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“There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people.”
– Fannie Lou Hamer
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2023 Edward Alexander Bouchet
Graduate Honor Society Inductees
Kavitha Chintam
Chemical & Biological Engineering
Karla Thomas
Human Development and Social Policy
Monique Newton
Political Science
Erica Rosario
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences (IBiS)
Connie Chau
Technology & Social Behavior Program
Join ODI for the Annual 3MT Speaker Series in celebration of the inductees on Thursday, April 27, 12:00–1:00 PM CDT. Each inductee will present their research in a three-minute thesis and take questions from attendees. Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland. Research higher degree (PhD and MPhil) students have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance. 3MT is not an exercise in trivialising or ‘dumbing-down’ research, but challenges students to consolidate their ideas and research discoveries so they can be presented concisely to a non-specialist audience.
We hope you join us as we welcome the newest members of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society!
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Application Closes Monday April 17
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) is happy to announce the offering of Social Justice Mini-Grants! This mini-grant seeks to support Northwestern graduate students in facilitating, promoting, and advancing innovative ideas on social justice and belonging in the Northwestern Community. Graduate students and graduate student affinity groups whose work reflects the principles of social justice, community building, diversity and inclusion and/or sustainability are encouraged to apply.
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Thursday, March 9
3:30 - 5:00 PM CDT
2023 Women's History Month Symposium: Lessons from Harm Reduction keynote panel discussion featuring Shira Hassan, Cara Page, and Erica Woodland
Shira Hassan has been working in her own community and speaking nationally on the sex trade, harm reduction, self-injury, healing justice and transformative justice for nearly 30 years. Currently working as a fellow at Interrupting Criminalization, Shira runs The Help Desk, which offers supportive thought partnership to individuals and groups working to interrupt crises and violence without using the police. Along with Mariame Kaba, she is the co-author of Fumbling Towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators and the author of Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction.
Cara Page is a Black Queer Feminist cultural memory worker & organizer. For the past 30+ years, she has organized with LGBTQI+, Black, Indigenous & People of Color liberation movements in the US & Global South at the intersections of racial, gender & economic justice, healing justice and transformative justice. She is founder of Changing Frequencies, an abolitionist organizing project that designs cultural memory work to disrupt harms and violence from the Medical Industrial Complex (MIC). She is also co-founder of the Healing Histories Project; a network of abolitionist healers/health practitioners, community organizers, researchers/historians & cultural workers building solidarity to interrupt the medical industrial complex and harmful systems of care. We generate change through research, action and building collaborative strategies & stories with BIPOC-led communities, institutions and movements organizing for dignified collective care.
Erica Woodland, LCSW is a Black queer, trans masculine/genderqueer facilitator, consultant, psychotherapist and healing justice practitioner who was born, raised, and is currently based in Baltimore, MD. He has worked at the intersections of movements for racial, gender, economic, trans and queer justice and liberation for more than 20 years. He has extensive experience working with young people, Black, Indigenous and People of Color, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities across the country, from Baltimore to the San Francisco Bay Area. Erica is co-editor of Healing Justice Lineages: Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care and Safety, with Cara Page (North Atlantic Books, 2023).
Learn More and Register!
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Thursday, March 16
12:00—1:00 PM CDT
The Graduate School Office of Diversity and Inclusion invites TGS-affiliated faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdoctoral trainees to Let’s Talk Diversity Dialogue Series - Intersectional Approaches to Designing Syllabi, on Thursday, March 16, 12:00 – 1:00 PM CST facilitated by Romeo E. Jackson.
Intersectionality has grown into a field of study that researchers across academic disciplines have used to critique the overlapping systems of power that shape the lives of minoritized people. However, scholars have yet to actualize the potential that intersectionality has to inform the study of teaching and learning. In this workshop, we articulate how educators can mobilize intersectional approaches in their teaching practices and reflect on how students may be engaging in the classroom environment. Additionally, we'll explore recommendations for educators hoping to leverage intersectionality.
All attendees must be TGS-affiliated faculty, staff, or postdoctoral trainees. Please register by March 15, 5:00 PM CST to be guaranteed registration approval.
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Thursday, March 30
10:00 AM—7:00 PM
BIPOC in Biotech aims to bring together BIPOC PhDs and Postdocs from across the Midwest with a variety of local life science organizations to connect with each other, explore careers, and build a network.
Participants will spend the day making connections with fellow PhD's and postdocs, getting an inside view into a breadth of career opportunities, and learning tips from experts on how to market themselves and pitch their work for potential jobs in biotech and pharma.
Build your knowledge and network through direct access to companies working at the forefront of amazing biotech and opportunities speak with former PhDs and postdocs, who have forged exciting careers with their scientific backgrounds!
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Women's History Month celebrates the vital role of women in American history. TGS graduate students and postdoctoral trainees are encouraged to explore programming at Northwestern to honor this role in March, including a Women's History Month Celebration hosted by The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI). More details for this celebration will be given soon!
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