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Listen: Florence Price
The Caged Bird: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent…
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo coming to Wake Forest Jan. 25-27
Joy Harjo, who in 2019 made history by becoming the first Native American to be named U.S. Poet Laureate, is coming to Wake Forest University Jan. 25-27. Harjo, a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and renowned performer and writer, will give a poetry performance, Poet Warrior: An Evening with Joy Harjo, in Wait…
Refugees in the Triad – Nov. 16
Please join SAFAR (Student Association for the Advancement of Refugees), ECAR (Every Campus a Refuge at Wake), and World Relief Triad for a conversation about local refugee families, new arrivals, and lessons learned, tomorrow, Tuesday, November 16, 7pm, ZSR Library auditorium, room 404. The event is part of International Education Week, and will feature presentations from Rob Cassell, Executive Director of World…
November is Native American Heritage Month
To kick off Native American Heritage Month, Joy Harjo, the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate, joins Deb Haaland, the first Native American cabinet secretary, in a conversation with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. To learn more about Native American Heritage Month and to view upcoming events, visit: https://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/ To see Native American Heritage Month…
Housing and Immigration Panel – Oct 14
The Race, Inequality, and Policy Initiative (RIPI) invite students, faculty, community members to an online panel on Housing and Immigration, featuring Maria Cortez-Perez (‘20), Community Organizer, Church World Service Greensboro, Immigration and Refugee Program; Frances Sullivan (’16, JD ’19), Staff Attorney, Legal Aid of North Carolina; and Dr. Ana Maria Wahl, Professor of Sociology and Director…
Race, Inequality & Policy Initiative Upcoming Events
Dr. Yusef Salaam presents his memoir Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice September 27 | 4-5pm Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312 Dr. Salaam is a prison abolitionist and inspirational speaker, discussing the effects of incarceration and the devastating impact of disenfranchisement. He was one of the five teenage boys…
National Hispanic Heritage Month – Sept 15- October 15
Enacted into law on August 17, 1988, National Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 – October 15. Below are a list of links to events, both Wake Forest and through different US Government organizations. Cine con Amig@s Latin American and Latinx Film Series: Sponsored by: Department of Spanish, Latin American and Latino Studies Program,…
Sept. 16 at 4pm -“Housing Loss and Discrimination: The Impact of Evictions on Communities of Color”
THE RACE INEQUALITY AND POLICY INITIATIVE PRESENTS HOUSING LOSS AND DISCRIMINATION: THE IMPACT OF EVICTIONS ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR SEPTEMBER 16 | 4:00 PM | REGISTER HERE Submit questions prior to the event here Dr. Brittany Battle, Assistant Professor, WFU Sociology “There Was Not a Moratorium Here: The Realities of the Eviction Crisis During COVID…