Learn More Series: At Every Stage of the System: The Criminalization and Over-Incarceration of LGBTQIA+ People

in Community, Diversity, Events Archive, Gender, Inclusion, LGBTQIA+, Race & Ethnicity

From juvenile detention to arrest rates to incarceration, the LGBTQIA+ population is overrepresented at every stage of the criminal justice system. This is especially true for queer and trans women of color, immigrants, and disabled people. Once imprisoned, LGBTQIA+ individuals are four to five times as likely as their straight counterparts to experience sexual violence […]

Learn More Series: What’s So Dangerous About a Picture Book? : Book Bans and Queer Resistance in Children’s and YA Literature

in Access, Community, Diversity, Events Archive, Gender, Inclusion, LGBTQIA+

Ten years ago, children’s and YA literature with queer or trans themes accounted for less than 20% of banned or challenged books in the US. Today they make up more than 75%. Those bans include books about kids and families, but also about penguins and worms whose tales of challenging gender norms provide critical mirrors […]

February 2, 2023 Letter to the Community

in Allyship, Community, Justice, Law, Our News, Race & Ethnicity

We at BU Diversity & Inclusion have been shocked and saddened by the many recent instances of violence in and perpetrated against marginalized communities in the U.S. The Lunar New Year marks a celebration of family, prosperity, traditions, and renewal for Asian communities around the world. For Asian Americans nationwide, that celebration was shattered after […]

Learn More Series: Disability in the Arts with Kristina Wong

in Allyship, Community, Culture, Disability, Diversity, Education, Equity, Events Archive, Higher Education

For this BU Diversity & Inclusion (BU D&I) Learn More Series keynote speaker event, performance artist and comedian Kristina Wong uses humor to make smart social statements about the sometimes subtle, sometimes obvious ways that race, mental health, and gender play out in America today. She performed an abridged piece from her show “Wong Flew […]

Meet the 2022-23 Inclusion Catalyst Grant Recipients

in BU News, Community, Culture, Diversity, Education, Graduate, Higher Education, Intersectionality, Our News, Undergraduate

November 12, 2021 — Boston University Diversity & Inclusion (BU D&I) is proud to announce the 17 Inclusion Catalyst Grant funding recipients for the 2022-23 academic year. Each fall semester, BU D&I issues a call for proposals for faculty, staff, or students in the BU community to apply for up to $2,000 in grant funding […]

Learn More Series: Why We Need Disability Justice with Haben Girma

in Access, Allyship, Community, Culture, Disability, Diversity, Events Archive, Mental Health

For this Learn More Series keynote speaker event, Haben Girma, human rights lawyer and the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, joins Director of BU Disability & Access Services Lorre Wolfe for a fireside chat and audience Q&A about disability, ableism, and disability justice. Haben breaks down her definition of “trauma porn,” shares her […]

BU D&I Launches Three New Grants

in Access, Community, Our News

August 23, 2021 — To support ongoing learning, capacity building, and community, Boston University Diversity & Inclusion (BU D&I) has launched three new grants totaling $30,000 in dispersible funds centered around the signature Learn More Series program. The Learn More Programming Grants provide up to $3,000 to students, staff, and faculty to host programs that dive deeper into the Learn More […]