WIU Diversity Council

03/04/2022

This documentary is to shed light on the racism black students experience at Western Illinois University. you to everyone involved in the ma...

02/24/2022

We hope you can join us for our first Creating Change 365 (CC365) event tomorrow at 6:30 PM ET.

To join, all you have to do is make sure you have the Zoom app or browser extension installed, login or create a free account, and click this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84070735045

We'll be coming together to discuss the significant impact of counting LGBTQ+ people in U.S. Census. This webinar will feature ASL and Spanish-language interpretation. Panelists include:

[Facilitator] Clermon Acklin (he/him), Federal Regulatory Counsel, National LGBTQ Task Force
Heidi Crawford (she/her), Data Dissemination Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau
Anh Nguyen (he/him), Data Dissemination Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau
Larry B. Carter (he/him), Account Manager, U.S. Census Bureau

Do you want to listen over the phone? Call one of the numbers below, follow the instructions and dial the Webinar ID followed by the “ #” sign.

US: +1 929 205 6099 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799

Webinar ID: 840 7073 5045

As a reminder, access to this event is part of your special bonus for being previously registered to participate in the Creating Change Conference in New Orleans. You will also be automatically invited to attend all future CC365 events for the rest of the year. No need to register every time.

Creating Change 365 is a virtual events series presented by the Task Force for LGBTQ+ community building and organizing in 2022.

Want to share this event with someone who hasn’t been pre-registered? Send them this link: linktr.ee/thetaskforce.

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10/11/2021

October 11 is National Indigenous Peoples' Day.

10/11/2021

October 11 is National Coming Out Day.

09/15/2021

Happy ! Visit Casa Latina Cultural Center at WIU and Multicultural Center for information on events and more.

Happy Latinx Heritage Month! Visit Casa Latina Cultural Center at WIU and WIU Multicultural Center for information on events.

08/24/2021

Don't miss this event!

07/28/2021

Protect your community (and beyond!) by becoming a like WIU Multicultural Center Program Coordinator Carl Ervin! Find a vax clinic near you at bit.ly/FindVaxClinic. Together, we can defeat COVID.

06/01/2021

The uprising at the Stonewall Inn in June, 1969, sparked a liberation movement -- a call to action that continues to inspire us to live up to our Nation's

05/15/2021

On this day in 1897, Magnus Hirschfeld founded The Scientific-Humanitarian Committee in Berlin, the first-ever LGBT rights organization.

Magnus Hirschfeld was a physician and one of the founding figures of the modern gay rights movement and the man who coined the term "transvestite". As a gay man Hirschfeld's cause was personal. He was also greatly affected by the trial of Oscar Wilde in 1895. In 1897 he set up, with...