health, prevention, and wellness in higher education to connect the spirit and skills of Motivational Interviewing (MI) to our varying roles in supporting our student community and one another.

MI is an evidence-based approach to facilitating positive change that has been applied extensively in higher education to enhance student learning, and strengthen student engagement with advising and other forms of support. This training has been designed to both welcome those new to MI and offer new perspectives for more experienced practitioners.

The session and accompanying lunch will be limited to 50 participants, and will offer opportunities to discuss connections to our work as well as ways to collaboratively apply these skills to maximize the impact for our community.

This in-person event will be held on Wednesday, 11/2, from 12:00 to 3:00 PM in the Husky Suite of the Student Recreation Center. Please RSVP here.

Out to Lunch Series: Transgender Healthcare Equity

Out to Lunch

The Rainbow Center invites you to attend the Out To Lunch Gender, Sexuality, and Community Lectures Series (OTL Lecture Series). The OTL Lecture Series is an academic lecture and discussion series with guest scholars and community activists from various disciplines examining a variety of topics related to gender identity, gender expression and sexuality.

Join us for a lecture led by Christy Anderson, M.D., (She/Her/Hers), "Transgender Healthcare Equity: Current Barriers to Transgender Healthcare in the USA."

2021 surpasses all prior years on record as the year with the most anti-trans legislation introduced into the legislature (HRC). House representatives in states such as Idaho have passed bills criminalizing the provision of gender-affirming healthcare to transgender youth– and aiding them to cross state lines to seek healthcare (The Guardian). Aim 2. will reinforce the necessity of access to transgender healthcare and explain the stances of current medical organizations endorsing such equitable access, Aim 3 will explore examples of other such laws, and Aim 4 will explore ways that the audience can interact with various communities to advocate for their GM friends, family and peers.

This in-person event will be held on Thursday, October 27th, from 12:30 to 1:30 PM in the Rainbow Center Lounge (SU 403).

Werth Talk: “Unleash the Present Voice of Future Female Founders” (10/28)

Female Founders

The Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation invites you to "How to Unleash the Present Voice of Future Female Founders – and Why It Matters," a talk by Dory Grandia, Associate Director of the Erasmus University Center for Women and Organizations in the Netherlands.

The world needs more female-led initiatives. And leading change isn’t easy – it takes a willingness to risk rejection and overcome challenges. But how do you project confidence that you can do something if you haven’t even tried to do it yet? In this short workshop, we’ll briefly explore the effect of gender bias on society and economy and why female leadership and entrepreneurship matters. Then we’ll learn and practice simple tools to build a confident presence and deliver engaging communication.

This in-person talk will be held on Friday, 10/28, from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM in the Wilbur Cross North Reading Room. Please RSVP by Tuesday, 10/25.

 

Art Sale to Benefit Diversity in Nursing (10/21-10/23)

Nursing Fundraiser

The Future Nurses of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (FNDEI) Student Organization is collaborating with local artists during Family Weekend, October 21st through the 23rd, to host a fundraiser. This is in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of PRLACC and the Women's Center. The funds raised from the sale of artwork will go toward supporting nursing scholarships.

Please come join us at the Student Union. We are also hosting a band that will play at 11am and at 1pm on the lawn outside of the Student Union.

NADOHE Webinar: Race in Admissions (10/20, 11/21)

Race in Admission

Registration is still open for both parts of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) webinar series: Challenges to Race in Higher Education Admissions: Understanding the Issues before the SCOTUS and Institutional Readiness. The series will address key issues associated with the U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming consideration of the SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC cases, in which higher education’s ability to continue to consider race in admissions has been challenged.

Our presenter is Art Coleman, managing partner and co-founder of EducationCounsel LLC. NADOHE board member Caroline Laguerre-Brown, J.D., vice provost for diversity, equity and community engagement at the George Washington University, will moderate.

This virtual series will be held on two days.  Part One will be held on Thursday, October 20, from 1:00 - 2:30 PM. RSVP here. Part two will be held on November 21, from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM. RSVP for part two here.

Rainbow Center “Out to Lunch” series: Sex Without Sin (10/20)

The Rainbow Center invites you to attend the Out To Lunch Gender, Sexuality, and Community Lectures Series (OTL Lecture Series). The OTL Lecture Series is an academic lecture and discussion series with guest scholars and community activists from various disciplines examining a variety of topics related to gender identity, gender expression and sexuality.

Join us for a lecture led by Alberto Cifuentes Jr. where they will educate us about their research "Sex without Sin: A Qualitative Study of the Impact of Stigma on the Sexual Health and Substance Use Outcomes of Internet-based Cisgender Male Sex Workers Who Have Sex with Men."

This in-person event will be held in Rainbow Center (SU 403) from 12:30 to 1:30 on Thursday, October 20.

Exploring Goals & Options for Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing HS Students (10/20)

October 17, 2022

Husky Time

This half-day program is designated for Deaf / Hard of Hearing high school students to explore their future goals and options.

VISIT OUR UCONN CAMPUS:

  • Take a tour of the Student Center, dorm rooms, book store, library, gym classrooms and more!
  • Meet students who will tell their stories about their experiences and answer any questions.
  • Eat lunch in the Student Center food court or a cafeteria with UConn students.
  • Meet world renowned professors who research ASL and international sign languages.
  • Meet our program coordinator, who will explain your rights in college and showcase the technology options available at the college you choose to attend.
  • HUSKY TIME is a FREE program, offered by The University of Connecticut Interpreting & Communication Access (UCIS) division.

INTERESTED? Have your school counselor and/or staff contact Colleen from UCIS at: colleen.hajdasz@uconn.edu