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Experience the U

Gardner Commons Room 2900 260 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah

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.

Pride Partner: Gender Justice Scholars Pride Week Open Discussion

Union 312 200 S Central Campus Dr., Salt Lake City, UT

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.

How Free Speech Saved Democracy

Hinckley Caucus Room (GC 2018) 260 Central Campus Drive, Room 2018, Salt Lake City, UT

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."

Pride Partner Event: Power and Sexual Violence in Queer Communities

Student Equity & Diversity Meeting Room (Union 293) 200 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT

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.

Pride Partner Event: Migguel Anggelo: LatinXoxo

Kingsbury Hall 1395 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT

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.

BSU Classic Tournament

Student Life Center 1836 Student Way, Salt Lake City, UT

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.

$5

Healing Arts Group

Women's Resource Center (Union 411) 200 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT

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.

Inclusivity in the Outdoors

Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building Auditorium 1655 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah

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.

Tanner Talk: Kyle Whyte

UMFA Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke Jr. Auditorium 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah

Kyle Whyte's work focuses on the problems and possibilities Indigenous Peoples face regarding climate change, environmental justice, and food sovereignty.

Transgender Health Seminar: Facial Feminization and Breast Augmentation

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.

Artist Talk: David Taylor & Marcos Ramírez ERRE

Utah Museum of Fine Arts 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, UT

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.

BIPOC Check-in Group

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.

Healing Arts Group

Women's Resource Center (Union 411) 200 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT

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.

Transgender Health Seminar: Trans Masculine Top Surgery

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.

Coffee & Conversations: Coping with Climate Anxiety and Grief

Edible Campus Gardens (by the Sill Center) 195 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah

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.

Fierce Self-Compassion: Advocating for Ourselves & Others

Student Equity & Diversity Meeting Room (Union 293) 200 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT

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.

The Mix UP: Not Your Average Professional Mixer

The Shop 350 E 400 S, Salt Lake City, Utah

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!

Healing Arts Group

Women's Resource Center (Union 411) 200 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT

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.

BIPOC Check-in Group

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.

Healing Arts Group

Women's Resource Center (Union 411) 200 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT

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.

Transgender Health Seminar: Trans Masculine Bottom Surgeries

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.

Paisley Rekdal Reading and Book Launch

Utah Museum of Fine Arts 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, UT

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 2023

University Guest House (Douglas Ballroom) 110 Fort Douglas Boulevard, Salt Lake City, Utah

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.

BIPOC Check-in Group

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.

BIPOC Check-in Group

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.

Mountain West Transforming Care Conference

Cleone Peterson Eccles Alumni House 155 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT

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.

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