MSUM’s 3rd annual Speak Up Event is happening Tuesday, February 23rd! It’s a TED-Style event featuring five speakers sharing their stories. The 2021 theme is Forge. Forging is about making and creating something. But it can also be interpreted as moving forward or to progress and advance, within any given situation, in spite of some difficulty, hardship, or obstacle. The […]
By Kayla Roehrich On Wednesday February 3rd MSUM Student Life and the Office of Diversity & Inclusion showcase an event called “You. Me. We.” The event provided students and faculty with the opportunity to have an open discussion on the experiences that address racism, sexism, and LGBTQ Issues. During the virtual event students and faculty watched scenarios acted out by trained […]
Professor Raymond Rea received a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board in January. His proposed project is for a film that will continue the work with rural transgender subjects he made for the Lake Region Arts Council 2019-2020 Performance/Literary Fellowship, funded by the McKnight Foundation. Ray is looking forward to making new work using pandemic […]
Join the Equity 2030 Webinar Series to learn more about how Equity 2030 is being implemented, the foundational work of the Chancellor’s Equity 2030 Fellows, and to draw connections between work happening across Minnesota State and the priorities for Equity 2030. In the PDF included, you will find more information on the monthly series of events. The first one coming up […]
It’s time for real talk about hard to talk about topics like racism, sexism, and issues faced by the LGBTQ+ community. This interactive program is designed especially for college students. *This is also a Pathway Event!* Presented by GTC Dramatic Dialogues, “You. Me. We.” exposes the often-unintentional ugliness of prejudice, setting the stage for a lively discussion of diversity. In two scenes, […]