Tues, Sep 27,

6PM

Location: NRC195

We Live in La Crosse - Stories of Belonging

Join Dr. Heather Linville (UWL) in this community exploration of language, identity, & belonging. Engage with digital stories created by multilingual youth and adults, told using words, images, & music.

Oct.17- Nov.2 

Locations: TBD

Honoring Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) 

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a cultural holiday giving families a chance to pray for and remember the lives of their deceased relatives to help them on their spiritual journey. The celebration has gained in popularity across the U.S. and Latinx communities in recent years. The event will occur October 17, thru November 2, 2022. This year’s plan at Viterbo University includes setting up the altar, or ofrenda, in multiple locations across campus including Murphy Center lobby, Reinhart Center, Hawk's Nest, and Nursing center lobby.

The altar will remain for the duration of the program. During our celebration, the campus community will be encouraged to adorn the altar with photos of or memorabilia from the departed. A closing ceremony will be held on November 2, All Souls’ Day, a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed.

Tue Nov 15 5p-7p

Location: DEI Lounge - 4th Floor Nursing Center

Identities Project Book Discussion

Please join the Identities Project on November 15^th at 5p for a "book club" event focused on contemporary inequalities. We ask that those who are interested in attending come ready to discuss any book(s) they have read recently that relate to historic or contemporary inequalities. These books can be nonfiction or fiction. 

 Major themes of discussion may include (but are not limited to): how inequality is portrayed in fiction; how different forms of inequality (e.g., related to race, class, gender, sexualities, etc) are discussed in nonfiction; how discussions of sexism, classism, homophobia, racism, (etc) are different and/or similar? 

Our goal is to provide space for us to process these books together, make/take recommendations, and think through some steps to continue moving forward with a lens of equity and inclusion for all.  Please review some possible book suggestions below, under the Antiracist Resources section, or bring your own books that can relate to the conversation!  Any/all are welcome to share, unpack, and build community in conversation!

Fiction: 

• The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas
• On the Come Up - Angie Thomas
• All American Boys - Jason Reynolds/Brendan Kiely
• Internment  - Samira Ahmed
• Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson
• Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi
• Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Seed to Harvest - Octavia Butler
• Iron Council - China Mieville
• Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie
• Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho

Non-Fiction: 

• Americanah (Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi)
• Caste: The Origins of our Discontents (Wilkerson, Isabel)
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Alexander, Michelle)
• Evicted: Poverty and Profit in an American City (Desmond, Matthew) 
• Had I Known: Collected Essays (Ehrenreich, Barbara) 
• Capital in the 21^st Century (Picketty, Thomas)
• The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite (Markovits, Daniel)
• The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? (Sandel, Michael)
• Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive (Land, Stephanie)
• Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City (Elliott, Andrea)
• The System: Who Rigged it and How to Fix It (Reich, Robert)
• Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right (Hochschild, Arlie) 
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (Reynolds, Jason and Kendi, Ibram X)
• Rigging the Game: How Inequality is Reproduced in Everyday Life (Schwalbe, Michael) 
• Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation (Freeman, John)
• Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies) (Curtis, Scarlett)
• Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Perez, Caroline Criado)
• The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap (Coontz, Stephanie)
• The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle (Faderman, Lillian) 
• Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility (Taylor, Dorceta)