Pursuing Racial Justice Together at Purdue University

APRIL 20 | 7:00PM ET | FREE

Join us tonight at 7:00PM ET for the closing Pursuing Racial Justice Together event with author, columnist, and documentary filmmaker Dr. Shelby Steele. Dr. Steele will discuss the role of race as power in American life.

RSVPs close at 3:00PM ET on April 20. Reserve your spot at http://bit.ly/shelby-steele.

APRIL 20 | 7:00PM ET

Join us for the closing event of the Pursuing Racial Justice Together learning series—an evening with Dr. Shelby Steele, the Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Dr. Steele will discuss the role of race as power in American life.

Reserve your spot: bit.ly/shelby-steele

Amplifying this exciting program presented by Purdue Computer Graphics Technology - Virtual screenings of the film "Coded Bias" followed by a Q&A with the director, Shalini Kantayya, on Thursday, 4/15.

Register at tinyurl.com/CB-Purdue

Purdue University Division of Diversity & Inclusion
Statement of Support for the Asian and Asian American Community

Yesterday, the Atlanta, Georgia area was the site of a heinous shooting spree that left 8 people dead, 6 of whom were women of Asian descent. Other such acts of despicable violence have been committed against Asians and Asian Americans on the West Coast and other locales in recent months. These events have caused enormous pain and fear for Asian and Asian American people across our country. Today, as we grieve alongside our Asian and Asian American Boilermakers, we recognize that the rise of anti-Asian racism has a profound impact on the well-being of our students, faculty, and staff, especially in the middle of a global pandemic.

Purdue reiterates its commitment to maintaining a community which recognizes and values the inherent worth and dignity of every person; fosters tolerance, sensitivity, understanding, and mutual respect among its members; and encourages each individual to strive to reach their own potential. As a community, we are guided in these pursuits by our core values: honor, integrity, respect, inclusion, growth, and innovation.

We are uniquely proud of the contributions of the Asian American and Asian members of our campus community. In pursuit of academic excellence, Purdue seeks to develop and nurture diversity. We believe that diversity strengthens our institution, stimulates creativity, promotes the exchange of ideas, and enriches campus life.

In particular, the Division of Diversity and Inclusion affirms work done by units across campus to ensure that all Boilermakers feel that they belong, including the Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center (AAARCC). Additionally, we remind the campus community of resources available through Counseling and Psychological Services (https://www.purdue.edu/caps/) and of the University’s system for reporting hate and bias: https://www.purdue.edu/report-hate As we navigate these difficult times, the AAARCC would like to share upcoming opportunities that bring awareness to these issues and foster a community of support.

Please see the AAAARCC website at
https://www.purdue.edu/aaarcc/events/Spring%202021.php for the links to these events.

In support of our Asian and Asian American Boilermakers,

Dr. John Fitzgerald Gates
Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion

Dr. Pamela K. Sari
Director, Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center

The statement can be found here: https://www.purdue.edu/diversity-inclusion/resources/asian-american-statement.html

ROBIN DiANGELO, academic, consultant, author of White Fragility: Why It's So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism - Pursuing Racial Justice Together Lecture Series This event is sponsored by the Honors College Visiting Scholars program.  Dr. Robin DiAngelo is an American author, consultant, and facilitator working in the fields of critical discourse analysis and whiteness studies. In 2011 she coined the term White Fragility

We're kicking off our Intersectionality Speaker Series with lawyer, civil rights advocate, and developer of the term 'intersectionality', Kimberlé Crenshaw.

Join us on February 10 at 7:00PM ET.
RSVP here: purdue.link/crenshaw

TONIGHT | 7:00PM EST

Join us for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture with former U.S. Ambassador, Mayor of Atlanta, and author Andrew Young.

RSVPs close at 3:00PM EST on January 21. Reserve your spot here: purdue.university/mlk

Join Purdue University today for Inauguration Day 2021: Lessons of the Past, Informing Our Future, a series of livestreamed events about the significance and history of Inauguration Day.

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2021 Presidential Inauguration 2021 Presidential Inauguration events and more.

We apologize for the technical difficulties and delayed start of the Ron Finley lecture, but we are live now!

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Pursuing Racial Justice Together with Ron Finley Pursuing Racial Justice Together is a learning series of virtual discussions with thought leaders, experts and visionaries over the course of the 2020-21 aca...

JAN. 18 | 1:00PM EST

Join Pursuing Racial Justice Together for a discussion with activist, community leader, and “The Gangsta Gardener” Ron Finley.

RSVPs close at 9:00AM EST on January 18. Reserve your spot at purdue.link/finley.

RON FINLEY, "The Gangsta Gardener" - Pursuing Racial Justice Together Lecture Series Finley has helped create dozens of community gardens in unused spaces around Los Angeles.

Pursuing Racial Justice Together returns on January 18 with "The Gangsta Gardener" Ron Finley. Join us as he discusses growing up in the food prison of South Central L.A., how gardening can change your life, and more.

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RON FINLEY, "The Gangsta Gardener" - Pursuing Racial Justice Together Lecture Series Finley has helped create dozens of community gardens in unused spaces around Los Angeles.