Join the staff and students of Cultures & Communities and Ethnic Studies in Bolton Hall Room 195 for our end-of-the-year Open House on May 3, 2023! Drop in any time between 11:00am and 2:00pm for some light food and beverages … Continue Reading »
Asylum: A Memoir and Manifesto Event on February 10th, 2022
Please join us for a conversation with Edafe Okporo on Zoom, February 10th from 4:00pm to 5:30pm.The event is free, but pre-register to ensure yourself a spot!… Continue Reading »
Desert Hearts Screening Today!
Women’s & Gender Studies and LGBTQ+ Studies are cosponsoring a screening of the classic 1985 queer film Desert Hearts at the Union Cinema today, Thursday, November 4th at 7 PM. The film screening is free to all attendees.… Continue Reading »
A Chat With Author Lysley Tenorio
October 28 at 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm in Curtin Hall 175 Free Please join us for the Creative Writing Program’s Visiting Writers Series with author Lysley Tenorio on October 28 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm in Curtin Hall, … Continue Reading »
Cultures and Communities Mask Design Contest—Deadline October 31st 2020
Cultures and Communities is proud to announce a contest to create an original design for face masks, open to all UW-Milwaukee students! There will be prizes, and the top designs will be on a limited run of face masks produced … Continue Reading »
Ronak Kapadia: “Reimagine Everything: How Insurgent Aesthetics and Queer Collective Care are Transforming Our Worlds”
Friday, October 2nd, 2020 3:30 – 4:30 Free C21 Event Page Event Online—Watch at C21’s YouTube page. Join us for a conversation with Ronak K. Kapadia (UIC) as he explores how the Black and brown Midwest has become the epicenter … Continue Reading »
6.11.2020 | Statement of Solidarity and Abolition
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) stands at a liminal moment in its relationship to its students and the broader community it serves. The recent, brutal murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of Minneapolis and Louisville Police, … Continue Reading »
12.12.18 | Cultures & Communities Newsletter, Fall 2018
Check out our Fall 2018 Newsletter and meet our new director, Dr. Rachel Buff. Also, read about Cultures and Communities new mural painted by UWM Community Arts students, and more! 2018 Fall CC Newsletter.… Continue Reading »
12.1.17 | Cultures & Communities in the News This Holiday Season
UWM Cultures & Communities is in the news this holiday season: “‘To celebrate, respect and recognize other cultures is to participate in a more pluralistic, more inclusive society,’ said Joseph Walzer, associate director of the Cultures & Communities program at … Continue Reading »