A talk with filmmaker Neyda Martinez and a Latin American music concert highlight events for Latinx Heritage Month.
Latinx Heritage Month continues
Publication: Identity
TRIBE: Vigil for victims and survivors of Indigenous residential schools, September 30
Honoring Life: Vigil for Residential and Boarding School Victims and Survivors will be an evening of healing, solidarity, and community building.
Centering Blackness in Latinx: The Fallacy of a Raceless Latinidad, September 23
The talk by Dr. Maritza Quiñones-Rivera will be September 23 as part of Latinx Heritage Month.
TRIBE: New student organization for Indigenous students and allies
The RSO TRIBE (Teaching, Reviving, Indigenizing, Beautifying, and Equalizing) works to express how Indigenous people and culture are the present, far from being relegated to the history books.
Drive-thru food drive School Street Food Pantry, October 9
Two drives will support the School Street Food pantry, one at the Alamo II from October 1-3, and a drive-thru drive at the pantry at Normal First United Methodist Church on School Street on October 9.
Redbird Athletics to celebrate 50th anniversary of Title IX
Events throughout the year will recognize Illinois State trailblazers from the past, educate the current generation of student-athletes, engage fans with memories, and lift up all that has been accomplished to give greater access and opportunity to women.
ReggieCon virtual panels announced for 2021-2022
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, ReggieCon will present a panel on September 23, focusing on the Latinx children’s adventure graphic novel Under the Cottonwood Tree.
Artist Fidencio Fifield-Perez to open Latinx Heritage Month, September 15
Fidencio Fifield-Perez will present the talk “Legalities of Being.” His current work examines borders, edges, and the people who must traverse them.
Breaking Bread: America Meets East Asia, Mayonnaise in the Sushi, October 12
Breaking Bread in McLean County is a 10-part program series exploring stories of migration, immigration, adaptation, assimilation, appropriation, preservation, contribution, and sustentation in McLean County.
Meet the new Director of BSW Student Services, Sarah Johnson
Meet Sarah Johnson, who comes to the School of Social Work as a new faculty member.
