Diversity

Registration is open for the conference “Bridging the Gap Between Academic and Entrepreneurial Capital: Strategies for Success for Women and Under-represented Minorities,” scheduled for Tuesday, March 19, at UNC Charlotte Center City.
According to the UNC Charlotte ADVANCE Faculty Affairs and Diversity Office, which is co-hosting the conference, this event is designed to “educate female and minority faculty and students and interested community members about how they can translate their intellectual capital into entrepreneurial capital in innovative ways.”

Jessica Valenti, named one of the top 100 inspiring women in the world by the Guardian, will present the talk “The Purity Myth” at 7 p.m., Monday, March 19, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.
In her presentation, Valenti will explore whether America’s obsession with virginity is damaging to young women and whether the abstinence movement reveals a larger need for young women to take an activist stance in changing the conversation surrounding female sexuality.

The Counseling Center is starting an eight-week group to provide an opportunity for student veterans to come together to build their community and discuss issues related to the transition from military to civilian to University life with others who understand.
Two members from the Counseling Center staff who have personal and professional experiences and training with veterans will facilitate the discussion group. Meetings will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesdays, from Feb. 13 through April 10, in the Counseling Center Multipurpose Room.

International expert Russ Breault will deliver the multimedia presentation “Shroud Encounter” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 12, in the Student Union Movie Theater.
President and founder of the Shroud of Turin Education Project Inc., Breault has participated in nearly every international research symposium since the first Shroud of Turin Research Project conference in 1981. He attended both public exhibitions in Turin, Italy, in 1998 and 2000.

The Multicultural Resource Center is seeking faculty or staff members who have personal stories related to the historic 1963 “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” to include in a program on Monday, Feb. 11, in the Student Union Movie Theater. 

The Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) is revamping its Safe Zone Program, comprised of training related to LGBTQ programming.
Starting this semester, the Safe Zone training will be a four-hour offering, instead of an entire workday. The updated training program will focus on the basics of the LGBT community and the active engagement that allies offer as program participants. Safe Zone training is open to all members of the campus community and will be offered at least twice a semester.

Civil rights activist, pastor and professor Bob Zellner will discuss his memories of and role in the South’s civil rights movement at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the Student Union Movie Theater
Zellner grew up in Southampton, Ala., but he has an unlikely background of a civil rights legend. His father and grandfather were both members of the Ku Klux Klan. Zellner chose to become actively involved in civil rights, and his defiant actions led to his being arrested 18 times in seven different states during the course of his involvement with the movement.

As part of Black History Month, Jawole Willa Jo Sollar, founder and artistic director of Urban Bush Women, will share her perspectives on art as a tool for liberation in a conversation scheduled for 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 2, at UNC Charlotte Center City. In addition to the interview and question-and-answer period, facilitated by dance professor Takiya Nur Amin, there will be a brief movement demonstration by Urban Bush Women members.

Daniel Grano and Margaret Quinlan, faculty members in the Department of Communication Studies, along with graduate student Elliot Hamer, will present “Did Race and Money Matter? Discrimination in the N.C. Eugenics Program” at 8 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 29, at the YWCA Central Carolinas, 3420 Park Rd.

As part of the University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Jeremiah Dew will perform his one-man show “One Voice: A Black History Narrative” at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 17,in the Student Union Multipurpose Room.