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February 2019
Black History Month
FEBRUARY- Black History Month. Since 1976, the month has been designated to remember the contributions of people of the African Diaspora. A month to find our victories, successes, heritage, equality and respect for all people.
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SLAVERY’S SHADOWS: THE AFTERLIFE OF DISPOSSESSION
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2019 SLAVERY’S SHADOWS: THE AFTERLIFE OF DISPOSSESSION Yvette Christiansë Africana Studies & English, Barnard College Marisa J. Fuentes Women’s and Gender Studies & History, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Christina Sharpe Humanities, York University FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building 162 Ryders Lane Rutgers University-New Brunswick
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Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb S.T.E.A.M. Women’s Empowerment Conference 2019 Saturday, March 30, 2019 10:00am Livingston Student Center Register for the Conference Here Conference Registration Closes March 15, 2019 Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb overcame racial segregation and sexism throughout her career, excelling in her work throughout the country as a researcher, professor and higher education administrator. As a scientific researcher, she studied the skin pigment melanin and the testing of new chemotherapy drugs to treat melanoma; her research is…
Find out more »International Transgender Day of Visibility
MARCH 31- International Transgender Day of Visibility, celebrated to bring awareness to transgender people and their identities as well as recognize those that helped fight for rights for transgender people. T
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Diversity Month and GAYPril
APRIL- Diversity Month and GAYPril- Started in 2004 to recognize and honor the diversity surrounding us all. By celebrating differences and similarities during this month, organizers hope that people will get a deeper understanding of each other and from the perspective of intersectional identities.
Find out more »World Autism Awareness Day
APRIL 2- World Autism Awareness Day, created to raise awareness of the developmental challenges around the globe.
Find out more »LABOR OF LOSS: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EMERGING ECONOMY OF CARE AND REPAIR
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019 LABOR OF LOSS: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EMERGING ECONOMY OF CARE AND REPAIR Naomi Klein Journalist, Author, Activist Cosponsored by the Institute for Women’s Leadership, the School of Communication and Information, and the Women’s and Gender Studies Department FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building 162 Ryders Lane Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Find out more »WHOSE LIVES MATTER? DRUGS, CRIMINALIZATION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
THURSDAY APRIL 18, 2019 WHOSE LIVES MATTER? DRUGS, CRIMINALIZATION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Angela Garcia Anthropology, Stanford University Donna Murch History, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Jennifer Flynn WalkerCenter for Popular Democracy FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building 162 Ryders Lane Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Find out more »The Day of Silence
APRIL 27- The Day of Silence, during which students take a daylong vow of silence to protest the actual silencing of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students and their straight allies due to bias and harassment.
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