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Hello BCBP Community,

From now on, we’ll be sending out bi-weekly DEI event emails. Is there an event you would like to share or celebrate? Feel free to reach out to me or anyone on the Culture and Intra/Intergroup Relations subcommittee! Please look out for an email in early November about this month’s cultural event.

Starting off is November – National Native American Heritage month. We’d like to share with you this article from the National Museum of Native American titled Unlearning Columbus Day Myths: Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Additionally, you can schedule a campus tour to learn about the presence of Native Americans at UNC or explore this interactive map to learn more about Native American territories, languages and treaties. If you’d like to take a trip outside Chapel Hill, check out the Town Creek Indian Mound, which is ~1.5 h drive from UNC.  

We also want to highlight some activities on- and off-campus for the first half of November. Please find attached the poster for the Free Jazz concert next Wednesday from the UNC Javanese Gamelan and Angklung Ensemble, featuring one of our own BCBP colleague Shu Zhang!  

Training opportunities

Oct 26      Crafting an Individual Development Plan: Your Roadmap for Success (register)

Nov 4       It Takes a Network: Developing Your Mentoring Network (register)

Nov 8       CV to Resume (register)

Nov 14      Unconscious Bias Awareness Workshop (register)

Nov 15      Safe Zone Continuing Education: Queer (register)

DEI events

October

Oct 24      Diwali 

Oct 27              “Let’s Not Celebrate Asian Americans, Let’s Fight for Them” (details

Oct 29              (off-campus) 11th Annual Fall Art Festival Dia de Los Muertos (details

November – Native American Heritage Month 

Nov 1               Dia de Los Muertos 

Nov 1               American Indian Center: Joy Harlo for Michael D. Green lecture (details

Nov 2               UNC’s Javanese Gamelan FREE concert: Jazz and Jasmine (poster attached

Nov 5               Native American Sky Stories (Morehead Planetarium, details

Nov 6               (off-campus) 6th annual Day of the Dead @ The City of Raleigh Museum (details

Nov 10             Hawaii Is My Haven – Race and Indigeneity in the Black Pacific (details

Nov 10             Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies Social Café (details

Nov 14             Legacy of Violence: A History of British Empire in Palestine (details

Nov 14             Culture and Diversity in Self-care (CAPS – graduate students of color, details

Nov 14             Belonging and Staying True to You (CAPS – international students, details

Cheers,

DEI CIR Sub-committee

Thanh, Brandy, Rob, Beverly, Qi