Envisioning Justice: Event Rescheduled

The Volunteer Action Center, Multicultural Center and University Programs are proud to present Envisioning Justice: The Campus Voice, a conference highlighting topics on civil rights, environmental health, sexual assault awareness and mental health.

Events have been rescheduled for Friday, March 4, and March 9-11:

March 4:

  • Speaker: Prentis Grayson & Naudia Walton from Let's Talk NWA of NWA Center for Sexual Assault
  • Workshop: SHOO (Sexual Health Organization and Outreach RSO), Self-Love After Trauma
  • Speaker: Airic Hughes, founder of Visionari, philanthropist, artist and Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History
  • Workshop: Associated Student Government DEI, intersectionality in volunteer work and finding ways to advocate for social justice
  • Workshop: Students with Refugees, Refugee Advocacy and Allyship

March 9:

  • Red Talks          

March 10:

  • Speaker: Gabriel Díaz Montemayor, associate professor of landscape architecture and assistant dean of diversity, equity and inclusion
  • Workshop: UarkSAFE (Students Advocating for the Environment RSO), Ecobrick Building

March 11:

  • Speaker: Yasmin Benoit, asexual activist, writer, speaker
  • Workshop: Uark CAPS — Mental Health Matters

Please register through our Givepulse page, where you can find speaker and workshop descriptions, as well as presentation times and room assignments. There will be one service hour offered per event attended!

And don't forget to check out Red Talks presented by University Programs on Wednesday, March 9, in Old Main Giffels Auditorium, where students will be speaking about their experiences with LGBTQIA+ allyship, food insecurity, mental health and grief, sexual assault, anti-Semitism and cross-cultural health. Students may register for this event on the same Givepulse link as above.

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