This National Coalition Building Institute workshop will allow you to gain self-awareness, stretch beyond your comfort zone and gain a new understanding. The unique workshop is interactive, experiential and high energy. Participants are both teachers and learners. During the workshop, participants engage in small and large group discussions and will: Celebrate similarities and differences.Identify misinformation…
The GLBT Advocate Roundtable is an opportunity for faculty and staff to build a community with other GLBT Advocate Program participants. This guided reflection will model a social justice-oriented community. We will: Identify instances of oppression. Debrief successful and unsuccessful strategies for interrupting those instances of oppression.Recognize opportunities for advocacy within the institution.Grow supportive connections…
Join Leadership and Civic Engagement for a discussion about what the election means for our current functions of government and what we can do next beyond voting to let our voices be heard.
The purpose of The Collective is to create a space for women of color at NC State to form a community, break silos and deepen relationships through facilitated dialogue centered on truth-telling and testimonios. The Collective welcomes cisgender and transgender women as well as femmes and gender-nonconforming folk. Undergraduate and graduate students and campus-based professional…
University Theatre hosts professional theatre-makers who speak about their work, their industry and their journey within the arts. Join us for a discussion with Ken Maruyama, retired visual effects production executive from Sony Pictures Imageworks and Lucasfilm's Industrial Light and Magic.
Notwithstanding the avowed commitment of higher education to equality and inclusion, the issue of language has been excluded from or erased in diversity programs at most universities. We document the empirical basis of linguistic prejudice and discrimination in higher education through an extensive series of student and faculty interviews in a large metropolitan university. Based…
Join the African American Cultural Center as it hosts a ceremony to celebrate the practice of Nguzo Saba, the seven principles of Kwanzaa. We'll come together in unity for a historical and contemporary look at the celebration of Kwanzaa at NC State. During the celebration, share your favorite Kwanzaa memories with us, gander at the…
Indigenous people are historically known for their efficient and appreciative use of the land and the resources around them. Though most of their cultural staples were stolen or not accredited to them, there are several practices created by Indigenous people that are still widely used today. Join us for a discussion about prominent Indigenous inventions…
Join Stephanie Rubain from the Counseling Center in the Women's Center virtual lounge. This space is available to NC State students. You will be asked to provide your student ID. This will be an open, drop-in space with NC State counselors available to provide support around counseling and wellness issues. This is not therapy but…
NC State’s Rupert Nacoste teaches a wildly popular social psychology course called “Interpersonal Relationships and Race.” His new book, To Live Woke, uses his experiences — from growing up in segregated Louisiana to serving in the U.S. Navy — to help us understand that we need to learn to interact with people who are not…