Events Calendar
From speakers and workshops to trainings and panels, there are numerous ways to be part of the conversation—and the transformation—around diversity and inclusion on campus.
Scroll down to find BU D&I’s upcoming calendar of events, plus find a list of events from across the University that focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
BU D&I Events
All Topics (March 23 through May 31)
Thursday, March 23
- 12:00 PM First Gen Professionals Luncheon
- BU D&I Sponsored Event
- Faculty Diversity Initiatives
Monday, March 27
- 12:00 PM LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Luncheon
- BU D&I Sponsored Event
- Faculty Diversity Initiatives
Tuesday, March 28
- 4:30 PM Portraits of Pride: A Celebration of Queer and Trans Lives in Boston
- BU D&I Sponsored Event
- Learn More Series
Wednesday, March 29
- 9:00 AM BU D&I Learning + Action workshop: Neurodiversity
- BU D&I Sponsored Event
- Trainings & Workshops
Wednesday, April 5
- 9:00 AM BU D&I Learning + Action workshop: Implicit bias and microaggressions
- BU D&I Sponsored Event
- Trainings & Workshops
Wednesday, April 12
- 9:00 AM BU D&I Learning + Action workshop: Race, Racism, and Antiracism
- BU D&I Sponsored Event
- Trainings & Workshops
- 6:00 PM D&I: Learn More Series & Wicked Queer Screening: Best in Show - Queer Shorts
- BU D&I Sponsored Event
- Learn More Series
Thursday, April 20
- 12:00 PM Faculty & Staff of Color Luncheon
- BU D&I Sponsored Event
- Faculty Diversity Initiatives
Tuesday, April 25
- 12:00 PM D&I Learn More Series: Global Resistance, Global Backlash: The Shifting Landscape of Queer and Trans Rights in Asia and Latin America
- BU D&I Sponsored Event
- Learn More Series
Wednesday, May 3
- 12:00 PM Fighting For Family: Protecting the Rights of LGBTQIA+ Parents
- BU D&I Sponsored Event
- Learn More Series
More D&I Related Events at BU
Thursday, March 23
- 11:30 AM BU SSW Emerging Scholars Colloquium: Social Work, Climate & Environmental Justice
- 12:00 PM First Gen Professionals Luncheon
- 5:00 PM Film Discussion: Miriam Lies
Monday, March 27
- 12:00 PM LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Luncheon
- 12:45 PM "Race-Disability Intersectionality as a Health Equity Imperative" The Pike Lecture featuring Professor Mary Crossley, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- 5:00 PM BU Law: Let's Talk Wrongful Convictions COM: "Framing Agnes" Screening and Director Q&A
Tuesday, March 28
- 2:00 PM Film Discussion: Secrets from Putumayo
- 4:30 PM LEARN MORE SERIES: Portraits of Pride: A Celebration of Queer and Trans Lives in Boston
Wednesday, March 29
Monday, April 3
- 12:45 PM BU LAW Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Speaker Series on Race, Law & Inequality: Nikolas Bowie, "The Problem of Entrenchment in a Democracy"
- 4:00 PM BU Pardee: Indigenous Languages & Cultures Week • Renzo Aroni Lecture & Art Fundraiser for Perú
Tuesday, April 4
Wednesday, April 5
Thursday, April 6
- 12:45 PM BU Law "Marriage Equality: From Outlaws to In-Laws" A lecture featuring William N. Eskridge Jr, Yale Law School
- 6:00 PM A Poetry Reading with Ghanaian/Jamaican poet Kwame Dawes and Irish poet John McAuliffe
Friday, April 7
- 12:00 PM Marsh Chapel: Good Friday Service
Monday, April 10
Wednesday, April 12
- 9:00 AM BU D&I Learning + Action workshop: Race, Racism, and Antiracism
- 6:00 PM D&I: Learn More Series & Wicked Queer Screening: Best in Show - Queer Shorts
- 6:30 PM Lecture: Maria Rosario Jackson, Chair, National Endowment for the Arts
Thursday, April 13
- 12:45 PM BU Law: "Police Policing Police" The Kleh Lecture Featuring Zachary D. Kaufman
- 5:00 PM Film Discussion: Ema
Wednesday, April 19
Thursday, April 20
- 12:00 PM Faculty & Staff of Color Luncheon