2021 Fall Puppet Forum Series

November 18, 2021

The Puerto Rican / Latin American Cultural Center is thrilled to partner with The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry as part of the Institutes 2021 Fall Puppet Forum Series.

PRLACC will participate in two installments. The first is the opening of Hecho en Puerto Rico: Four Generations of Puerto Rican Puppetry, for which the Ballard Institute is pleased to present The Pura Belpré Project by Teatro SEA. Pura Belpré (1901-1982) was a talented author, collector of folktales, puppeteer, and storyteller who wrote and reinterpreted Puerto Rican folk tales. As the first Puerto Rican librarian in the New York Public Library system, she pioneered many programs for the Latino community. Teatro SEA’s The Pura Belpré Project is a re-enactment of her legendary “Bilingual Story Hour.” Her famous tales–Pérez & Martina, Juan Bobo, and The Three Magi–come to life in a creative and interactive experience that combines storytelling with puppets! Recommended for pre-k to 3rd grade. This performance is bi-lingual.

As part of the second installment, the Ballard Institute host “Contemporary Puppetry in Puerto Rico” with exhibit co-curators Dr. Manuel Morán and Deborah Hunt, and puppeteers Pedro Adorno, and Tere Marichal The forum, moderated by Ballard Institute director John Bell, will consider the history of the form in Puerto Rico, as presented in Hunt and Morán’s Hecho en Puerto Rico: Four Generations of Puerto Rican Puppetry exhibition, and the ways that puppetry in Puerto Rico has pursued educational, entertainment, cultural, and activist goals over the past fifty years. “Contemporary Puppetry in Puerto Rico” will also discuss the situation of Puerto Rican puppetry today and its possibilities for the future.

Date: November 18, 2021; November 20, 2021; December 2, 2021.

Time: 5:00 to 6:00 PM on 11/18; 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM on 11/20; 7:00 – 8:30 on 12/2.

Format: Virtual

We thank the UConn Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center (PRLACC) and El Instituto: Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies for co-sponsoring this event.

Legally and Medically Trans

November 16, 2021

IMPAACT Conference 2021

November 13, 2021

The Asian American Cultural Center (AsACC) is hosting its 15^th annual Identifying the Missing Power of Asian American in Connecticut (IMPAACT) Conference. IMPAACT is a catalyst to empower students in their individual journeys of self-development, identity development, and leadership skills. The conference is an opportunity for student leaders to network with one another at the University of Connecticut to foster collaboration and solidarity.

Topic: Finding Community

Date: November 13, 2021

Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Format: In-person, SU Ballroom

Keynote Speaker: Mike Keo, storyteller and founder of the #IAmNotAVirus campaign

We thank USG for supporting and co-hosting.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Girls

Native American Cultural Programs are happy to announce that Sarah Deer, Native American lawyer and professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies and Public Affairs and Administration at the University of Kansas, will be speaking at UConn as part of Native and Indigenous History

Topic: The Beginning and End of Rape: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, a Conversation with Sarah Deer about Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America

Date: November 18, 2021

Time: 6:00 – 7:30

Format: Virtual

Gender Affirming Closet Kickoff

November 12, 2021

The Rainbow Center is thrilled to hold our annual Gender Affirming Closet Kickoff! The Gender Affirming Closet (GAC) was started by Lucas Brunt as an Individual Project in the Spring of 2020. It is now a permanent project taken on by the Rainbow Center to provide gender-affirming clothes and shapewear to those who need it.

The kickoff event will celebrate the opening of the GAC by providing attendees with information, opportunities to donate clothes, and time to "shop" the closet. Light refreshments will be available!

Topic: Gender Affirming Closet Kickoff

Date: November 12, 2021

Time: 5:30 – 7:30 PM,

Format: In-Person, Rainbow Center

We thank the Asian American Cultural Center, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Native American Cultural Programs, the Women’s Center, and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program the Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center for supporting us with this event.

Red Pedagogy: Native American Social and Political Thought

November 11, 2021

Native American Cultural Programs is excited to co-sponsor a book talk for Professor Sandy Grande of the UConn American Studies, Philosophy, and Indigeneity, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Programs. Grand will be discussing her book, Red Pedagogy, a ground-breaking exploration of critical education theory that argues that Indigenous People and Indian education have either been ignored or indiscriminately rolled into critical theories. This is the 10^th anniversary of the book.

Date: November 11, 2021

Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM

Format: In-Person, Oak 408

NACP is cosponsoring this event along with Indigeneity, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, Native American and Indigenous Studies, the American Studies Program, Asian/Asian American Studies, El Institute, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, the NEAG School of Education, and the Humanities Institute.

Healthcare for Immigrants Student Forum

November 10, 2021

Committed: Remembering Native Kinship In and Beyond Institutions

The Native American Cultural Programs are thrilled to host Susan Burch, professor of American Studies at Middlebury College, to discuss her new book about Native Kinship.

Topic: Committed: Remembering Native Kinship in and beyond Institutions.

Date: November 10, 2021

Time: Informal Conversation from 2:00 – 3:00 PM; Public Talk from4:00 – 5:15

Format: Virtual

Thanks to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, the English and Political Science Departments, The American Studies Program, the Aetna Chair of Writing, and UConn Interpreting Services (UCIS) for co-sponsoring the event.

Stop Honor Killings

November 9, 2021

The Women’s Center is pleased to announce a seminar on gender-based violence with Dr. Rezvan Moghaddam, founder of the Iranian organization, “Stop Honor Killings,” along with an exhibition curated by Dr. Moghaddam and the Dodd Center’s Neda Izadi.

Topic: Stopping Honor Killings

Date: November 9, 2021

Time: 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Format: Virtual

We thank the Dodd Center, the Women’s Center, the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program, and the Stop Honor Killings Campaign for co-sponsoring and co-hosting the event.

Black Leadership Town Hall

The African American Cultural Center (AACC) is hosting a Black Leadership Town Hall featuring members of UConn’s Black leadership.

Date: November 9, 2021

Time: 6:30 PM

Format: In-Person, Student Union Theater

Guest speakers include:

Eboni Nelson; Dean, UConn Law
Dr. Frank Tuitt; UConn VP and Chief Diversity Office
Letissa Reid; AVP, Title IX Coordinator, ADA Coordinator for UConn; OIE attorney
Dr. Willena Price; Director, African American Cultural Center (AACC)
AVP Lakesha Brown; AVP of Human Resources, UConn Health