Attendees at this Virtual Trivia Night will have their knowledge tested on the life and legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as learn more about the civil rights icon in a relaxed atmosphere. Hosted by Global Connections as part of their MLK programming. Register to attend: https://connections.wsu.edu/events-calendar/mlk-trivia-night-2022/

Curated by Lipi Turner-Rahman. Check in at front desk to sign in for Common Reading credit.

In this workshop, participants will learn how to begin turning their dreams and passions into action to create positive social change. Hosted by WSU MLK Program, Global Connections, and the Center for Civic Engagement. Registration link: https://events.wsu.edu/event/turning-dreams-into-action-webinar/

This discussion will include faculty from multiple disciplines that include History, Psychology, Education as well as a representative from a local homeless shelter (tentative), who will use themes from this year’s Common Reading book, Tales of Two Americas, to discuss respective topics of inequality in Eastern Washington. Panelists discussing the history of inequalities, inequitable access […]

Beth Piatote is a Nez Perce writer, scholar, and Indigenous language activist. Her work includes the 2019 mixed-genre collection The Beadworkers: Stories. An associate professor of Comparative Literature and Native American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, Piatote chairs the Designated Emphasis in Indigenous Language Revitalization. She is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes […]

Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any educational institution that receives federal funding, was passed 50 years ago this June. WSU played a substantial part in the history of Title IX with Blair v. Washington State University, a landmark women’s rights case that changed the way our state’s public […]

Kristin Becker, Education Coordinator for the WSU Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, will lead two special tours of exploring the theme International Women’s Day 2022, #BreakThe Bias, through the sculptures and prints of Alison Saar, whose sculpture and printmaking narrate stories of the African American experience, informed by history, race, and mythology. Students attending can […]

Lipi Turner-Rahman (History, Libraries) will discuss efforts by WSU Libraries to digitize, identify, and tell the stories of the Yakima Valley migrant labor community, captured by documentary photographer Irwin Nash in the late 1960s and 1970s. The digitization of this collection, which contains over 9,000 images, has led to reclaiming not only the images by […]

Kristin Becker, Education Coordinator for the WSU Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, will lead two special tours of exploring the theme International Women’s Day 2022, #BreakThe Bias, through the sculptures and prints of Alison Saar, whose sculpture and printmaking narrate stories of the African American experience, informed by history, race, and mythology. Students attending can […]

Students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to join in a discussion about Alison Saar’s exhibit in observance of International Women’s Day 2022. Participants will reflect on the ways in which Saar’s work has influenced coursework, creative practice, and individual perspectives. All are welcome to attend, listen, and join in the discussion. The closing […]