Learn More Series: Global Resistance, Global Backlash: The Shifting Landscape of Queer and Trans Rights in Asia and Latin America
Queer activists at the forefront of global resistance movements — targeted activist Dilya Gafurova, of Russia; pioneering attorney Juan Pablo Delgado, of Mexico; youth advocate Faith Sadicon, of Philippines; and trans Bangladeshi news anchor Tashnuva Anan Shishir – will come together for the virtual panel, “Global Resistance, Global Backlash: The Shifting Landscape of Queer and Trans Rights in Asia and […]
Learn More Series: At Every Stage of the System: The Criminalization and Over-Incarceration of LGBTQIA+ People
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 […]
February 2, 2023 Letter to the Community
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: Queerfolk, Transfolk, Fatfolk, Blackfolk: Intersections of Queer and Black Identities
To be Black and queer is to live at the margins within the margins, erased from both mainstream heteronormative culture and white-dominant LGBTQIA+ culture. It means inhabiting a body that is hypervisible, overpoliced, and under constant threat from society. It also means inhabiting a body in a world where desirability is political, a form of […]
Meet the First-ever BU D&I STARS Program Cohort
August 29, 2022 — BU Diversity & Inclusion announced the first-ever cohort of eight STARS Program participants. First launched in spring 2022, the BU D&I STARS Program (Supporting Thriving, Achievement, Retention & Success) is a learning community of early career BU faculty on the Charles River Campus who meet regularly throughout the academic year to […]
BU Today: “White Skin Privilege” in Rittenhouse, Arbery Verdicts
“If Kyle Rittenhouse had been Black, would he have even survived that night?” asks LAW Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Call for Proposals Now Open: 2022-23 Emerging Scholars Program
November 1, 2021 — Boston University Diversity & Inclusion’s (BU D&I) Emerging Scholars Program is now open for applications from BU academic departments for the 2022-23 academic year. Through the Emerging Scholars program, we seek to normalize the inclusion within our schools/colleges and departments of people who are underrepresented in the academy, including scholars from underrepresented […]
The New York Times: “MacArthur Foundation Announces 2021 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners”
This year’s 25 winners include Ibram X. Kendi, who wrote “How to Be an Antiracist,” the poet Hanif Abdurraqib and the writer and curator Nicole Fleetwood. The awards come with prestige — and $625,000.
The Chronicle of Higher Education: “5 Ways to Make a Real Improvement in Hiring Black Professors”
How San Diego State University has increased its Black faculty members by 12 since the summer of George Floyd protests.
Ipsos: “All Americans see the value of higher education, but race continues to be a partisan flashpoint”
New Axios-Ipsos Hard Truths poll finds that American attitudes towards higher education are remarkably similar until race gets mentioned