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DEMOCRACY AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE

Join author and award-winning journalist Ari Berman and award-winning scholar, educator, and author, Khalilah Brown-Dean, for a discussion on the history and contemporary relevance of voting rights....

UNDERSTANDING HOUSING INSECURITY

A world without housing insecurity. A realistic goal? Only if we better understand the inter-related array of steps that can lead to its elimination. Deepen your understanding and broaden your...

VOICES OF SOCIAL EQUITY

How we tell the stories about ourselves, traumatic or otherwise, can be used to categorize us in ways that are not always equitable. Are marginalized groups expected to share traumatic experiences...

Colorism in the Latiné Community

Join us for a talk with the director of Theatreworks Hartford's QUEEN OF BASEL Cristina Angeles and racial justice advocate Kica Matos about colorism in the latiné community. Moderated by Hartford’s...

2023 Visionary Leadership Award honoring Leah Penniman

Join us as we honor Leah Penniman, Award-Winning Black Kreyol Farmer & Food Justice Activist, at our 13th Annual Visionary Leadership Award Ceremony!

Leah discusses her impactful work and vision...

El Hogar que Cargamos: Inmigración y Cultura

¿Cómo mantenemos vivos los recuerdos del hogar? Se parte de un seminario en español sobre inmigración narrado a través de la música en The Home We Carry: Immigration and Culture, presentado por la...

EL PUEBLO UNIDO: VOCES EN ACTIVISMO LATINO

VOICES IN LATINX ACTIVISM

Aprende acerca de las voces del activismo latino de la mano de la consumada activista de derechos civiles y organizadora comunitaria Dolores Huerta, fundadora y presidenta...

The Category is: BALLROOM

A HISTORY OF BALLROOM

Strike a pose! Drag performer and Beyoncé impersonator Miss Shalae and ball performer Aishah “Spyder” Murray discuss the roots of ball culture, an art form that originated in...

LAUGHING MATTERS WITH FUNNY ASIAN WOMEN KOLLECTIVE

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the United States has seen an uptick in violence against Asians. Funny Asian Women Kollective (FAWK) combats the invisibility and dehumanization of Asian,...

THE POWER OF CHOICE IN CLIMATE CHANGE

Paul Greenberg will be talking about the future of our oceans and how we can make changes to help the environment. Greenberg’s writings on oceans, climate change, and the environment appears...

DESIGNING LOOKS & WEARING CULTURE: A CONVERSATION WITH NEVILLE WISDOM AND PRAJJE OSCAR

You are what you wear; no one knows this better than Neville Wisdom, a mainstay of the New Haven fashion scene, and Prajjé Oscar Jean-Baptiste, fresh off the most recent season of Project Runway. The...

Beyond the Surface: Art & Medical Observation

How can doctors better serve patients from within challenging systems while our basic understandings of human complexity expands? This interdisciplinary celebrates the true art of medicine — seeing...

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