A Selection of Mexican Ex-Votos

A Selection of Mexican Ex-Votos - Exhibition

April 12 - October 18, 2024  Gain insight into Mexican religious folk practices through these selections from the Dr. William H. Helfand collection of ex-votos and devotional paintings on medical subjects. The display is located on the main level of the Holman Biotech Commons, outside the Holman Reading Room. 

Honoring Indigenous Two Spirit & Queer Relatives

3907 Spruce St. and Online |

Join Natives at Penn, the LGBT Center, and La Casa Latina in celebration of National Coming Out Day and Indigenous People's Day, both on Oct 11 this year! Sharing their stories will be:

~Andrew Caldwell, Wa-Wa-Ti-In-In-Ne (Northern Lights Man) he/him/they
-Algonquin (Anishinaabe) two-spirit person
-from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg community, Canada

~Sage Chanell
-Trans two spirit person
-Absentee-Shawnee, Ponca, and Otoe from Oklahoma
-Miss International Two Spirit 2016-17
-Co-chair of the Central Oklahoma Two Spirit Society

~Moréna Espiritual
-Queer Afro-Indigenous Dominican person
-Non-binary dancer and artist based in Mexico

After our guests speak, there will be Q&A and a small outdoor reception afterward for those attending in person.

Zoom link if attending virtually: https://vpul-upenn.zoom.us/j/94465435278?pwd=RG1Ob1Zub2ZOQUVKRjBBcy9xNldFUT09

Tarana Burke and Adam Grant

Online and Annenberg, Zellerbach Theater | to

Presenting Tarana Burke, Founder of the #MeToo moment, and Author of Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement in conversation with Professor Adam Grant.

Registration is required for in-person attendance.

From the founder and activist behind one of the largest movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the me too movement, Tarana Burke debuts a powerful memoir about her own journey to saying those two simple yet infinitely powerful words–me too–and how she brought empathy back to an entire generation in one of the largest cultural events in American history.

Unbound is the story of an inimitable woman's inner strength and perseverance, all in pursuit of bringing healing to her community and the world around her, but it is also a story of possibility, of empathy, of power, and of the leader we all have inside ourselves. In sharing her path toward healing and saying me too, Tarana reaches out a hand to help us all on our own journeys.

Farah Jasmine Griffin Book Talk

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut Street |

A book talk with Farah Jasmine Griffin,William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies, Columbia University about her book Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature.

Momentum 2020: The Power of Penn Women

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A three-day conference celebrating the power of Penn women. Join us on campus as alumni and Penn community members of all backgrounds and generations gather to learn, connect, and share how we are making an impact locally and globally.

Campus Commemoration - 20th Anniversary 9.11

Love Statue @ College Green | to

Gather at the Love Statue on Friday, 9/10/21 for a campus commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11.  Brief remarks will be given by President Amy Gutmann.

iCommunicate Intercultural Trainings

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ISSS (International Student & Scholar Services) offers 3 tracks of iCommunicate trainings. Request a training for your group, office or department. Open to all Penn students, scholars, faculty and staff.

Penn Supplier Diversity Forum & Expo

Online event |

Registration is now open for the 2021 Penn Supplier Diversity Forum & Expo which will be a virtual event.  Penn President Amy Gutmann will deliver opening remarks at 12 Noon. She will be followed by Erika H. James, Dean of the Wharton School at Penn facilitating a discussion with Janice Bryant Howroyd, Founder and CEO of ActOne Group -- the largest privately held, minority-woman-owned personnel company founded in the United States -- on the critically important socioeconomic benefits of diverse and inclusive workplaces.

Penn Commemorates Juneteenth

Online |

You’re invited to The University of Pennsylvania Juneteenth Event featuring Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of “How to be an Antiracist” and “Stamped from the Beginning” in conversation with Dr. Erika James, Dean of The Wharton School.

THE ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE

Online |

Racism and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America: Conclusion

Panelists:

Michael Dawson, John D. MacArthur Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago

Akira Drake Rodriguez, Assistant Professor, City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania

Dan Gillion, Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt Presidential Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

Ben Jealous, former National President & CEO of the NAACP; Visiting Scholar, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

Gabrielle Hamilton - Kelly Writers House Fellow Visits

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The 22nd year of Kelly Writers House Fellows will feature poet/activist Gabrielle Hamilton. During the visit a reading will take place on Monday at 6:30 PM. On Tuesday at 10 AM the Writers House will host a brunch followed by a one-hour interview/conversation; attendance for both programs is by rsvp only.