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Pride Week at the U
Pride Week at the U is an annual event honoring LGBTQIA+ histories, cultures, and lives! Join us for this week-long series of events to learn, celebrate, and be inspired.
Pride Week at the U is an annual event honoring LGBTQIA+ histories, cultures, and lives! Join us for this week-long series of events to learn, celebrate, and be inspired.
Wouldn’t it be convenient if LGBTQIA+ and ally vendors were brought right to you? Well, you are in luck! This market-style event will be an opportunity to shop with local businesses and creators who identify as or create things for LGBTQIA+ individuals.
Experience the U is an event designed for high school juniors and seniors who identify as African American, Black, Native, Indigenous, American Indian, Asian, Asian American, Latinx, Chicanx, Pacific Islander, Multiracial, LGBTQ+, Neurodiverse, and/or Disabled to participate in a mock lecture of a University of Utah class for a day to experience what it's like to be a real university student before they ever start their first day of school. Parents are encouraged to come and participate in parent workshops to learn how to better support their students.
Bring Something, Take Something: Clothing swap/drive where students and staff can stop by and get some new clothing items. We will also have a salon station where you can do your nails, add hair color, and grab some makeup!
Gender Justice Scholars (GJS) will facilitate open dialogues among peers, faculty, and staff on a variety of gender/pride-related topics. The topic and GJS facilitator will change every hour each of the days between 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
For this event, we will hear from Chris Finan, executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship, as he discusses his book, "How Free Speech Saved Democracy: The Untold History of How the First Amendment Became and Effective Tool for Securing Liberty and Social Justice."
Join us for a workshop specifically designed for queer students that is focused on understanding power dynamics in dating and sexual relationships, recognizing how many discussions of dating and sexual violence exclude and harm queer folks and exploring how queer joy can transform harm within communities.
Join us for a showcase of Utah’s most talented performers, as we celebrate unstoppable queer identities in our community. Hear from our cast of university alumni and Salt Lake legendary drag kings, things, and queens who have prepared a dazzling show for you.
LatinXoxo is Migguel Anggelo’s nonconforming and self-accepting rallying cry: a break from “Latin Lover” clichés and his own Venezuelan father’s gendered expectations. With indelible precision, weaving in and out of the audience, the artist connects past and present while unraveling the stereotypes that would otherwise constrain him.
Bounce into the BSU Classic Basketball Tournament! Join the BSU on April 1st at the U of U Student Life Center for a day of fun, competition, and giving back to the community.
Get ready for The Unstoppable Queer Prom with queer and trans students of color! This space is organized in collaboration with the Latinx Student Union, M.E.Ch.A., and others.
Come dance the night away at the Unstoppable Queer Prom – part of the University of Utah’s 2023 Pride Week. We want to see face, face, face, lewks, and what being ‘unstoppable’ means to you!
The Women's Resource Center is excited to announce a new Healing Art Group for Spring 2023. This 12-session group will be held on Tuesdays from 11 am – 12 pm, starting February 7th. We will be exploring themes of identity and personal growth through various guided art projects.
A panel discussion hosted by the Women's Outdoor Leadership Initiative (WOLI) that will discuss inclusivity in the outdoors and provide education and tools for audience members on why inclusive spaces are important in the outdoors, and gain tools on how to create them. This event is open to all members of the salt lake (and greater) community in person or over Zoom.
Kyle Whyte's work focuses on the problems and possibilities Indigenous Peoples face regarding climate change, environmental justice, and food sovereignty.
Seminars are led by our providers who will discuss the different services we offer in our program and highlight community partners we work with to deliver gender affirming care. This seminar will cover the topic of trans feminine surgeries including facial feminization and breast augmentation.
David Taylor and Marcos Ramírez ERRE'S collaboration DeLIMITations, featured in Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea, is a massive collection of photographs with a striking obelisk that marks the 2,300-mile site-specific intervention following the 1821 boundary between the U.S. and Mexico. Hear about their process of creating and documenting at the April 5 artist talk.
Started as a place to grieve and honor George Floyd, this is a space for employees at the U who self-identify as BIPOC to experience community, share struggles and solutions, and celebrate being who they are. Drop-ins are welcomed.
The ceremonial Grand Entry is a cultural and spiritual tradition where a parade of participants enters the dance circle hosted by northern and southern drummers.
The University of Utah Pow Wow is an opportunity for tribal members throughout the Intermountain West to meet and honor the cultural and religious practices of their communities.
The ceremonial Grand Entry is a cultural and spiritual tradition where a parade of participants enters the dance circle hosted by northern and southern drummers.
The ceremonial Grand Entry is a cultural and spiritual tradition where a parade of participants enters the dance circle hosted by northern and southern drummers.
The Women's Resource Center is excited to announce a new Healing Art Group for Spring 2023. This 12-session group will be held on Tuesdays from 11 am – 12 pm, starting February 7th. We will be exploring themes of identity and personal growth through various guided art projects.
Join the conversation to listen, be heard, and reflect with others about relevant topics with your fellow peers and community members.
Seminars are led by our providers who will discuss the different services we offer in our program and highlight community partners we work with to deliver gender affirming care. This seminar will cover the topic of trans masculine top surgery and how to safe binding practices.
In this workshop, participants will learn about accountability practices and anti-oppression justice frameworks, such as restorative and transformative justice, that are key to ending sexual violence and creating a world where sexual harm has neither place nor power.
Join the Women's Resource Center and Sustainability Office for their third Coffee and Conversation of the spring semester! In this final session of the semester, participants will be spending time in the Edible Campus Gardens talking about climate-related anxiety and grief.
This workshop is a community space for folks with marginalized identities to explore how self-compassion is critical for promoting justice. We will explore and practice strategies for responding authentically and intentionally to issues of marginalization, such as invisibility, impostor syndrome and micro-aggressions.
Join the Black Cultural Center April 14 at The Shop (coworking space) for our professional mixer in partnership with the Utah Black Chamber of Commerce, Northwestern Mutual, L3 Harris, Career and Professional Development Center. This is not your ordinary networking event, dress up, come gain new perspectives, meet students and professionals, listen to some great music, eat and have some fun!
The L.O.V.E. Retreat is for those that identify as Black Women and their allies. More details to come.
Aligning with the platform of One U Thriving, the goal of these quarterly meetings is to draw connections between the colleges, units, and divisions’ diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies. This session has been created as a place where diversity, equity, and inclusion practitioners can share successes and challenges – a place where we can discuss our work; engage colleagues; share resources and initiatives on racial equity, social justice, and community engagement.
The Women's Resource Center is excited to announce a new Healing Art Group for Spring 2023. This 12-session group will be held on Tuesdays from 11 am – 12 pm, starting February 7th. We will be exploring themes of identity and personal growth through various guided art projects.
Reframing the Conversation brings together experts from across campus and the community to spark important conversations around racism, othering, and safety.
Started as a place to grieve and honor George Floyd, this is a space for employees at the U who self-identify as BIPOC to experience community, share struggles and solutions, and celebrate being who they are. Drop-ins are welcomed.
The Women's Resource Center is excited to announce a new Healing Art Group for Spring 2023. This 12-session group will be held on Tuesdays from 11 am – 12 pm, starting February 7th. We will be exploring themes of identity and personal growth through various guided art projects.
Join the conversation to listen, be heard, and reflect with others about relevant topics with your fellow peers and community members.
Seminars are led by our providers who will discuss the different services we offer in our program and highlight community partners we work with to deliver gender affirming care. This seminar will cover the topic of trans masculine bottom surgeries including phalloplasty and metoidioplasty.
Many Wests, UMFA’s latest special exhibition which closes June 11, asks us to explore the perspectives of the original boundary breakers, memory makers, and caretakers of the American West. Join us in the Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke Jr. Auditorium as we explore the West via the poignant and powerful poetry of Paisley Rekdal from her latest book, West: A Translation. Stay for a book signing with the author and to explore the exhibition.
Lavender Graduation is an annual ceremony conducted on numerous campuses to honor graduating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual/Aromantic, and Ally students.
The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Graduation is a celebration that honors our beautiful and complex histories, experiences, communities and families.
Started as a place to grieve and honor George Floyd, this is a space for employees at the U who self-identify as BIPOC to experience community, share struggles and solutions, and celebrate being who they are. Drop-ins are welcomed.
The University of Utah Staff Council is hosting a quarterly EDI book club. We are reading "From Equity Talk to Equity Walk" by Tia Brown McNair, Estela Maria Bensimon, Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux, and Lynn Pasquerella.
This is part of an ongoing series with Professional Development. Event are open to all, especially those on U of U campus looking to continue their professional development.
Started as a place to grieve and honor George Floyd, this is a space for employees at the U who self-identify as BIPOC to experience community, share struggles and solutions, and celebrate being who they are. Drop-ins are welcomed.
The Mountain West Transforming Care Conference is a regional interdisciplinary conference that brings together primary care providers, advanced care clinicians, mental health providers, and more to advance the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ communities.
Friday Forums is a commitment to the state and region in elevating national conversations and showcasing models of disrupting complicit racism. Each session welcomes national thought leaders to lead discussions and provide opportunities for participants to share ideas on actionable items towards a diverse, equitable and inclusive campus.
The Native Excellence Gala brings together Tribal Nation heads of state, community partners and members, educators, and students to celebrate changemakers and leaders who are making a positive impact on behalf of the Indigenous community.
Event are open to all, especially those on U of U campus looking to continue their professional development.
Event are open to all, especially those on U of U campus looking to continue their professional development.