Office of Multicultural Affairs

It’s almost time class of 2024! 🎉

We’re so excited to celebrate our Graduates of Color at our annual O.M.A. Graduation Ceremony!

Graduates (both undergrad and graduate students) if you would like to participate in this year’s ceremony occurring on Thursday, May 9th from 4PM-6PM please register at the link in bio!

R.S.V.P. will be required for those wishing to participate. Forms will close on Friday April 26th at 5 PM!

A graduation cord and certificate will be given to graduates who participate in the ceremony.

It’s April!

Here’s a look at our programs for the month. More information to come!

This month we have the pleasure of co-sponsoring the All We Can Save Speaking Series. The first speaker will be Dr.Camille Dungy in a conversation that will center her most recent book Soil.

To celebrate we’re giving away copies of the book! There will be TWO ways to enter:

1. Each ZOOM registrant will be entered to a drawing.
Link to register will be in bio and stories.

2. Instagram: to enter you must follow BOTH and , be a KU student, faculty,or staff, & like this post!

All winners will be announced Friday, February 16th by 5 PM! GOOD LUCK

LOCATION CHANGE.

INSTEAD OF THE 4th FLOOR OF THE KANSAS UNION TESTING WILL OCCUR EXCLUSIVELY IN THE SMRC!

✨Happy First Day of December!✨

The semester is quickly coming to a close but we have a few more events to round off the year!

We hope to see you there!

OMA Tabling in the Union

🗓Dec. 6th
📍Kansas Union, 4th Floor
🕕 12:30PM-2PM

Treat Yourself: Come take a load off before finals week!
We’ll have food, drinks, games, and more!

🗓Dec.8th
🕕12PM-5PM
📍SMRC

✨TODAY✨

Come join us in the SMRC for our FINAL Mocktails event of the semester! We’ll be hosting the Native Faculty Staff Council. We hope to see you there!

🗓Today 11/30
📍SMRCClassroom
🕕 3PM-5PM

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Here are the building hours for the SMRC the week of November 21st - November 25th.

We hope you all have a lovely,safe,and restful break!

Regular hours will resume on Monday, November 28th!

Monday 11/21: Staff Remote, SMRC will be closed.*

Tuesday 11/22: Staff Remote, SMRC will be closed.*

Wednesday 11/23: SMRC Closed.

Thursday 11/24:SMRC Closed.

Friday 11/25:SMRC Closed.

*if you need assistance during these times please reach out to [email protected].

✨TODAY✨

Join us today a 3PM in this installment of All We Can Save presented by The Commons!

This conversation will be focused on Indigenous Leadership featuring:

Tara Houska; a Tribal Attorney, Land Defender, Indigenous Rights Advocate in conversation with Lori Hasselman; Assistant Director of Tribal Relations & Native American Student Success Coordinator.

Zoom registration link will be in our stories or you can register with the link on the flyer.

We hope you’ll be able to tune in!

✨TONIGHT!✨

(Posted • Emily Taylor Center])

Join the Emily Taylor Center for this year’s Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture featuring Alicia Bunyan-Sampson, best known for her digital presence , on Wednesday, November 16th, at 7 pm in the Jayhawk Room of the KU Memorial Union.

What happens when you are never taught the difference between hard work and abuse? What do you do when your small isolated community abandons you? How do you talk about what has happened to you when the language does not exist to do so?

Bunyan-Sampson's lecture, titled "Abuse in Polyamory: The Politics of Believability," will directly challenge mainstream polyamorous education and its continued refusal to consider and acknowledge the unique ways abuse happens in polyamorous relationships, the impact of that refusal, as well as the ways in which trauma can complicate both the access to and the experience of polyamory. She will largely focus on digital space, and its power to create and destroy connections.

Bunyan-Sampson is a registered social worker with over 10 years of practice in counseling and advocating for women, children, trans people, and non-binary individuals who have experienced or are experiencing gender-based violence.

Appetizers and refreshments provided.

ABOUT THE LECTURE SERIES
In honor and memory of Jana Lynne Mackey, the University of Kansas established the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity's Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture Series in 2009.

CO-SPONSORS
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ACCOMMODATIONS
People with disabilities are encouraged to attend KU-sponsored events. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity at [email protected].