Events Archive | Diversity & Inclusion

Flyer for Roe & Dobbs event. Overlaid text reads ' Roe & Dobbs: The Ripple Effects of the SCOTUS Ruling on Democracy and our Futures. Tuesday, July 12, 2022 | 2- 3:30pm| via Zoom. Open to all BU students, faculty, staff. http://spr.ly/6179zUDq7. Craig Andrade, Associate Dean of Practice, BU School of Public Health. Yvette Cozier, Associate Dean for DEIJ, BU School of Public Health. Linda Mcclain, Robert Kent Professor of Law, BU School of Law. Katherine O'Connell White, Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, BU School of Medicine. Nicole Huberfeld, Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, BU School of Public Health & BU School of law. BU Diversity & Inclusion. BU LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff.

Roe and Dobbs: The Ripple Effects of the SCOTUS Ruling on Democracy and Our Futures

July 14th, 2022 in Events Archive, Health & Wellness, Justice, Law, LGBTQIA+, Reproductive Rights

On July 12, 2022, BU Diversity & Inclusion and the LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff hosted a fully virtual BU faculty panel discussion in response to the United States Supreme Court's ruling on the Dobbs v. Jackson case. This decision overruled the landmark Roe v. Wade case from nearly... More

Learn More Series: Disability in the Arts with Kristina Wong

November 15th, 2021 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... More

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

November 5th, 2021 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... More

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Learn More Series: History of Treatment of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities with Dr. Michael Wehmeyer

October 13th, 2021 in Access, Allyship, Culture, Disability, Diversity, Education, Equity, Events Archive, Inclusion

For this Learn More Series keynote speaker event, Dr. Michael L. Wehmeyer joins us from The University of Kansas Department of Special Education to give a longitudinal view of the history of the treatment of people with intellectual disabilities. This event was originally hosted via Zoom on Tuesday, October 12, 2021. Dr. Wehmeyer... More

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Signs of Resistance: Disability Cultural History with Judy Heumann

September 15th, 2021 in Access, Allyship, Disability, Diversity, Events Archive

In this first Learn More Series event of the 2021-2022 academic year, we hear from internationally recognized disability rights leader Judy Heumann. During this virtual fireside chat, Heumann is in conversation with Dr. Swati Rani, College of Arts & Sciences, to learn about her amazing story, trail-blazing activism, and what... More

Unpacking the Chauvin Trial: Police Accountability in America

April 26th, 2021 in Allyship, Community, Culture, Diversity, Events Archive, Our News, Politics, Race & Ethnicity

The trial of Derek Chauvin over the murder of George Floyd can be seen as a proxy for the larger history of police in the United States brutalizing and killing Black people disproportionately and often with total impunity. A panel of BU scholars representing the Schools of Law and Public Health... More

Learn More Series-Anthony Jack “The Privileged Poor”

April 5th, 2021 in Diversity, Events Archive, Higher Education, Our News

Dr. Anthony Abraham Jack will discuss how class and culture shape how undergraduates navigate college and shed new light on how inequity is reproduced. Jack will discuss the social and personal costs of exclusion on undergraduates’ opportunities and social well-being. As our final speaker in the series, Dr. Jack will... More

The AAPI journey to liberation through activism, advocacy, and solidarity

March 29th, 2021 in Equity, Events Archive, Higher Education, Our News, Race & Ethnicity

A conversation with Asian American scholars on the work of increasing visibility and advancing justice for Asian Americans and the role of allyship in this work. Speakers included: Aaron James Parayno- Tufts University Takeo Rivera- Boston University Janelle Wong- University of Maryland, College Park

Learn More Series- Nikole Hannah Jones “Class in American Society”

March 3rd, 2021 in Events Archive, Our News, Social Class

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist NikoleHannah-Jones analyzed the question “where do we witness the manifestation of class within our society?” through the lens of education and housing, two of the most intimate areas of American life. In conversation with Provost Jean Morrison, Jones reflected on the ways in which official policy... More

Learn More Series- Between Two Worlds

March 3rd, 2021 in Events Archive, Our News, Social Class

Determination, hard work and sacrifice are core ingredients in the story of the American dream. But philosopher Jennifer Morton argues there is another, more painful requirement to getting ahead: a willingness to leave family and friends behind. Join us for a conversation on the ethical costs of upward mobility. Members of... More