DU Black Alumni Affinity Network

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Your support enables us to provide resources, programming, and community engagement opportunities that celebrate Black life, culture, and history to the entire DU Campus.

Your generous contributions help fund programming, support our new Black Affinity Community floor (Starting Fall 2024), and provide opportunities like professional development grants. With your help, we can address the specific challenges facing our Black communities and promote belonging, restoration, and equity

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The Black Alumni Affinity Network invites DU alumni to gather over drinks and appetizers.

It's hard to believe that we haven't gathered in person since the pandemic, but it's finally time for us to step out in style. Hosted at NOLA, a Black-owned restaurant and bar renowned for its New Orleans cuisine, our mission this Spring is to build bridges between Black-identifying alumni with graduating seniors. Come connect with us!

When: Thursday, May 9th, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Where: NOLA Voodoo Tavern & Perks

Your ticket will include two free drinks and light appetizers. Tickets are FREE, but registration is mandatory.

Register here: https://rsvp.du.edu/event/9565cfcf-9d7f-4181-963c-dbeaf1da5bc0/summary

The event is sponsored by Alumni of ACTION and all alumni are welcome to attend.

BAA is looking for Black-identifying alumni representatives to welcome Black graduating students into the alumni community!

Our first End of Year Celebration, hosted by DU's Black Community Initiatives (BCI), is a graduation ceremony celebrating the polylith of Black and African identifying graduating students at DU. Open to family members, faculty, staff, students, and alumni, graduating students will be bestowed a special gift from the Black Alumni Affinity Network (BAA).

When: Thursday, May 30th, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Where: Burwell Center for Career Achievement

Click this link to register and receive additional information: https://volunteering.du.edu/need/detail/?need_id=927890 OR email Zakiya Markland at [email protected]

The event is sponsored by Alumni of ACTION and all alumni are welcome to attend.

Let's get our hearts pumping together as One DU! Choose your 'move' of choice and join a collective of the DU Network who want to get healthy and active this Spring.

We will spend an hour together across the globe as we unite under . Invite your past/current classmates, fellow DU parents, challenge your bestie and most of all let the stress of your day-to-day melt away!

Sunday, April 11 | 10 a.m. MDT

Event location is up to you! No need to join a Zoom call, just sign up and let us know you're taking part using .

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#DUMoves- 4/12/21 10 AM MT Let's get our hearts pumping together as One DU! Choose your 'move' of choice and join a collective of the DU Network who want to get healthy and active this Spring. How do I participate? 1. Pick any ‘physical activity’ and sign up to join the collective! 2. At 10AM MST on April 12th, get ‘mov...

Don't miss this great event on Monday 11/2! Learn what DU is undertaking to increase the number of underrepresented students in STEM and learn what is and isn't working so far.

The next Pathways to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) series will be on Monday, November 2 from 5-6pm and be moderated by Associate Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Nic Ormes. Building a Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive STEM Community will tackle issues regarding DEI in STEM. Register at http://rsvp.du.edu/d/b7qxbn.

STEM faces particular challenges that have been made more acute by the COVID-19 crisis widening both gender and racial inequities. While the numbers of minorities and women are growing, the workforce in STEM-related fields remains predominantly white (89 percent) and male (72 percent). Under current conditions, proportional representation of all groups in the STEM workforce would take another 60-75 years to lock in. Researchers started defining a theory of “culturally relevant education,” an approach that leverages the distinctive, different backgrounds that non-white, non-male students bring to the classroom. Join us for a discussion on the initiatives DU is undertaking to increase the number of underrepresented students in STEM and learn what is and isn't working so far.

Today may conclude this years national Latinx Heritage month but our campaign to support Latinx students at DU extends to the end of the month!

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Join us tonight!

With the highly anticipated U.S. general election in November, this event will welcome a diverse panel of experts to help shine light on the power of the women’s vote as we celebrate the centennial of the women’s suffrage movement. This event is free and open to all.

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Don't miss tonight's event showcase activism at DU! Learn more: https://bit.ly/34kBimZ

Join us TONIGHT from 5-6 PM MDT for our next Pathways to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion event. This event will focus on student activism and discuss resources and tools for current and future students to further their activism.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/34kBimZ