Center for Racial & Social Justice

The Center for Racial & Social Justice will work to advance the cause of racial and social justice by educating students and the broader community, building students’ capacity to engage in antiracist and social justice work, and engaging in legal and multidisciplinary research and advocacy aimed to inform the public, advocates, and policymakers — both in the Commonwealth of Virginia and nationwide.

This calendar presented by Center for Racial & Social Justice
Transgender Youth: A Panel on Gender-Cognition and Access to Healthcare
Wednesday, April 6
12:50pm - 2pm
Law School, Zoom

Join panelists Selin Gülgöz, Professor of Psychology at Fordham University, and Anna Kirkland, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan, to discuss gender-cognition and access to healthcare for transgender youth.

Alpha Chi Omega's Walk A Mile for the Avalon Center 
Sunday, April 10
10am - 1pm
Jamestown Field

Alpha Chi Omega's Walk a Mile Fundraiser for the Avalon Center in support of those affected by domestic violence

Viet Thanh Nguyen to Deliver Lecture and Receive Hatsuye Yamasaki Prize ‘37 for Visionary Leadership
Wednesday, April 20
5pm
Zoom

The Reves Center for International Studies, in cooperation with the Asian Centennial Committee, sponsors Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen to deliver the 2022 McSwain-Walker Lecture, “Refugees, Language, and the Meaning of ‘America.'"  

The LGBTQI+ Community and Russia's War Against Ukraine
Thursday, April 21
5pm - 6pm
Washington Hall, Room 315

Hear from Ukrainian LGBTQI+ activists Bogdan Globa and Olena Globa how Russia's war against Ukraine is affecting the LGBTQI+ community.

IIC Earth Day Celebration and Open House
Friday, April 22
2pm - 5pm
Boundary 221

IIC OPEN HOUSE AND EARTH DAY CELEBRATION,  FRIDAY, APRIL 22nd, 2-5 PM



Conflict in Ukraine and the Unleashing of a Global Humanitarian Crisis
Thursday, April 28
12pm - 1pm
Zoom

An on-the-ground report on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine from Doug Mercado '85, currently serving with the World Food Programme (WFP) as the Head of Area Office for Romania, supporting WFP’s emergency operations in Ukraine. 

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