Dear Colleagues – The pain, sorrow, and outrage of the last week in the United States has been profound. We are faced with yet another series of horrific events. The terrible, unwarranted death of George Floyd has again highlighted the long history of racial injustice in our country. I echo the statement of President Katsouleas […]

Public Statement on Anti-Black Violence* Africana Studies Institute (ASI), UConn, Storrs We live, seemingly, in unprecedented times. People face daily crises and agitation because of pandemic, economic insecurity, and floundering national leadership whose institutions and actions lean as much toward violence and inhumanity as they do ineptitude. Yet, as Africana Studies scholars who for decades […]

To my UConn family, students, staff and faculty: In the wake of recent events, I wanted to reach out to make sure we are in dialogue, despite our physical distance. The world suffered another immense loss of life with the unjust killing of George Floyd this past Memorial Day. His death is a tragedy of […]

Dear UConn Health family, On August 28 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C,. in front of 250,000 black and white people and delivered a speech titled “I Have a Dream.” He spoke of African Americans never being satisfied as long as they are “the victims of the […]

A message from the Directors of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center & Human Rights Institute Black lives matter. We share the grief, sadness, and anger at the loss of George Floyd, whose murder follows so closely on that of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many others. Each of their lives, like each and […]

Sent on behalf of Dean Kersaint: Dear Colleagues, As an African American woman and as the dean of the Neag School, I’ve been thinking about what I might say to the Neag School community at this time. I am struggling, so I decided to follow the advice that I often give to those with whom […]

Dear UConn Nation, The last several months have been wrought with disappointment and disruption due in large part to the scale and severity of a public health crisis that our country, and the world, have not experienced in a century. Disappointment and disruption have more recently transformed into exasperation and distress after the more recent, […]

Student Activities stands with our black/African-American students and black community every day and we want to reaffirm that commitment today. We recognize that for some, simply existing is a challenge. We want you to know that YOU MATTER – your being, words, actions, hard work, dedication, and commitment to equity and justice. If you are […]

Dear UConn Community, Recent events have called national attention yet again to the destructive power of prejudice and racism. The death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis serves as our most recent example. We are disgusted by the images we have seen capturing the unconscionable acts that caused his death. Demonstrations across the […]

From the Asian American Cultural Center, African American Cultural Center, Rainbow Center, Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center, Women’s Center, Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, El Instituto, Africana Studies Institute, Human Rights Institute, Dodd Center, Center for Judaic Studies, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, American Studies Program, International Student & Scholar Services, and Office […]