The Dodd Center will be offering a workshop for pre-and in-service educators to explore the use of literature in Anti-Bias and Anti-Racism (ABAR) education towards civic activism. Participants will engage with the novel This is My America by Kim Johnson. In addition to the broad ABAR education practices using literature, the workshop will also engage […]
Event
Platonic Stargazing
The Rainbow Center will be hosting Platonic Stargazing, an event open to the UConn community that helps introduce our community of different identities on the asexual and aromantic spectrums. Date: October 26, 2021 Time: 5:00 – 7:30 PM Format: In-Person, Rainbow Center
Building a Safe and Supportive DEIJ Community at UConn
Please join the Office for Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) for a two-part virtual information session about ongoing efforts to build a safer and more supportive community across UConn in response to the national and local increases of sexual assault and anti-Asian, anti-Black, anti-LGBTQIA+, and anti-Semitic bias, discrimination, and intimidation. Representatives from units across UConn will share information […]
Rainbow Center Art Gala
The Rainbow Center is pleased to announce our annual Art Gala! Each year, the Rainbow Center allows patrons to showcase their art in all forms at this event! Join us for a night of fun, festivity, and fine arts! Date: October 20, 2021 Time: 5:30 – 7:30 PM Format: In-Person, Rainbow Center
Clothesline Project
The Women’s Center invites you to the Clothesline Project, an annual display of t-shirts made by survivors and secondary survivors of gender-based violence, as part of Domestic Violence Awareness month. Topic: Gender-Based Violence Date: October 18-19, 2021 Time: 2:00 – 6:00 PM Format: In-Person; Women’s Center Room, SU Building
Land Grab Connecticut
The Native American Cultural Programs (NACP) will host a series of dialogues with the creators of Land Grab U, Tristan Ahtone and Bobby Lee. Topic: The role of land grant universities in land accumulation, wealth and indigenous dispossession. Date: October 14; October 15, 2021 Time: 4:00 PM on 10/14; 12 PM on 10/15 Format: Virtual […]
Silent Witness 2021
The Women’s Center is hosting a Silent Witness exhibit to honor the lives lost to domestic violence. Viewer discretion is advised – the content displayed in the exhibit may be triggering for some. Date: October 8; October 15; October 22; October 29, 2021 Time: 12:00 – 3:00 PM Format: In-Person, Women’s Center Multi-Purpose Room in […]
InCHIP Lecture Series: LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health
The Rainbow Center welcomes Jessica Fish, PhD, for her talk Future Direction in Understanding and Addressing Mental Health Among LGBTQ Youth, as part of the InCHIP Lecture series forum for researchers. Today’s LGBTQ youth come of age at a time of dynamic social and political change concerning LGBTQ rights and visibility yet remain vulnerable to […]
Why We’re Fighting About Sports
The Rainbow Center welcomes ESPN’s Katie Barnes to discuss the 2021 legislative session, which saw more bills filed that target the transgender community than ever before, and in many states, sports drove that conversation. This presentation will delve into this specific issue, pulling back the layers of what the legislation actually says, who it affects, […]
The Illusion of Religious Equality in the US
The Asian American Cultural Center (AsACC) welcomes Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Khyati Y Joshi to discuss religious equality in the US. Topic: The Illusion of Religious Equality in the US Date: September 28, 2021 Time: 5:00 PM Format: Virtual We thank the Sociology Department, The Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, and the Center for Judaic Studies […]