2015-2016 Presentations
All black lives matter panel discussion
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Temple Hall, Rm 001
4:00 – 5:30 PM
The All Black Lives Matter Panel brings together important and necessary voices who represent the diversity of Black lives who are impacted by ongoing inequities and injustices in American society today. The panel includes a range of national, community, and campus leaders who are advocates for equality, equity, and justice. The panel goal is to engage university and community members in an informative and empowering discussion that makes connections across groups to ensure equality and justice in our time. This panel demonstrates the necessity to recognize, respect, and value the diversity of Black lives and the need for civil rights coalition building in American society.
Co-Sponsors: Division for Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning, Multicultural Student Programs, Multicultural Student Services, History Department.
Light Refreshments Provided
For additional information, please contact Dr. Jamaine Abidogun, Diversity Fellow at jamaineabidogun@missouristate.edu or 417-836-5916
View the All Black Lives Matter panel video
Making connections - New faculty and staff mixer
Thursday, October 8, 2015
3:00 – 5:00 PM
PSU Ballroom
EVERYONE is invited to attend the Multicultural Faculty & Staff Mixer. New Faculty and Staff get a chance to meet and mix with their colleagues, while learning about faculty mentoring opportunities, writing centers, faculty and staff organizations, and more. Come enjoy the food, fun, and prizes. Make certain to sign up on My Missouri Learning.
Sponsored by Multicultural Services, Division for Diversity and Inclusion, and Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning.
Screening of "Who Cares About Kelsey"
Monday, October 19, 2015
5:00-6:30 p.m.
Glass Hall Room 101
Screening of the “Who Cares About Kelsey” documentary by Dan Habib (creator of Including Samuel). This documentary is about a teen who “lived with homelessness, self-mutilation, abuse, and ADHD. She was a likely high school dropout-until she encountered an education revolution that’s about empowering, not about overpowering, teens with emotional and behavioral disabilities.”
This screening is free and open to the public, and is open captioned.
This screening is sponsored by the Student Council for Exceptional Children (SCEC) at Missouri State University and the Institute of Disability-University of New Hampshire.
For more information, contact Dr. Paris DePaepe (Dept. Counseling, Leadership and Special Education) at: parisdepaepe@missouristate.edu.
Co-sponsors: Division for Diversity and Inclusion and Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning
ADA compliance & social justice panel
November 17, 2015
3:00-4:30 p.m.
Meyer Library 101
Access determines our ability to participate fully in society – that makes it a social justice issue. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) sets accessibility standards in the classroom. While most people believe accessibility is a good idea; sometimes the enforcement of it is viewed as intrusive and even counterproductive. Come join us to reframe your understanding of ADA compliance as a way to support social justice and learn a few Accessibility strategies along the way.
This event is sponsored by the Division for Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty Center for Learning and Teaching, and the University Advisement Office. You may receive credit toward Master Advisor; please register through My Missouri under “My Learning Connection” on your Profile page. For more information or if you need accommodations, please contact Dr. Jamaine Abidogun, Diversity Fellow at jamaineabidogun@missouristate.edu or 417-836-5916.
Dutchman
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
6:00-9:30 p.m.
PSU Theater
A powerful one-act drama, Dutchman by Amiri Baraka. The play is a searing two-character confrontation that begins playfully but builds rapidly in suspense and symbolic resonance. Written in the 1960s, it continues to reflect the turbulence of race and gender relations in the United States. – Dutchman “is about how difficult it is to become a man in the United States.” – Amiri Baraka
Play by Amiri Baraka
Director, Darryl Clark, Assistant Professor, Theater & Dance Department
Sponsors: Division for Diversity & Inclusion, Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning, Theater & Dance Department, Multicultural Resource Center
African & African American Studies lecture
Contain, crush & incorporate: A historical view of policing the African American community
SPECIAL EVENT
African American Studies Speaker Series
Contain, Crush & Incorporate: A Historical View of Policing the African American Community
Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua, Departments of African American Studies and History, University
of Illinois – Urbana
Thursday, February 11, 2016
2:00 – 4:00 PM, Meyer Library 101
Hosted by African American Studies Committee
“Contain, Crush & Incorporate: A Historical View of Policing the African American Community” argues that in response to the 1960s urban rebellions the U.S. government developed a strategy to contain the African American population, crush militant resistance to racial oppression and incorporate moderate Blacks into the power structure. The strategy was successful in stemming the 1960s Black Power revolt.
This talk explores the ways in which the strategy of containment undergirds much of the current conflict between police and African Americans. It contends police brutalization of African Americans is largely a consequence of enforcing policies of hyper surveillance designed to limit Blacks’ mobility.
Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua teaches in the departments of African American Studies and History at the University of Illinois. He does research on Black community formation, racial violence and African American social movements. He is the author of America’s First Black Town: Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915,Sankofa, and co-editor of Race Struggles. Cha-Jua writes RealTalk: A Black Perspective, a bi-weekly column for the News-Gazette. He trains police recruits in multicultural competence at the University of Illinois Police Training Institute.
This Event is Free and Open to the Public.
Sponsors: African and African American Studies Committee, College of Humanities & Public Affairs, College of Arts and Letters, Anthropology & Sociology Department, Political Science Department, History Department, Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning, and the Division for Diversity and Inclusion.
"Not Your Mascot," Not your subject matter: Indigenous identity and knowledge in the academy
Monday, February 29, 2016
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Meyer Library 101
Whose identity and knowledge is it? This forum discusses what constitutes Identity and Indigenous Knowledge in Native American cultures and perspectives on how to integrate and/or present this knowledge in education and the wider community.
Panel Forum: Dr. John Gram, Dr. Kayla Lewis, Dr. Sarah Nixon, and Dr. Steve Willis
Sponsors: Division for Diversity & Inclusion, Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning
ADA compliance & disability studies
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
1:00-2:30 p.m.
PSU 313 (Parliamentary Room)
An interactive presentation that applies Disability Studies’ social model to ADA compliance guidelines. Explore how to make ADA compliance work for you.
Faculty, staff, students and community members encouraged to attend
Sponsors: Division for Diversity & Inclusion, Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning
The Miracle with Tekki Lominicki, actress and director
You are invited to a screening of the independent award winning film “The Miracle” by director Jeffery Jon Smith and starring Tekki Lomnicki. "The Miracle" tells the story of Tekki Lomnicki, a little person, who must face the truth about her life during an important journey she took with her mother. Tekki is a solo performer, playwright, director, and educator. She is currently the artistic director of Tellin’ Tales Theatre in Chicago.
The film will be shown April 27 from 6 to 7 pm in Glass Hall Room 345. A Skype discussion with Tekki Lomnicki will follow the film.
This event is sponsored by the Student Council for Exceptional Children-Chapter 978, the Diversion for Diversity and Inclusion, the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, and the Department of Counseling, Leadership, and Special Education.
Civil Rights round table: Then & now
April 28, 2016
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Meyer Library, Room 101
Opening Speaker: Dr. Marlin Barber, History Department
Moderator: Dr. Jamaine Abidogun, Diversity Fellow, Division for Diversity & Inclusion
Shattering the Silences invites campus and community members to this roundtable to discuss past civil rights coalitions and why coalition building is necessary to meet today’s civil rights challenges. We will look at the intersections of the various civil rights movements and how we might strengthen and maintain coalitions across groups.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsors: Division for Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning, Multicultural Resource Center