Even before the police brutality and Black Lives Matter protests earlier this year, Latasha Harlins was never far from Amaud Jamaul Johnson’s mind. In 1991, Harlins walked into a Los Angeles convenience store and was …
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Tuesday, December 15 at Noon Theater and the Mastery of Mind, Body and Spirit
Join us for Badger Talks LIVE… a Facebook Live series intended to pleasantly distract, help you cope and stay engaged during these challenging times. In a blend of personal narrative, dramatic text, and philosophy, Mark Hairston, director, …
Wisconsin Union Students: Through Union We Gain Strength
In 2020, one of the most difficult years imaginable, we created a virtual community, complete with 200+ online events, activities and leadership opportunities. Despite the six feet and often miles between us, thank you for …
Keep Your ACTS Together with Wellness Week
It is important to also check on your physical wellbeing! Here are some information and resources that ACTS hope you will find useful. Wellness Week: Importance of Physical Activity and Exercise Physical activity and exercise …
IndiVisable: African-Native American Lives In the Americas
The Black Cultural Center Art Gallery this semester is being brought to you virtually! Our featured gallery this month comes from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian—IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas. …
Leadership In the New Economy: Badgers In Action
Presented as part of the 2020 Multicultural Homecoming, this year’s Leadership in the New Economy (LINE) event, BADGERS IN ACTION, focused on voter education with an emphasis on people of color. The virtual event focused …
UW–Madison graduation, retention rates reach new highs
Nearly 90 percent of UW–Madison undergraduates are completing their degrees within six years, setting a record for the institution and substantially exceeding other major public research universities. According to the latest data from the university’s Office …
Major survey of Wisconsin’s trans and non-binary residents finds high levels of discrimination in work, school, and public settings
While the U.S. Supreme Court recently handed down a major victory for LGBTQ+ employment rights, the most extensive survey ever conducted of the state’s transgender and non-binary community shows Wisconsin has a long way to …
Black Arts Matter Festival
Don’t misss the second and third sessions of the Black Arts Matter Festival on Nov. 12 and 19. Building a community around Black artistry by uplifting Black art and Black voices in white-dominated spaces, the …
Grant helps UW-Madison Computer Sciences provide research opportunities to underrepresented students
Computer Sciences professors Jelena Diakonikolas and Shivaram Venkataraman have been awarded a grant from Google to encourage underrepresented students to pursue CS research and apply to graduate programs.
Early On-Campus Voting and New Option for Student Voter I.D.
Students, check your I.D. You’re ready to vote if you have one of these forms of photo I.D.: a valid Wisconsin driver’s license, Wisconsin state I.D., U.S. passport, U.S. Uniformed Services card, Veterans Affairs I.D., …
VIRTUAL EVENTS WITH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE MICHELE BYRD-MCPHEE AND GUEST ARTISTS
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts (presenter) fall 2020 interdisciplinary artist, Michele Byrd-McPhee is having a series of virtual events this fall as part of her residency. Michele Byrd-McPhee is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, producer, curator and director …
Badgers in Action: Leadership in the New Economy 2020 with Maya Rockeymoore Cummings
Multicultural Homecoming is proud to present this year’s Leadership in the New Economy (LINE) event, BADGERS IN ACTION, which is focused on voter education with an emphasis on people of color. During this election year, …
Campus Climate Progress Report – Fall 2020
Now is the time to come together around our mutual resolve to make this campus and this world safe for all. Together, we have the power to heal, the power to work for justice, and the power to make meaningful change.
Monday, October 12 is Indigenous Peoples Day
One year ago, Governor Tony Evers signed Executive Order #50 declaring the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples Day in Wisconsin. The order was the culmination of three years of advocacy on the part of students at Indian Community …
Monday is Indigenous Peoples Day in Wisconsin
MADISON, WI (Wisconsin Radio Network-WSAU) It’s Indigenous Peoples Day in Wisconsin. Last year Governor Tony Evers declared the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day in Wisconsin. The day is federally recognized as Columbus …
Poet laureate Joy Harjo to speak at MSU Indigenous Peoples Day on Oct. 12
Joy Harjo, the current U.S. poet laureate and the first Native American to hold that title, will lecture and read from her works at noon on Monday, Oct. 12, as Montana State University celebrates Indigenous …
Love to Read and Engage in Discussion About What You’ve Read?
Then join the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement for the Diversity Book Club with its two inaugural book club reads, “I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in A World Made for Whiteness” by Austin …
UW InterdisciplinaryArtist-in-Residence: Ladies of Hip-Hop Director Michele Bryd-McPhee
The UW–Madison Division of the Arts welcomes Michele Byrd-McPhee as the Fall 2020 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence. Michele Byrd-McPhee is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, producer, curator, and director. Growing up during the emergence of Hip-Hop culture, she embraced …
UW–Madison awarded grant to develop educational pathways for Native youth
UW–Madison, in partnership with Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College and the College of Menominee Nation, has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support Native American students by fostering a path …