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      Upcoming Events

      1. 9/20 oSTEM organization group meeting (at SU Mall/Lawn)

        oSTEM organization group meeting (at SU Mall/Lawn)

        Monday, September 20th, 2021

        06:30 PM - 07:30 PM

        Storrs Campus
        Rainbow Center, Student Union 403

        oSTEM organization group meeting (at SU Mall/Lawn)
        Out in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (oSTEM) is a national student society, dedicated to increasing the participation of people who identify with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, intersex, or ally (LGBTQ+) communities in disciplines related to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). The primary function of oSTEM is to educate and foster leadership among STEM students from LGBTQ+ communities.

        oSTEM has chapters from over 50 universities in the US. Some goals of oSTEM are:

        (a) To serve and affirm people who identify as LGBTQ+.

        (b) To promote the participation from and development of LGBTQ+ communities in STEM disciplines.

        (c) To educate and develop students of STEM disciplines, preparing them for graduation.

        (d) To support and contribute to the dynamic network sustained by oSTEM Incorporated.

        (e) To provide education, outreach, and professional resources to local high schools when appropriate.

        (f) To actively recruit and address the needs of diverse LGBTQ+ groups within the University community, inclusive of those who are historically underrepresented with regards to gender, gender identity or expression, and ethnic background.

        For a more information, click on the link: http://www.ostem.org/.

        Join in the weekly meetings held at the Rainbow Center, SU403, outside (weather permitting), and digitally.

        Sept 20: oSTEM will meet on the SU Mall (lawn)

        Sept 27: oSTEM will meet digitally at its oSTEM UConn channel at DISCORD

        Follow on Instagram: @uconnostem

        Contact at: uconnostem@gmail.com

        Contact Information: https://uconntact.uconn.edu/organization/oSTEM

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      2. 9/22 Música de Latinoamérica

        Música de Latinoamérica

        Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021

        06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

        Hartford Campus
        Virtual via Zoom

        Música de Latinoamérica
        Join us for a night with the Cortés-Chávez Duo to hear the traditional beautiful sounds of the rich cultures of Latin America! Learn more about the influence of the sounds and instruments and how music identifies these communities around the world.

        Register at http://s.uconn.edu/sswhhm

        Contact Information: milagros.marrero-johnson@uconn.edu

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      3. 9/23 RC Public Relations/Social Media Team Meeting (a closed work-related event)

        RC Public Relations/Social Media Team Meeting (a closed work-related event)

        Thursday, September 23rd, 2021

        04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

        Storrs Campus
        Rainbow Center, Student Union 403

        RC PR/SM Team Meeting - closed event

        This event is for a team of student employees at the Rainbow Center and its not intended for the public.

        Contact Information: rainbowcenter@uconn.edu

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      4. 9/23 RC Major Programs Team Meeting (a closed work-related event)

        RC Major Programs Team Meeting (a closed work-related event)

        Thursday, September 23rd, 2021

        06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

        Storrs Campus
        Student Union 403

        RC Major Programs Team Meeting - closed event

        This event is for a team of student employees at the Rainbow Center and its not intended for the public.

        Contact Information: rainbowcenter@uconn.edu

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      5. 9/23 Virtual Puppet Forum: “Animating Memories Of Japanese American Incarceration” With Kimi Maeda And Hana Maruyama

        Virtual Puppet Forum: “Animating Memories Of Japanese American Incarceration” With Kimi Maeda And Hana Maruyama

        Thursday, September 23rd, 2021

        07:00 PM - 08:30 PM

        Other
        Ballard Institute Facebook Live / Zoom

        Virtual Puppet Forum: “Animating Memories Of Japanese American Incarceration” With Kimi Maeda And Hana Maruyama
        For its first installment of the 2021 Fall Puppet Forum Series, and in conjunction with the Puppetry’s Racial Reckoning exhibit, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will host “Animating Memories of Japanese American Incarceration” with theater artist Kimi Maeda and UConn Professor Hana Maruyama on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. ET. This forum will take place on Zoom (registration required: http://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z05AoYdKTnCb3pxSXR11-Q) and Facebook Live (http://facebook.com/BallardInstitute/) and will be available afterwards on Facebook and the Ballard Institute YouTube Channel (http://youtube.com/channel/UC3VSthEDnYS6ZjOwzT1DnTg).

        During WWII people of Japanese descent living in the United States were considered a national security threat. Those living on the West Coast were incarcerated in concentration camps in remote areas. The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry invites Japanese American theater artist Kimi Maeda and UConn historian Hana Maruyama to reflect on the historical context and social impact of the incarceration camps to discuss its continuing impacts on lives of Asians in the US and the importance of keeping the memories alive in art and scholarship. This forum expands on themes in the exhibition Puppetry’s Racial Reckoning, which is at the Ballard Institute until November 1st.

        This forum is co-sponsored by the UConn Asian American Cultural Center and the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute.

        Kimi Maeda is a Japanese-American theater artist based in Japan. Her ephemera trilogy, a collection of sand drawing and shadow performances that deal with memory, home, and trans-cultural identity, was nominated for a Drama Desk Award in 2017. Maeda received a Creative Artists Exchange Fellowship from the Japan-US Friendship Commission in 2017. That same year she was selected by Ford Foundation Just Films to participate in Open Immersion Lab. She was the recipient of the 2015 Jasper Magazine Visual Artist of the Year Award and the 2005 Rose Brand Award in Scenic Design from USITT.

        Hana Maruyama is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut. She received her PhD from the University of Minnesota’s American Studies Department. She co-produced/hosted the Densho podcast Campu, about Japanese-American incarceration during World War II. She formerly worked for American Public Media’s Order 9066, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation. She is a fourth-generation Japanese American descended from the Heart Mountain, Gila River, and Jerome concentration camps.

        Contact Information: Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, bimp@uconn.edu or 860.486.8580

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      6. 9/27 Free & Private Rapid HIV Test/HepC Test @ The RC

        Free & Private Rapid HIV Test/HepC Test @ The RC

        Monday, September 27th, 2021

        04:00 PM - 07:00 PM

        Storrs Campus
        Rainbow Center; Student Union 403

        Free & Private Rapid HIV Test/HepC Test @ The RC
        The Rainbow Center is a UConn/Storrs campus spot to get a free and private Rapid HIV test and a HepC test which allows for results to be known within the half-hour, made possible with the generous support of the Risk Reduction Outreach program of Perception Programs, Inc., of Willimantic (http://www.perceptionprogram.org).

        This test is free of charge and open to all, however there are approximately TEN spots available per day of testing! No appointments will be taken due to the need for privacy. Arrive early because testing is first come, first served. Numbers will be given out to individuals and people need to wait in the office. If a person leaves the office and their number is called, we can substitute another person at our discretion. If a person misses their opportunity to get tested because they need to leave, they can be tested on another day that we offer the testing.

        The Rainbow Center is located in room 403 of the Student Union.

        Test dates during the Fall 2021 semester are as follows:

        Monday, September 27 @ 4:00pm – 7:00pm
        Wednesday, October 6 @ 10:00am – 1:00pm
        Monday, October 18 @ 4:00pm – 7:00pm
        Wednesday, November 3 @ 10:00am – 1:00pm
        Monday, November 15 @ 4:00pm – 7:00pm
        Wednesday, December 1 @ 10:00am – 1:00pm

        One may always obtain free, rapid, and private HIV tests and Hepatitis C (HCV) tests through the Risk Reduction Outreach Program, a component of Perception Programs, Inc., which provides services to Windham and Tolland Counties. Its office is located at 90 South Park Street (use Young Street entrance) in Willimantic. The phone number is 860-450-7128.

        Also, there is free HIV testing at your local Department of Health and other organizations. Consult http://www.hivtest.org for more test sites in your area.

        Admission Fee: Free but limited slots available; first come, first served

        Contact Information: rainbowcenter@uconn.edu

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      7. 9/27 oSTEM organization group meeting (at DISCORD channel)

        oSTEM organization group meeting (at DISCORD channel)

        Monday, September 27th, 2021

        06:30 PM - 07:30 PM

        Storrs Campus
        Rainbow Center, Student Union 403

        oSTEM organization group meeting (at DISCORD channel)
        Out in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (oSTEM) is a national student society, dedicated to increasing the participation of people who identify with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, intersex, or ally (LGBTQ+) communities in disciplines related to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). The primary function of oSTEM is to educate and foster leadership among STEM students from LGBTQ+ communities.

        oSTEM has chapters from over 50 universities in the US. Some goals of oSTEM are:

        (a) To serve and affirm people who identify as LGBTQ+.

        (b) To promote the participation from and development of LGBTQ+ communities in STEM disciplines.

        (c) To educate and develop students of STEM disciplines, preparing them for graduation.

        (d) To support and contribute to the dynamic network sustained by oSTEM Incorporated.

        (e) To provide education, outreach, and professional resources to local high schools when appropriate.

        (f) To actively recruit and address the needs of diverse LGBTQ+ groups within the University community, inclusive of those who are historically underrepresented with regards to gender, gender identity or expression, and ethnic background.

        For a more information, click on the link: http://www.ostem.org/.

        Join in the weekly meetings held at the Rainbow Center, SU403, outside (weather permitting), and digitally.

        Sept 20: oSTEM will meet on the SU Mall (lawn)

        Sept 27: oSTEM will meet digitally at its oSTEM UConn channel at DISCORD

        Follow on Instagram: @uconnostem

        Contact at: uconnostem@gmail.com

        Contact Information: https://uconntact.uconn.edu/organization/oSTEM

        More
      8. 9/28 Race and Religion: The Illusion of Religious Equality in the US

        Race and Religion: The Illusion of Religious Equality in the US

        Tuesday, September 28th, 2021

        05:00 PM - 07:00 PM

        Other
        Virtual Talk

        Race and Religion: The Illusion of Religious Equality in the US
        Join us for a virtual talk with Khyati Y. Joshi.

        Tuesday, September 28, 2021
        5:00 pm EST via WebEx

        Register: https://bit.ly/39jTdeC

        Khyati Y. Joshi is a public intellectual whose social science research and community connections inform policy-makers, educators, and everyday people about race, religion, and immigration in 21st century America. Her most recent book is White Christian Privilege: The Illusion of Religious Equality in America (NYU Press, 2020).

        She is the co-author of the report on The State of Asian Americans in New Jersey and many other publications. She is a professor of education at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

        This event is cosponsored by the Sociology, Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, Asian/Asian American Cultural Center and Judaic Studies.

        For questions or concerns, feel free to email asacc@uconn.edu.

        Contact Information: AsCC

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      Contact Us

      Phone: 860.486.2422

      Email: diversity@uconn.edu

      Address:

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

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