Event

2024 MLK Living Legacy Convocation Honorees

ODI’s  2024 MLK Jr. Living Legacy Convocation planning committee is delighted to announce the recipients of our distinguished recognition awards. These awards recognize exceptional contributions in the realms of Leadership, Advocacy, Social Justice, Community Service, and Education. Each recipient has demonstrated remarkable commitment and achievement in their respective fields, embodying the values of excellence and […]

2024 MLK Week of Events

JAN 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service empowers individuals, strengthens communities, bridges barriers, creates solutions to social problems, and moves us closer to Dr. King’s vision of a “Beloved Community.” Dr. King believed in a nation of freedom and justice for all, and encouraged […]

TRHT Research Showcase (5/10)

The Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Research Showcase will feature research posters from students, staff, and faculty all across campus that center diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. The showcase will be on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at the Hartford Times Building at UConn Hartford. The poster sessions will take place from 4:00-5:00 with a […]

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva: Racism in Contemporary United States

The Office for Diversity and Inclusion is pleased to announce an in-person talk by Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of sociology at Duke University. He is the author of Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States (2003), an influential book that changed discussion […]