Social Justice Week
A page within Diversity & Inclusion
"There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." – Margaret J. Wheatley
Social Justice Week's goal is to help inspire conversation with research to reinvigorate our lives with realistic and achievable goals to make a change in our communities. This year we want to highlight how identities and intersections of identities impact our communities. The University of Wisconsin La Crosse and the people of the La Crosse area hold many identities within it that shape our experiences in the community. We each navigate space differently and desire a community where everyone feels a sense of belonging.
‘Building belonging’ | UWL’s Social Justice Week set for April 2-4 | UW-La Crosse will celebrate its eighth-annual Social Justice Week April 2-4 with the theme “Building belonging: Identities shaping communities.”
The celebration, organized by UWL Diversity & Inclusion in partnership with the Social Justice Institute, features a series of public events where faculty, staff and students can share their research and stories, and start conversations about what social justice means to them. It will explore how identities and the intersection of identities shape people’s experiences as part of a community.
This year’s keynote speakers are:
- Dina Zavala, formerly of UWL and currently vice president for Inclusion, Equity and Community at Carleton College
- Jonathan Locust, formerly associate vice president of Equity & Inclusive Excellence at Winona State University and currently founder/CEO of Locust Group consulting firm
- And Nicole Collins, research associate for the Pluralism Project at Harvard University.
Faculty are encouraged to bring their classes to one of their sessions.
The event is free and open to the community, although guests are asked to register.
UWL’s Social Justice Week is sponsored by Wisconsin Public Radio, DREAM, the College of Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities, the College of Business Administration, the School of Education, the School of Visual & Performing Arts, the Office of Multicultural Student Services, and the UWL Parent Fund.
To review presentations in more detail review our digital program click here!
To Register for the event click here!
The Division of Diversity & Inclusion and the Institute for Social Justice
Schedule of events
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Tuesday, April 2 |
Wednesday, April 3 |
Thursday, April 4 |
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10 - 11:30 A.M.
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Animals, Objects and Nonhuman Characters: Results of a Diversity Analysis of the Picture Books in Murphy Library | 3120
Belonging Together: How Read-Alouds Shape Identities in Classroom Communities | 3310
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Student Retention and Sense of Belonging with Study Strategy Support in an Upper
The Importance of Queer Spaces | 3310
“I kind of have to prove myself”: Sense of Belonging for Latina Students Who Do Not Speak Spanish | 3314 |
Fostering Connection:
Eagles Don't Stand By: Bystander Intervention Training | 3130
Queer Love in Higher Education | 3314
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Noon - 1:30 P.M. Lunch and Learn |
Keynote
Epidemic of Homelessness and Food Insecurity | 3120 |
Keynote
Building Belonging for
Breaking Barriers: Women in STEM | 3314
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Keynote |
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2 - 3:30 P.M.
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Applied Drama for Social
Fact or Fiction: Implications of Recent State-Level DEI Decisions | 3310
Building Belonging through Education: Teacher Identities | 3314 |
Bias Support and Education at UWL | 3120
Fatphobia as a Form of Discrimination in La Crosse | 3310
Building Community through Scholarship and Activism | 3314 |
Civil Discourse at UWL | 3120
Building Community Through Labor-Based Grading | 3130
Empower Hour | 3314
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4 - 5:30 P.M. |
Wonder Pedagogy and the
What Makes for Successful Community Engagement:
The Midwestern Trans script: Growing up as a Transgender individual in rural Wisconsin | 3314 |
Psych Hour: Building a
Hear, Here North as a Social Justice Project | 3310
Building Belonging in the World Language Classroom: Teaching with Equity in Mind | 3314 |
Gender Euphoria! Building
Sense of Belongingness: from the Perspectives of Student of Color on Campus | 3130
Burning our Illusions: Travel and Ethnography as a Path Towards Social Transformation | 3314
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