Black History Month Kick Back Social
Wednesday, February 1st | 3:00 – 6:00PM | Tivoli Turnhalle
Open to the public, no registration required
Sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Engagement and Inclusion and the University of Colorado Denver Center for Identity and Inclusion, we welcome all students, staff, faculty, and community members for a social event with games, conversations, and snacks. This meet and greet event will allow students on the Auraria campus to get connected with various departments and student groups.
Workplace Equity Summit
Thursday, February 9th | 3:00 – 6:00PM | Jordan Student Success Building, Room 400
MSU Denver’s Classroom to Career Hub (C2Hub) invites our industry partners (Employers, Faculty, Staff, and Students) to join us for the 10th annual tri-institutional Workplace Equity Summit. The one-day event is an opportunity to connect with students from Auraria Campus which holds three higher education institutions: Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Colorado Denver and the Community College of Denver. Throughout the event, participants can network with students and learn from DEI professionals about workplace equity practices. Previously known as the Diversity Networking Event, the Workplace Equity Summit was created with the intention of forging meaningful connections between students with marginalized identities and industry professionals. The ultimate goal of the event is to promote social mobility by strengthening students’ cultural capital so they can thrive in the global workforce.
Annual Black World Conference
Tuesday, February 14th & Wednesday, February 15th | 9:30AM – 2:00PM | St. Cajetan’s
Open to the public, no registration required
The Annual Black World Conference has been sponsored by the Department of Africana Studies for over thirty years. The commitment of the Black World Conference has always been to enlighten students and the Denver community about the lived experience of African Americans and the broader African Diaspora. The theme of the 2023 Black World Conference is Marginalized in the African Diaspora. For two days we endeavor to enlighten our audience of university students, faculty, and the wider Denver community about African-descendant communities not usually in the forefront of African Diaspora discourse.
Black History Month Bingo
Wednesday, February 15th | 4:00 – 6:00PM | Tivoli Garage Lounge 257
Open to the public, no registration required
Join our Tri-Institutional partners: the Center for Multicultural Engagement and Inclusion at MSU Denver, the Student Activities Department at the University of Colorado – Denver, and the Student Programming, Activities & Resource Center at Community College of Denver to expand your knowledge about Black History. Play a game of bingo that facilitates discussion on race, historical events, individuals who have been change makers who were visionaries, leaders, and artists.
CMEI Brother to Brother’s Critical Discussion on Race and Culture
The annual Brother to Brother Critical Discussion on Race and Culture sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Engagement and Inclusion, the Department of Music’s Race and Social Justice Visiting Artist Series, and Office of Diversity and Inclusion is proud to feature Dr. Stevie Johnson and The Space Program on the Curriculum of the Mind; a BlackCrit, Narrative Inquiry Hip Hop Album on Anti-Blackness & Freedom for Black Male Collegians at historically white institutions. We are delighted to welcome Dr. Stevie Johnson, who received the 2019 Bobby Wright Dissertation of the Year Award for the Association for the Study of Higher Education.
Critical Discussion On Race: Day 1 & Day 2
Day 1: Guard Ya Brilliance: A Critical Dialogue with Dr. Stevie Johnson and The Space Program
Monday, February 20th | NOON – 2:00PM | Emmanuel Art Gallery
All are welcome and highly encouraged for male-identified students of color to attend
Day 2: The Department of Music’s Race and Social Justice Visiting Artist Series presents The Space Program: The Curriculum of the Mind: Concert and Fireside Chat
Tuesday, February 21st | 4:30 – 7:00PM | King Center Recital Hall
Doors open at 4:00PM