Past Events
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Apr 29Civil Rights Activism and Agriculture: A Family That Kept the Land
DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard St. Madison, WI 53715
Title: Civil Rights Activism and Agriculture: A Family That Kept the Land Hear Professor Monica White in conversation with three Civil and Voting Rights Giants who were also farmers and leaders in the Black Farmers’ Cooperative Movement: Reverend Wendell Paris, Mr. George Paris, and Mrs. Alice Paris. Their important stories link farming and political liberation movements …
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Apr 21“Not All In: Race, Immigration, and Healthcare Exclusion in the Age of Obamacare” with Dr. Tiffany Joseph
Ingrahm 336
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Apr 4An Evening with Hanif Abdurraqib
Wisconsin Historical Society
The Center for Campus History is partnering with the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives to bring Andrew Carnegie Medal winner, Windham-Campbell Prize recipient, and MacArthur Genius Hanif Abdurraqib to campus as a part of the 18th annual Line Breaks Festival. An essayist, poet, cultural critic, and author of “A Little Devil in America: Notes in …
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Apr 3Cultivating Community: The Healing Power of Land, Food, and Heritage with Venice Williams
Memorial Library: 126
Venice Williams, the Executive Director of Alice’s Garden in Milwaukee, will deliver an intellectually captivating and emotionally compelling public lecture about the relationship between urban agriculture, cultural heritage, and community healing. Alice’s Garden is a two-acre community garden and urban farm in the heart of inner-city Milwaukee. The garden is a vital resource in a …
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Apr 2The Whites-Only Immigration Regime
Pyle Center
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Mar 6Night at the Theatre
Vilas Communication Hall
The Department of African American Studies invites students, faculty, and affiliates to join us as we watch the University Theatre’s production of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone on March 6, 2025.
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Feb 22
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Feb 3Fugitive Media: Black feminism, popular media, and the political possibilities of tension
Vilas Communication Hall
The SJMC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee invites African American Studies students to their first emerging scholar talk with Dr. Chelsea Peterson-Salahuddin, who will be visiting campus on Monday, February 3. She will be giving a talk in the Nafziger room in Vilas Communication Hall from 12 -2 (lunch will be provided). RSVP here by Thursday, …
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Jan 28Book Talk: “Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits”
Wisconsin Ideas Room (Room 159), School of Education, 1000 Bascom Mall
The Havens Wright Center for Social Justice is hosting an upcoming event featuring Too Black and Dr. Rasul Mowatt to discuss their new book, Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits. Date & Time: Monday, January 28th at 5:00 PM Location: Wisconsin Ideas Room (Room 159), School of Education, 1000 …
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Jan 17Film Screening: “Faces of Medicine” with SMPH and UW Health
Health Sciences Learning Center Room 1335
Film Screening and Conversation Faces of Medicine Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Health Sciences Learning Center Room 1335 This event is co-hosted by SMPH and UW Health. The event will have both in-person and virtual options. Lunch will be provided to in-person attendees. This year’s film is Faces of Medicine, an independent documentary …