Intersectionality, Diversity, and Equity Awareness - IDEA Week

24/03/2014

Manavi- South Asian Women's Organization along with Rutgers University Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities is holding the screening of "Desigirls!": A documentary that explores the experiences of LGBTQ South Asian women

There will be a Q&A session with the director and a short presentation/discussion facilitated by Manavi about violence and other issues LGBTQ South Asian women face!

The event happens on April 15th, 7 pm at the Red Lion Cafe, RSC, with FREE admission and FREE food! RSVP to [email protected]

Fb event: https://www.facebook.com/events/667514226646884/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular&source=1

08/03/2014

Thank you Saskia for putting on the feminist art workshop! Thank you Kate for organizing hate crime detective Dave D'Amico to come present at Rutgers!

Thanks to all that have supported us throughout this week! IT HAS BEEN A BLAST YA'LL

08/03/2014

Happy International Women's Day! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okFKnjfA_uE

Women have historically been underrepresented in almost all fields: science, school curricula, business, politics—and, sadly, doodles. In addition to our con...

07/03/2014

Thank you to the Douglass D.I.V.A.S for co-sponsoring and to all the powerful Verbal Mayhem performers!

06/03/2014

06/03/2014

Front page of the Targum! :)

Tonight is Open Mic Night at 8 pm in the Douglass Lounge (upstairs, right across from the room with the piano) in the DCC! Hope to see you tonight! ^_^

Yamiesha Bell hated the color of her skin when she was younger, but after watching the movie “Roots” with her father, she became proud of her African-American identity. Bell, School of Arts and Sciences junior, was a panelist at night’s I.D.E.A. Week panel at the Douglass Campus Center. I.D.E.A. Wee...

05/03/2014

Meet our "Diversity in Activism" panelist, Nomin Ujiyediin!

Nomin Ujiyediin is a student at Rutgers who is heavily involved in the LGBTQ and Asian American communities on campus. As vice president of LLEGO, the LGBTQQIA People of Color Organization, she has planned dozens of meetings relating to social justice, and she has helped organize the annual Q***r Ball, the largest student-run LGBTQ event at Rutgers. Nomin is also programming chair of Asian Student Council, an umbrella organization for Rutgers' Asian student groups, and is involved with Q&A, a discussion group for queer-identified Asian Americans. She aspires to enter the fields of journalism and public policy after graduation.

Come meet Nomin face to face TONIGHT, at the "Diversity in Activism" Panel (RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/436357609829527/ )

04/03/2014

HAPPY I.D.E.A. WEEK! We are having an informational table in the DCC! :D

Come join us to learn about the awesome events we are holding starting tomorrow!

04/03/2014

Meet our "Diversity in Activism" panelist, Daniel Hoddinott!

Daniel Hoddinott is currently a junior at Rutgers University. After switching majors five times, Daniel is set on majoring in Human Resource Management and Labor Studies and Employment Relations. Following graduation, Daniel wants to attend law school, attend graduate school for higher education and student affairs, work in DC, or somehow do all three. He is a former senior intern at the Asian American Cultural Center, serves on the Vietnamese Student Association executive board, and serves on the East Coast Asian American Student Union National Board. Daniel is extremely proud to identify as a first generation Korean American adoptee and hopes to return to South Korea and find his biological mother.

Come meet Daniel face to face on Wednesday March 5th, at the "Diversity in Activism" Panel (RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/436357609829527/ )

03/03/2014

I, Too, Am Harvard is a photo campaign highlighting the faces and voices of black students at Harvard College.

Check out their blog over here: http://itooamharvard.tumblr.com/

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alisonvingiano/21-black-harvard-students-share-their-experiences-through-a

The "I, Too, Am Harvard" photo campaign explores the diverse experience that black students at Harvard have to face. Here are 21 of the images.

03/03/2014

Meet our "Diversity in Activism" panelist, Yamiesha Bell!

Yamiesha Bell, School of Arts and Sciences/Douglass Residential College '15, is a triple major in Political Science, Africana Studies, andWomen and Gender Studies with a certificate in leadership through the IWL scholars program. Yamiesha is currently the President of the MountainView Project, a member of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity, and also a member of DBSC (Douglass Black Students Congress). She also was the Vice President of PSP for the Fall '13 and Barbara Voorhees Mentor for the Fall '12 academic semester and is currently a Resident Assistant on the Cook/Douglass campus at Lippincott Hall. Yamiesha believes in equal education for all and has a passion for ensuring the civil and social rights of all, especially those from the African Diaspora. She has a strong interest in photography and poetry and is an avid reader.

Come meet Yamiesha face to face on Wednesday March 5th, at the "Diversity in Activism" Panel (RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/436357609829527/ )

03/03/2014

IT IS FINALLY I.D.E.A. WEEK!

Get pumped ya'll! :D