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  • Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday

    Susan B. Anthony was one of the most visible leaders of the women’s suffrage movement. She’s remembered as a champion of labor rights, abolition, temperance, and equal pay for equal work.

  • Maghi-Purnima

    A Hindu festival especially for worshippers of Lord Vishnu. Millions of devotees take a holy bath on this day. Devotees also carry out charity work on this day.

  • Magha Puja Day

    Also known as Maka Bucha, a Buddhist holiday that marks an event early in the Buddha’s teaching life when a group of 1,250 enlightened saints, ordained by the Buddha, gathered to pay their respect to him.

  • Respecting All

    This workshop explores microaggressions and biased behavior prevalent in the SOM and provides participants tools with which to intervene when witnessing acts of disrespect and discrimination.

  • World Day of Social Justice

    An international day recognizing the need to promote social justice, which includes efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion, gender inequality, unemployment, human rights, and social protections.

  • University/Community MLK Memorial Banquet

    (This event was originally scheduled for January 16 but was postponed due to concerns about inclement weather creating power outages and internet interruption) Keynote speaker: Elmira Mangum, PhD – the first woman to permanently hold the position of President of Florida A&M University in its 128-year history. She will be joined at this event by … Read more

    $30

  • Festival of Ayyam-i-Ha

    A multiple-day festival in the Baha’i faith that prioritizes gift-giving, hospitality, charity, and preparation for fasting ahead of the New Year.

  • Lunch & Learn with Ramaswamy and Rice

    The Center for Health Equity Research at UNC will host Dr. Rohit Ramaswamy and Dr. Dana Rice to discuss their recent research publication, “Beyond Virtue Signaling: Advancing Equity Through Design Justice and Public Health Critical Race Praxis.” The focus of the discussion will be collaboration opportunities and the recent publication.

  • Maha Shiravatri

    Hindu festival celebrated each year dedicated to Shiva. It is celebrated just before the arrival of spring. It is also known as the Great Night of Shiva or Shivaratri and is one of the largest and most significant among the sacred festival nights of India.