Carmen Giménez Smith, award-winning poet, memoirist, editor, and educator, will discuss her publishing, writing, and academic roles followed by a public reading from her newest book Be Recorder.
Publication: Identity
Latinx: Queer Brown Voices, October 30
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz of American University will address how the term Latinx has become both a source of solidarity and contention.
Eric Anthony Berdis Artist Talk, October 28
Milner Library invites the campus community to a special event featuring artist Eric Anthony Berdis.
Donation drive: Serving those who served
The Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning is excited to partner with local VFW Auxiliary 454 over the next three weeks to collect donated items and create care packages to send to active duty members of military serving overseas.
Latinx Heritage Month at Illinois State
A series of talks, performances, and lectures will help celebrate Latinx Heritage Month, highlighted with a keynote lecture on “Latinx: Queer Brown Voices” on October 30, and the Hispanic Heritage Fair on October 10.
Equity, activism, solidarity to highlight CRCC Conference, November 18-19
Registration is open for the 2019 Culturally Responsive Campus Community Fall Conference with the theme “Building Solidarity Across Movements.”
Queertober at Illinois State University
Illinois State University’s Pride organization turns 50 this year. Students will celebrate ISU Pride and Queertober with events throughout the month in honor of Coming Out Day.
Journalist Soledad O’Brien to headline 2019 Latino Cultural Dinner
Award-winning journalist, speaker, author, and philanthropist Soledad O’Brien will be the speaker for the University Housing Services Latino Cultural Dinner at Illinois State University on November 4.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month events
Two events in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month will feature Illinois State University’s Shelly Clevenger, Chris Dove, and students at the Normal Public Library.
A new lens to view asexuality
A new book by Ela Przybylo, Asexual Erotics: Intimate Readings of Compulsory Sexuality, challenges long-held misconceptions about asexuality.