Student Affairs Events and Activities
Black History Month
Tiana’s Table: An Interactive Movie Night
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJoin us for a magical night down in New Orleans at Tiana's Table! We’re screening Disney’s The Princess and the Frog—and whenever food appears on screen, you’ll be served the same iconic dishes featured in the film—warm beignets, rich gumbo, …
Meals with Meaning with Angela Davis
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesShare a meal and a meaningful conversation with one of the most influential voices in the global struggle for justice, Angela Davis. Her work examines the intersections of race, gender, and class, with a particular focus on prisons, policing, and …
Distinguished Lecture Series Presents: Angela Davis
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJoin us for an evening with Professor Angela Davis—scholar, activist, writer, and one of the most influential voices in the global struggle for justice. Her work examines the intersections of race, gender, and class, with a particular focus on prisons, policing, and abolition. Author of numerous groundbreaking books, including Angela Davis: An Autobiography, Freedom Is a Constant Struggle, and co-author of Abolition.Feminism.Now., Professor Davis continues to challenge us to imagine new futures beyond the prison industrial complex. This special event will feature a moderated conversation with Dr. Derrick Harriell, offering powerful dialogue and reflection on building a more just world.
Portrait of Jason
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesDocumentary On December 2, 1966, director Shirley Clarke and a miniscule film crew gathered in her apartment at the Hotel Chelsea. Bestowed for twelve hours with the one-and-only Jason Holliday, Clarke confronted the iconic performer about his good times and …
Meet the Yard
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesLearn more about the Divine Nine (D9) organizations on campus and how to become members. Business casual attire is required.
Drylongso
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesA lost treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/ romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying—indeed, “becoming …
Sisters Like Me
Lubar Entrepreneurship Center & UWM Welcome Center (LECWC) 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesSisters Like Me is an annual feel-good gathering where Black women-identified students come together to laugh, connect, and celebrate all the magic they bring to UWM. It’s a space for sharing stories, honoring culture, and building real sisterhood—alongside Black women …
Babylon
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesUK Classics Franco Rosso's incendiary Babylon had its world premiere at Cannes in 1980 but went unreleased in the U.S. for "being too controversial, and likely to incite racial tension" (Vivien Goldman, Time Out). Raw and smoldering, it follows a …
Black History Month Closing Celebration
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesCelebrate the finale of Black History Month with an unforgettable community gathering! Savor delicious food from Immy’s African Cuisine, experience the vibrant artistry of Ko-Thi Dance Company, and get moving with lively line dancing hosted by Fraternity & Sorority Life. Come together in joy, rhythm, and community as we honor Black history, culture, and legacy!
Soulemayne’s Story
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesNew Releases Racing through the streets of Paris making food deliveries on his bicycle, Guinean immigrant Souleymane is struggling to stay afloat. In two days, he has to report for an asylum application interview, where he must plead his case …
Compensation
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesNew Restoration A landmark of independent cinema, Compensation is Zeinabu irene Davis’s moving, ambitious portrait of the struggles of Deaf African Americans and the complexities of loving relationships at the bookends of the twentieth century. In extraordinary dual performances, Michelle …
The Annihilation of Fish
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesNew Restoration In The Annihilation of Fish, Lynn Redgrave plays Poinsettia, a former housewife with an imagined lover in the form of 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini. She moves into a Los Angeles boarding house with an energetic landlady where she …