Cultures and Communities Program

07/22/2023

Spaces are open in this excellent class. Sign up now!

11/07/2022

All are welcome to this timely and important event with noted historian Johanna Schoen. Register using the QR code on the flyer!

10/17/2022

All are welcome to this Zoom event on Friday, 10/21! Register using the QR code.

06/02/2022

Congratulations to Wisconsin CAN and Cultures and Communities student Pilar Sharp for being selected to be a SHINE Strong scholar!

2022-2023 Scholars Tayo Fasan (they/them, she/her) Tayo Fasan is a student at Vanderbilt University majoring in Medicine, Health, and Society with a minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies. She supports q***r people of color on campus as a programming intern at Vanderbilt’s Women’s Center and a st...

04/27/2022

Some of our students have been working for a couple of years on the Wisconsin CAN Archive project, collecting the history of the Movement for Black Lives in Southeastern Wisconsin. Come see their presentation on Friday at the Undergraduate Research Symposium: 9 am in Union 191!

02/14/2022

02/06/2022

Everyone welcome to this event! Author, activist @ asylum seeker Edafe Okporo speaks about his new book and his experiences in Nigeria and the US.

01/25/2022

What are you doing for Black history month? Here's a great way to kick off your celebration and hear some great new work by UWM graduate students!

01/12/2022

We are proud to be a co-sponsor of the UWM Women's & Gender Studies Feminist Lecture Series, featuring Dean Spade:

10/07/2021

We are continuing to partner with the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition to help them with their donation drive for Afghan arrivals. Sign up here to volunteer, any weekday in October:

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Volunteering will take place between 10:30 and 2 pm; it's OK to sign up for a date and come for part of that. This will take place at the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Resource Center, 5235 S 27th Street, Greenfield, WI 53221.

09/27/2021

here is the link to register for volunteering at the Clothing Drive for Afghan Guests on Wednesday. Students welcome!

Please join us September 29th 11:00am -2:00pm. We are looking for volunteers to help sort and take donations for our Afghan Guests September Donation Drive. We will be recruiting for the following: - Hijabs - Womens traditional Cultural Clothing - Underwear (Men, Women, Children) - Undershirts (Men,...