The 2014 Carolina Conference on Queer Youth “Building Support and Envisioning Justice for LGBTQ Youth in their Schools and Communities” will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 17, in the Student Union.
The conference is free for those who sign up online and the entire community is invited to attend.
The University will host the 13th annual Multicultural Leadership Conference from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 11, in the Student Union. Equality and diversity activist and actor R.J. Mitte will be the conference’s keynote speaker.
Comedian Byron Bowers kicks off the Campus Activities Board’s monthly Friday Night Live series at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 5, in the Cone University Center’s After Hours Lounge.
Sports journalist Stephen Smith will present “Adversity: Keep Your Head in the Game” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Cone University Center, McKnight Hall, as part of the Forty-niner Forum in partnership with the Campus Activities Board.
Journalist and activist Beatrice Thompson will present “Past, Present and Future: Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 21, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.
UNC Charlotte is the first nonprofit recipient of the Belk Innovation in Diversity Award, presented by the Charlotte Chamber and Belk Inc. The University was acknowledged at the chamber’s annual meeting Tuesday, Dec. 3.
In recognition of his efforts to promote diversity, chemistry professor Daniel Rabinovich will be recognized this week by the American Chemistry Society’s Committee on Minority Affairs.
The Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) encourages the campus community to celebrate the life and work of LGBTQ people on National Coming Out Day during a celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 11, in the Student Union Rotunda.
Charles Willie, the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, emeritus, at Harvard University, will give the fifth annual Bertha Maxwell-Roddey Distinguished Africana Lecture at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16, in EPIC, Room G256.
Throughout October, the Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) will sponsor events to promote awareness of LGBTQ history and issues related to disability. These programs include:
