LBGTQ+ Creativity Expo
Faculty, staff and students may use any artistic medium to respond to the prompt "What does PRIDE mean to me as a member/ally of the community?” Entries due 3/30 by 5:00 p.m. to Amanda Collins or drop them off at Student Affairs. Entries dropped to the Office of Student Affairs will be accepted Monday-Friday during Common Hour. Participants entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card.
Creations will be displayed on the lower level of the Williams Building and via social media during the month of April.
"Once I was You"
Maria Hinojosa
As a Latina reporter, Maria Hinojosa dreamt of a space where she couldcreate independent, multimedia journalism that explores and gives a critical voice to the diverse American experience. In her new book, Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America, she tells the story of immigration in America through her family’s experiences.
April 8 at 12:15 p.m.
Zoom link will be emailed.
Diversity Film Series:
The Spectrum of Autism
World Autism Awareness Day 2021!
The film shares the experiences of several families who have struggled to love and care for children who fall at various points on the spectrum of autism and the challenges they faced in obtaining an accurate diagnosis and securing proper treatment and an educational setting.
Yet, this production's overriding message is that caring and aware parents and professionals can be extraordinarily effective in enabling children with autism to participate in the world around them.
Follow up Q&A.
April 12 at 12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
Zoom link will be emailed.
"The Death and Life of Martha P. Johnson"
Film
April 19 at Noon
Library
Diversity Film Series:
Stonewall Uprising
In 1969, a series of riots over police action against The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, changed the longtime landscape of homosexuality in society. Based on hundreds of interviews, and over a decade of intensive research into the history of The Stonewall Riots this film tells us the story of one of history's most singular events.
April 20 at noon to 1:15 p.m.
Zoom link will be emailed.