March Women’s History Month Week 3: Focus on Focus on Past-Present-Future

From the EDI Office – WHM2023: 

We hope that you will utilize (by participating, exploring, and sharing) these events and resources during Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (WHM2023).

From the Women & Gender Center (a program of CII: the Center for Identity and Inclusion): Programs & Events

South Asian Women Giving Voice to Our Mental Health and Well-being

Center for Identity & Inclusion and Office of International Affairs

Details on IG @cudenver cii | 3:30-4:45pm | Zoom

Explore factors impacting mental health for women in the South Asian community including gender dynamics, parental/community influences, and common experiences. Culturally responsive resources will be shared, and students of all backgrounds are welcome.

 

The Keyes Desegregation Case: 50 Years Later 

Community Event: A Dream of Justice: The Story of Keyes v. Denver Public Schools with Author Pat Pascoe 

When: Saturday, March 18, 2023, from 1:30 pm-3:00 pm

Where: Basement Community Room at the Park Hill Branch Library

Did you know that Park Hill was at the center of a Supreme Court case filed in 1969 that ordered the school board to desegregate the entire district “root and branch”? Pat Pascoe, the author of A Dream of Justice: the Story of Keyes v. Denver Public Schools, will focus on the immediate causes of the filing of the lawsuit. What are the lasting effects of this decision? Join Park Hill Neighbors for Equity in Education for an in-depth discussion following the author’s presentation. Click here to let us know if you can make it to this free event.