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Social Justice Week

Posted 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, 2023

UWL's seventh-annual Social Justice Week is April 4-6 with the theme “The Strength of Our Stories: Reviving Our Communities by Amplifying Lost Voices.”

Events set for April 4-6

UW-La Crosse will celebrate its seventh-annual Social Justice Week April 4-6 with the theme “The Strength of Our Stories: Reviving Our Communities by Amplifying Lost Voices.” 

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. 

The keynote speakers will be: 

  • Lydia X. Z. Brown, an autistic disability rights activist, writer, attorney and public speaker 

  • Ruth Buffalo, a politician who was the first Native American Democratic woman elected to the North Dakota Legislature 

Presentations will be held in the Student Union, while a social justice-themed art exhibit will be on display in the Truman T. Lowe Center for the Arts. 

For additional details, contact UWL Diversity & Inclusion at. diversity@uwlax.edu.


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