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Sona Kazemi, assistant professor of Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, concluded her TEDxUWLaCrosse talk by leading the audience in a powerful chant: “Women. Life. Freedom.”

Raising voices for change Posted 9:32 a.m. Friday, April 11, 2025 In TEDxUWLaCrosse talk, Sona Kazemi urges global solidarity in fight for gender equality and freedom Read

TEDxUWLaCrosse speakers from left, Andrew Ives, director of the UWL ACCESS Center; Carolyn Colleen Bostrack, Ph.D., Author, Entrepreneur, Humanitarian; and Sona Kazemi, assistant professor, Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies.

Watch TEDxUWLaCrosse Posted 10:10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8, 2024 Popular campus event attracted a full house — videos now available Read

UW-La Crosse graduate and former Self Sufficiency Program participant Melissa Touche speaks during the 2023 scholarship breakfast.

From dreams to degrees Posted 12:20 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 Support future college student dreams through annual Locally Grown Scholarship Breakfast Read

The UW-La Crosse Self-Sufficiency Program helped Alisha Morgan restart her college journey in 2001.

‘I know I can do it’ Posted 11:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 Alisha Morgan's inspirational journey was empowered by UW-La Crosse Self-Sufficiency Program Read

Interim Chancellor Betsy Morgan discusses how new transfer agreements between UW-La Crosse and Western Technical College will benefit students.

Paving the way Posted 12:41 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024 UWL, Western create new pathways for students to launch careers Read

Sona Kazemi is a UWL assistant professor of Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her textbook includes her transnational disability theory and stories from war veterans, survivors of torture, limb amputation, acid attacks and her role as a transnational scholar activist.

Telling forgotten stories Posted 4:20 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, 2023 Professor’s childhood in post-war Iran spurs book on veteran stories, transnational disability studies and a digital archive Read

Andrea Hansen, Self Sufficiency Program director at the 2019 Locally Grown Scholarship Breakfast.

35 years of support for student parents Posted 2:21 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023 Support the power of education to change lives at Self Sufficiency Program breakfast Nov. 2, register by Oct. 19 Read

Dr. Shuma Iwai teaches in the Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies program. The program takes an intersectional approach – combining the insights of scholars in different fields regarding inequalities related to race, gender and sexuality, and class.

Learning and living social justice Posted 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 7, 2022 New Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department courses reflect on society’s ‘hidden histories’ and how students can bring about change Read

Andrea Hansen has focused her efforts on the intersecting issues of gender violence, anti-racism, economic justice, aging and care work, and community responses to immigration and the climate crisis.

Living and Liberating Posted 7:05 a.m. Monday, Oct. 3, 2022 From eighth grade basketball to aging care, Hansen joins grassroots efforts to liberate and connect Read

UWL faculty member Jon Ailabouni will join other top musicians from the Coulee Region for a concert exploring COVID-19 lockdown themes such as loneliness, connection, fear and hope. The concert is set for Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Annett Recital Hall at the UWL Center for the Arts.

Jon Ailabouni Quintet presents concert exploring COVID-19 lockdown themes Posted 8 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022 Performance set for Jan. 26 Read

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