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Upcoming Events

  1. 3/8 Homework & Chill

    Homework & Chill

    Monday, March 8th, 2021

    05:00 PM - 07:00 PM

    Storrs Campus
    Virtual

    Got homework? So do we! Homework is more fun with friends, so pop in to chat, listen to some music, and cathartically complain about those essays. :)

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8152996658?pwd=T2hEVHBLdDNkblVuL0w4dENEMzRGZz09
    Meeting ID: 815 299 6658
    Passcode: 6YDEyp

    Contact Information: rainbowcenter@uconn.edu

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  2. 3/8 Women Lawyers in Leadership

    Women Lawyers in Leadership

    Monday, March 8th, 2021

    05:00 PM - 06:15 PM

    Other
    Zoom

    Women Lawyers in Leadership
    Although the bamboo ceiling has cracks, there are still obstacles before it breaks. More women are needed in leadership positions in the legal profession. Join our informative conversation and hear from our panel of women attorneys who have successfully broken through.

    Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/2NFni0U

    Contact Information: Merz Lim | asacc@uconn.edu

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  3. 3/10 Loretta Ross - Calling In The Calling Out Culture

    Loretta Ross - Calling In The Calling Out Culture

    Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

    05:00 PM - 07:00 PM

    Other
    WebEx

    Loretta Ross - Calling In The Calling Out Culture
    Loretta Ross is an award-winning, nationally-recognized expert on racism and racial justice, women's rights, and human rights. Her work emphasizes the intersectionality of social justice issues and how intersectionality can fuel transformation. Loretta is committed to changing our national dialogue and improving our work on human rights by inviting us to take a deep exploration into how we can most effectively impact change in our communities. She asks the hard question: Is Calling Out culture preventing us from fighting the real challenges before us?

    Register at https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/onstage/g.php?MTID=eb83fceed692e0765aa2d26014beac589

    Contact Information: Kathy Fischer at kathy.fischer@uconn.edu

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  4. 3/11 Lecture: “Flesh Into Blossom”: The Queer Poetics Of Radical Pleasure

    Lecture: “Flesh Into Blossom”: The Queer Poetics Of Radical Pleasure

    Thursday, March 11th, 2021

    12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

    Storrs Campus
    video recording available to UConn email holders only

    Lecture: “Flesh Into Blossom”: The Queer Poetics Of Radical Pleasure
    The Out to Lunch Gender, Sexuality, and Community 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. Each semester offers a broad sampling of the areas.

    The Spring 2021 semester is co-sponsored by the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department (http://wgss.uconn.edu).

    Today's lecture is entitled, "'Flesh Into Blossom': The Queer Poetics of Radical Pleasure" and will be presented by M. Mick Powell (she/her/hers).

    Synopsis: Over 40 years out from Audre Lorde’s formative essay “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power,” queer feminist poets of color continue to consider how we create new work about the erotic, the intimate, and the sensual; work that illuminates the beauties and complexities of loving others and ourselves in the bodies we inhabit. In this lecture, we’ll explore how contemporary queer and trans poets of color decenter white, patriarchal, heteronormative, and cisnormative narratives around the body and intimacy through gurlesque, afrofuturistic, and liberatory aesthetics. Mick will read from her chapbook chronicle the body (2019) and highlight other poets narrating from new spaces of sensuality and pleasure.

    Biography: M. Mick Powell (she/her/hers) is a queer black fat femme feminist poet based in Connecticut. She is an Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Connecticut. Mick earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Southern Connecticut State University in 2018 and her Bachelor’s in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Africana Studies from UConn in 2015. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Frontier Poetry, Tinderbox Poetry, Columbia Journal, Apogee Journal, Winter Tangerine, and elsewhere. Her chapbook, chronicle the body, won Yemassee Journal‘s 2nd Annual Chapbook Contest and was published in March 2019. You can find her at http://www.mickpowellpoet.com.

    This lecture was presented on March 4, 2021 and was recorded for the purpose of UConn-affilited folx to enjoy oustide of the virtual classroom setting. If you are affiliated with UConn and have a UConn email address and netID, please register to be notified when the recording has been made available at: https://rainbowcenter.uconn.edu/out-to-lunch-lecture-series/

    Contact Information: rainbowcenter@uconn.edu

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  5. 3/11 EOSmith Speakers Series: João Dall'Stella

    EOSmith Speakers Series: João Dall'Stella

    Thursday, March 11th, 2021

    07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

    Other
    Virtual meeting

    EOSmith Speakers Series: João Dall'Stella
    João Dall'Stella is a Brazilian writer and director based in Los Angeles. His AFI thesis film "Dia De Las Carpas" won the DGA Student Grand Prize for Latino Directors and has been featured in prestigious showcases and festivals such as CAA Moebius, SAG-AFTRA Foundation, and Oscar-qualifying film festivals. His short film “Stalls” has also played in more than 50 LGBTQ+ Festivals worldwide. As a member of the Latin and gay community, he started making movies to create his own world where he celebrates them through his stories. Born in the town of Curitiba in Brazil, João holds a BFA in Business Administration from FGV-EAESP and an MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute. His latest screenplay “Steam” is going to be part of the NALIP Media Market 2020.

    Access to “Día De Las Carpas” will ​be available a week prior to this webinar.


    Please click the link below to join the webinar:

    https://eosmith-org.zoom.us/j/92776362355

    Or iPhone one-tap :
    US: +16465588656,,92776362355#

    Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 646 558 8656

    Webinar ID: 927 7636 2355 International numbers available: https://eosmith-org.zoom.us/u/acyaePTOb4

    Contact Information: anocton@eosmith.org

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  6. 3/12 AsACC Staff Meetings

    AsACC Staff Meetings

    Friday, March 12th, 2021

    03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

    Storrs Campus
    Zooms

    AsACC Staff Meetings

    Contact Information: asacc@uconn.edu

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  7. 3/15 Antiphonal Life: The Returns Of Paul Robeson

    Antiphonal Life: The Returns Of Paul Robeson

    Monday, March 15th, 2021

    04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

    Storrs Campus
    Zoom

    Antiphonal Life: The Returns Of Paul Robeson
    Shana L. Redmond (she/her) is a public-facing scholar and the author of Anthem: Social Movements and the Sound of Solidarity in the African Diaspora (NYU Press, 2014) and Everything Man: The Form and Function of Paul Robeson (Duke UP, 2020) which was named one of NPR’s Best Books of 2020 and a finalist for the inaugural book prize from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. In 2019 she contributed the critical liner essay for the vinyl soundtrack release to Jordan Peele’s film Us (Waxwork Records). She is a professor of Musicology and African American Studies at UCLA.

    Professor Redmond's talk will be Monday, March 15th, starting at 4 PM EST. To attend the talk, follow the link below.

    https://tinyurl.com/shanaredmond

    Contact Information: Jeffrey Ogbar (jeffrey.ogbar@uconn.edu)

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  8. 3/16 Start Smart Salary Negotiation

    Start Smart Salary Negotiation

    Tuesday, March 16th, 2021

    06:00 PM - 08:30 PM

    Other
    Webex

    Start Smart Salary Negotiation
    The Start Smart workshop is specifically designed to empower college students about to enter the job market with the skills and confidence to successfully negotiate their salary and benefits packages. By learning strategies and practicing effective language, participants gain valuable skills they can use throughout their lives — well beyond their next negotiation.

    This is a free workshop, but registration is required by Friday, 3/12 at https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=fqjxFyUqqk65351DkDSwgDnemnLUHuZFlD4KY7voAeFUMTFSODM1RUVaVDlXU05RU0Q3NjFZNUQySi4u

    Contact Information: Kathy Fischer at kathy.fischer@uconn.edu

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Contact Us

Phone: 860.486.2422

Email: diversity@uconn.edu

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University of Connecticut | Storrs Campus
343 Mansfield Road, Unit 1278
311 Budds Building (3rd Floor)
Storrs, CT 06269-1278

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