Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Programming and Events

Upcoming Events:

Spring 2023

April 18 – Exchanges | Virtual | 5:30 – 6:30 PM
April 19 – “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Determinants, Correlates, and Methods to Support People After Traumatic Experiences” with Dr. Piotr Mamcarz | Delta State University Archives Gallery | 4 PM
April 20 – “Resilience and Coping in High-Risk Situations: Human Performance Optimization” with Dr. Piotr Mamcarz | Delta State University Archives Gallery | 3 – 4:30 PM
April 20 – Virtual Coffee House for DSU Adult Learners| ZOOM | 4 PM
April 20 – Japan Club – “What Pro Wrestling Can Teach Us about Post-World War II Japan” with Dr. Chuck Westmoreland | Kethley 235 | 6 -7 PM
April 21 – La Tertulia: Café con Lengua y Cultura | Kethley 235 | 10 AM
April 24 – NEA Big Read: Bolivar County Event: Online Homegoing Book Discussion | ZOOM | 8:30 – 9:30 AM
April 25 – Exchanges | Virtual | 5:30 – 6:30 PM
April 26 – Spoken Word Poetry with Dr. Omékongo Dibinga | Union 2nd Floor East Lobby | 7:30 PM

Past Events:

Spring 2023

Spring 2023

Jan. 31 – “Race Against Time” Lecture and Book Signing with Jerry Mitchell | Jobe Hall Auditorium 4 PM
Jan. 31 – “Fresh from the Press” Speaker: Anna Wolfe | Jobe Hall Auditorium | 7 PM
Feb. 1 – NEA Big Read: Bolivar County Event: High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America, Episode 1 | Baioni Conference Center in Broom Hall | 6 – 7 PM
Feb. 2 – “The History and Function of Kimonos” by Mizuki Umebara | Fielding Wright Art Gallery | 4 PM
Feb. 2 – NEA Big Read: Bolivar County Event: High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America, Episode 3 | Baioni Conference Center in Broom Hall | 6 – 7 PM
Feb. 3 – NEA Big Read: Bolivar County Event:High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America, Episode 4 | Baioni Conference Center in Broom Hall | 6 – 7 PM
Feb. 6 – NEA Big Read: Bolivar County Event: African American Foodways with Food Historian Adrian Miller | Jobe Hall Auditorium | 6 PM
Feb. 8 – Virtual Dementia Tour with DSU Department of Social Work
Feb. 9 – Inaugural Ballers: The True Story of the First U.S. Women’s Olympic Basketball Team Reading and Book Signing with Andrew Maraniss | Jobe Hall Auditorium | 1:30 PM
Feb. 11 – NEA Big Read: Bolivar County Event: Homegoing Book Discussion hosted by Bolivar County Library System and Rosedale Freedom Project | Rosedale Library in Rosedale | 12 PM
Feb. 13 – Home from School Film Screening | Bologna Performing Arts Center | 6 PM
Feb. 15 – “Monuments: Who Cares and Why?” Lecture with Dr. Justin Krueger | Jobe Hall Auditorium | 3 – 4:30 PM
Feb. 15 – Black History Month Event: The Loyola Project Film Screening | Jobe Hall Auditorium | 6 PM
Feb. 16 – Monthly Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Meeting | Zoom | 2-3 PM
Feb. 21 – NEA Big Read: Bolivar County Event: Homegoing Book Discussion hosted by Bolivar County Library System and DSU Roberts-LaForge Library | Robinson Carpenter Memorial Library in Cleveland | 6 PM
Mar. 7 – DSU DEI and Pride Alliance Event: Mama Bears Film Screening | Jobe Hall Auditorium | 6 PM
Mar. 9 – Voices from the Sit-In Film Screening for the 54th Anniversary | Baioni Conference Center, Broom Hall | 12:15 PM
Mar. 9 – Virtual Coffee House for DSU Adult Learners | ZOOM | 4 PM
Mar. 11 – National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day | Baioni Conference Center, Broom Hall | 1 PM
Mar. 18 – NEA Big Read: Bolivar County Event: Homegoing Book Discussion | Dr. Robert T. Hollingsworth Library in Shelby | 10 AM
Mar. 23 – Monthly DEI Committee Meeting | ZOOM | 2-3 PM
Mar. 23 – Virtual Coffee House for DSU Adult Learners | ZOOM | 4 PM
Mar. 30 – Blurring the Color Line: Chinese in the Segregated South Film Screening | Bologna Performing Arts Center | 6 PM
Apr. 4 – Apr. 6 – Sexual Assault Awareness Month: The Clothesline Project | Quad | 11 AM – 4 PM
Apr. 6 – Virtual Coffee House for DSU Adult Learners | ZOOM | 4 PM
Apr. 10 – Hazing Film Screening | Bologna Performing Arts Center | 6 PM
Apr. 20 – Virtual Coffee House for DSU Adult Learners | ZOOM | 4 PM
Mar. 7 – DSU DEI and Pride Alliance Event: Mama Bears Film Screening | Jobe Hall Auditorium | 6 PM
Mar. 18 – NEA Big Read: Bolivar County Event: Homegoing Book Discussion | Dr. Robert T. Hollingsworth Library in Shelby | 10 AM
Mar. 30 – Blurring the Color Line: Chinese in the Segregated South Film Screening | Bologna Performing Arts Center | 6 PM
Apr. 10 – Hazing Film Screening | Bologna Performing Arts Center | 6 PM
April 13 – Monthly Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Meeting | ZOOM | 2-3 PM
April 13 – 25th Annual Sammy O. Cranford Memorial History Lecture: “Mississippi’s Jean Valjean: Chasing, Celebrating, and Maybe Pardoning an Escaped Convict in 1909” with Dr. Ted Ownby | Jobe Hall Auditorium | 7 PM

Fall 2022

Fall 2022

Aug. 25: Opening Reception for “Dar Salaam” Art Exhibit | Wright Art Center | 5-7 PM
Aug. 28: Community Memorial Event for Emmett Till | Drew, Mississippi | 10 AM – 2 PM
Sept. 3: Good News Gospel Festival | GRAMMY Museum Mississippi | 12 – 6 PM
Sept. 10: “A Day of Dialogue for Racial Healing and Relationship Building” | Calvary Episcopal Church | 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Sept. 14: Virtual Dementia Tour | Interprofessional Center for Empathetic-Action Simulative Education (EASE)™ | Kethley Hall | 10 AM – 6 PM
Sept. 15: World Afro Day | Union | 11 AM – 6 PM
Sept. 15: Refuge Film Screening and Q&A | Bologna Performing Arts Center | 6 PM
Sept. 28: “In Her Shoes” Domestic Violence Workshop | Multi-Purpose Room in Young-Mauldin Hall (Cafeteria) | 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Oct. 12: Elotes (Mexican Street Corn) | 11 AM – 1 PM | The Quad
Oct. 13: Japan Outreach Initiative presents “Onigiri Action” | 11 AM – 2 PM | Union 1^st Floor Lobby
Oct. 13: Okra OUT presents the Annual Okra OUT Drag Show | 6 – 8 PM | Jobe Hall Auditorium
Oct. 13: Stay Prayed Up Film Screening and Q&A | 6 PM | Bologna Performing Arts Center
Oct. 18: Okra OUT presents Movie and Pizza Night with But I’m a Cheerleader | 6 – 9 PM | Baioni Conference Center
Oct. 26: Okra OUT presents Brick by Brick: Censorship and the Policing of Queer Identity and Expressions in 21^st Century Libraries with Kayla Martin-Gant | 3 PM | Capps Archives and Museum Building
Oct. 28: Japan Outreach Initiative presents “Onigiri Making” | 12 – 1 PM | Union 2^nd Floor East Lobby
Nov. 1: Toil and Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult Book Release and Signing | 7 PM | Jobe Hall Auditorium
Nov. 8: First-Generation College Celebration Networking Lunch | 12:15 – 1:30 PM | Union 2^nd Floor East Lobby
Nov. 9: First-Generation College Celebration Engagement Tables | 10 AM – 2 PM | Union 1^st Floor Lobby
Nov. 10: First-Generation College Celebration Screening of Personal Statement | 6 PM | Jobe Hall Auditorium
Nov. 17: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Meeting | 2 – 3 PM | Zoom
Nov. 18: La Tertulia | 11 AM – 12 PM | Kethley 235
Nov. 29: Japan Club: Martial Arts Demonstration | 3 – 4 PM | Kethley 235
Nov. 29: “Inclusive Leadership and Leading Diverse People” Guest Lecture by Carmela Montenegro | 6:30 PM
Nov. 30: Japanese Calligraphy Workshop | 2 – 3 PM | Union 2^nd Floor East Lobby
Dec. 1: Japan Club: Martial Arts Demonstration | 6 – 7 PM | Kethley 235
Dec. 2: NEA Big Read: Bolivar County Event Kick-Off | 10 AM – 5 PM | Union 1^st Floor Lobby *Register for a FREE copy of Homegoing and a t-shirt*
Dec. 2: La Tertulia | 11 AM – 12 PM | Kethley 235
Until Dec. 9: “Students to Soldiers: Delta State College During World War II” Archives Exhibit | Delta State University Archives and Museum

Spring 2022

Spring 2022

Feb. 1: Lunar New Year Celebration OPEN HOUSE | Capps Archives and Museum
Feb. 3: “State Control Over Women’s Bodies and Choices: What Mississippi Means for Abortion Access in America” presentation (virtual)
Feb. 8: Lunar New Year Celebration | Capps Archives and Museum
Feb. 10: Black History Month: “And Who is My Neighbor?”: Living and Nurturing a Passion for Justice and Inclusion (virtual)
Feb. 17: Black History Month: Winning the Race Ambassadors Present It’s Game Time | Union | 3 – 4 PM
Feb. 17: *Zoom* “State Control Over Women’s Bodies and Choices: What Mississippi Means for Abortion Access in America” presentation | 4 PM
Feb. 18: *Zoom* Monthly Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee meeting | 1 PM
Feb. 19: DSU Emmett Till History Field Trip | 9 AM – 4 PM
Feb. 21: *Zoom/FacebookLive* International Partner Spotlight: Universidade Evangélica de Goiás (Anápolis, Brazil) | 12 PM
Feb. 22: Mississippi Delta Civil Rights Resource Study Community Event | Delta Arts Alliance at 104 S. Court Street, Cleveland | 12 PM
Feb. 23: *Zoom* Safe Space: Pronouns and Names | 3:30 – 5 PM
Feb. 24: Black History Month: Dr. Joe W. Moore III musical performance | Jobe Hall Auditorium | 6 PM
Feb. 25: Black History Month: Harriet film screening | Jobe Hall Auditorium | 6:30 PM
Feb. 27: DSU Pride Alliance Meeting Brunch | Jobe Hall Auditorium | 11 AM – 1 PM
Mar. 7: The Office of Student Affairs in collaboration with the Office of Health and Counseling Services presents: Sex in the Dark | Union Room 302A | 6 PM
Mar. 9: Los Hermanos/The Brothers film screening and Q&A | Bologna Performing Arts Center | 7 PM
Mar. 24: Winning the Race Pep Rally | Bologna Performing Arts Center | 4:30 PM
Mar. 24: Never Say Die: The Story of East Side High film screening and panel discussion | Bologna Performing Arts Center | 6 PM
Mar. 27– 29: Winning the Race Conference
April 12-13: Sexual Assault Awareness Month: The Clothesline Project | Quad | 12-5 PM
April 13 – Lily Topples the World film screening and Q&A | Bologna Performing Arts Center | 6 PM
April 18: Sexual Assault Awareness Month: The Hunting Ground film screening and discussion | Baioni Conference Center | 6 PM
April 19: Earth Day: “Recycle More, Recycle Right” with Jennifer Milner | 12:15 PM
April 19: National Poetry Month: Readings from Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking with DSU’s own C.T. Salazar | Capps Archives Building | 7 PM
April 20: *virtual* Exchanges: Ideas, Cultures, and Languages from Around the World | 1 PM
April 20: Sexual Assault Awareness Month: “Light Up the Quad” | Quad | 7 PM
April 21-24: Annual Sammy O. Cranford Memorial History Lecture: “Detained in the Delta: Japanese American Incarceration Camps in World War II Arkansas” | Jobe Hall Auditorium | 7 PM
April 22: *virtual* Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Monthly Meeting | 1 PM
April 25: Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Lunch and Learn: “Healing and Supporting” | Baioni Conference Center | 12 PM
April 25: Neutral Ground film screening and Q&A | Bologna Performing Arts Center | 6 PM
April 27: “Searching for August Wilson’s Blues” with Prof. Don Allan Mitchell | Kethley 231 | 6 PM

Fall 2021

Fall 2021

Oct. 21: Okra OUT
- Rainbow Run with Office of Student Life | The Quad
- Okra OUT Drag Show | Jobe Hall Auditorium
Oct. 22: La Tertulia | Kethley 235
Oct. 24 – 27: Southern Circuit Film Series: And So I Stayed (virtual)
Nov. 4: French Connections: Cultural Mobility in North America and the Atlantic World, 1600-1875 book signing event with Dr. Andrew Wegmann | Roberts-LaForge Library
Nov. 5: Financial and Capital Access for Women of Color Small Business Owners Conference | Jacob Conference Center in Ewing Hall
Nov. 12: Exchanges (virtual)
Nov. 22: La Tertulia | Kethley 235

Spring 2021

Spring 2021

- Black History Month 2021
  - - Feb. 4: Black History at Delta State – 1969 Black Student Sit-in Conversation
    - Feb. 11: Black History at Delta State – 1970s – Staff
    - Feb. 23: Black History at Delta State – 1970s – Faculty
  - Feb. 18: Da Student Literary Magazine Awards Reading
  - Feb. 22: Another America Across The Sea: A Liberian
    History of The United States
Black History Month “Living The Dream”
Women’s History Month 2021 – Facebook video
- Mar. 9: “A Lesbian Belle Tells” with Elizabeth McCain
Mar. 18: Hit Like A Girl: A Transparent Conversation About The Mississippi Fairness Act
Okra OUT 2021 website
Mar. 28 – 30: Winning the Race conference 2021 website
National Poetry Month 2021
- Apr. 7: National Poetry Month with Prof. Maia Elgin Wegmann
Ramadan Mubarak 2021
- Apr. 14: A Ramadan Conversation with Hassan Irshad
Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2021
- Apr. 19: Sexual Assault Awareness Month with Prof. Deidra Byas
- Apr. 20: Delta State’s 2021 Clothesline Project
- Apr. 22: Sexual Assault Awareness Month with DSU students, Grant Foley, and Myriam Larsen
Asian Pacific Island Desi American Heritage Month 2021
- Apr. 28: Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month with Yuan Oliver Jin
- May. 13: APIDA Heritage Month with Wilson Lee
Racism and Healthcare 2021
- May. 5: Racism and Healthcare with Dr. Melody Fortune
Jewish American Heritage Month 2021
- May. 12: Jewish American Heritage Month with Barbara Levingston