Category: Upcoming Events

Upcoming Courageous Conversations

The Alliance would like to invite you to our upcoming Courageous Conversations:

WHAT’S UP WITH EUGENE?? A DISCUSSION ABOUT RACE, CLASS, CITY PLANNING AND INCLUSION/EXCLUSION IN EUGENE
Friday, May 15th
3:30-5pm
Columbia 249

and

RACIAL BIAS AND POLICE BRUTALITY: REACTIONS TO BALTIMORE, #BLACKLIVESMATTER, AND #BLACKSPRING
Friday, May 29th
3:30-5pm
Graduate Lounge, Susan Campbell Hall

Both are big topics, and we expect there is much to get off our chests. Hope to see everyone there.

Courageous Conversations is a series of cross-cultural and interdisciplinary dialogues for graduate students and allies. We aim to create a safe and confidential space to engage in genuine discussions to provide thoughts, feelings, experiences, and support around alternating topics.

Courageous Conversations – Mia McKenzie Pre-Arrival Discussion

Mia McKenzie Courageous conversations

The Alliance is inviting you to our Courageous Conversation on Friday, February 27 from 3-4:30PM at the Holden Center in the EMU.

In preparation for Mia McKenzie’s keynote speech at the University of Oregon on March 7th, this week’s conversation topic will be focused on McKenzie’s work and her blog Black Girl Dangerous, with an emphasis on topics of resistance and activism. For more information, visit her website.

Courageous Conversations is a series of cross-cultural and interdisciplinary dialogues for graduate students and allies. We aim to create a safe and confidential space to engage in genuine discussions to provide thoughts, feelings, experiences, and support around alternating topics.

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