In celebration of Black History Month, Student Diversity & Inclusion will be hosting the “Power to the Poet: Reclaiming Black Stories through Poetry” event in Perkins West Lounge on Feb. 8, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Spoken word poet, Ebony Stewart and student poets of the university will perform. Staff Reporter, Jordanna Garland, talks to SDI staff about their plans to bring Black History Month to campus.
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The read-in took place virtually on Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. and was hosted by Délice Williams, associate director of composition and assistant professor of English, Tiffany Probasco, a faculty member in the Department of English and Yolanda Green, the Literature and Africana Studies Librarian at Morris Library.
On Wednesday, Oct. 20, in the Trabant Theatre, the annual Voces de la Gente event was hosted by Student Diversity & Inclusion, the Office of Institutional Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, the Latino/Hispanic Heritage Caucus and HOLA.