Just Futures: Equity & Sustainability

The Department of Geography, Environment and Sustainability is excited to announce our Spring 2020 Harriet Elliott Lecture Series events under the theme "Just Futures: Equity and Sustainability". All are welcome at this enaging series of events examining issues of environmental justice from diverse perspectives, following up on our very successful initial events in the fall. Our master event list is below and in the attached poster. Stay tuned for details on specific events and speakers throughout the semester.

Feb.  4, 3:30pm, Graham 212
“What Black Panther Taught Me about Our Inner Gorilla: The Shape of Human Animality to Come”
Kim Ruffin

Feb.  7, 3:30pm, Graham 212
“Paper Nor Plastic: Proposing a Fee on Single-Use Bags in Durham, NC”
Nancy Lauer

Feb. 20, 3:30pm, Graham 212
“Building the Future: Perspectives on the Green New Deal”
Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, & Nick Estes

Feb. 25, 3:30pm, Graham 212
“Coffee, Frogs & Workers: Conservation in the Anthropocene”
Paul Robbins (Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar)

Feb. 28, 3:30pm, Graham 212
“How to Build a Black Town”
Danielle Purifoy

Mar. 10, 3:30pm, Graham 212
“This Land Is Our Land: A Call for an American Right to Roam”
Ken Ilgunas

Mar. 17, 3:30pm, Graham 212
“EquiDemia: Solutions in Equity & Justice for Higher Education”
Julian Keniry

Mar. 19, 3:30pm, Graham 212
“Believe in the Future: Inclusion & a Radical Sustainability”
Janisse Ray

Apr. 17, 3:30pm, Graham 212
“Indigenous Energy Justice & the Climate Change Crisis”
Kyle Whyte

Apr. 20, 3:30pm, Ferguson 100
“Connecting the Dots: How to Think About, Talk About & Fight for Environmental Justice”
Justin Onwenu

Apr. 20, 4:30pm, Ferguson 100
“Diversity in Careers in Environment & Sustainability”
Panel & Workshop

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Sponsored by the Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability
For disability accommodations: akmarti3@uncg.edu or 336-334-5388.

Tunnel of Oppression

Join the Spartan community as we host the 6th annual Tunnel of Oppression on March 24th, 2020. We are currently looking for volunteers to help in the running of this event. To help volunteer fill out this form!

What is Tunnel of Oppression?

Tunnel of Oppression is an experiential program intended to challenge people's thoughts and perceptions on issues dealing with oppression, discrimination and marginalization. This program is also an opportunity to raise awareness about the effects of these issues within the UNC Greensboro campus community and society. It is sponsored by The Office of Intercultural Engagement, Housing and Residence Life, and many other departments.

Student volunteers play a critical role in making this program successful. We are looking for volunteers to help in a number of ways.

Acting: Always wanted to be an actor? Act in the Tunnel of Oppression, by participating in one of the scenes/rooms. You don't have to have any theatre experience and we don't expect you to memorize every single line. You will get the chance to practice the scenes in rehearsals prior to the event! Dates of rehearsal TBD.

Day-of: Want to be on the front lines of the Tunnel on March 24th? Sign up to be a day-of volunteers! This role is a jack-of-all-trades doing anything from check-in to distributing t-shirts to directing people to come see the Tunnel.

Tour Guides: A key to the Tunnel experience are the tour guides. Your role is to lead groups of participants through the Tunnel itself, which may require some involvement or interaction with the scenes (for example, starting a video or giving actors their cues with specific dialog).

If you are interested in serving as a volunteer, please follow this link to fill out the volunteer form. If you have any questions regarding Tunnel of Oppression or serving as a volunteer, please email Paul Lentz at pmlentz@uncg.edu

CVRC Spring 2020 Groups

Survivor to Thriver

A non-clinical support group for LGBTQ+ survivors of violence. This is a place to connect with others in your healing journey.

Tuesdays 5pm - 6:15pm

Empowerment Circle

A clinical therapy group for survivors of difficult life experiences that encourages connectivity and healing while gaining an understanding of the impact of trauma.

Fridays 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Defining My Lines

A non-clinical support group for survivors of violence that explores finding empowerment through healthy boundaries.

Wednesdays, 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Circle of Healing

A non-clinical support group for survivors of violence that links together power and positivity through healing.

Thursdays, 5:00pm - 6:00pm

To Register: call 336-334-9839 or visit the CVRC on the ground level of Gove Student Health

All Groups Are Confidential

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Blossom

Blossom

Growing Through What We Go Through

A peer-led, social support group for Queer, Trans, & Non-binary UNCG students

When: Wednesdays from 2:00pm - 3:00pm (beginning Jan 22, 2020)

Where: Alumni House, Pecky Cypress Room

2020 MLK Celebration

MLK Celebration: An Evening with Natalie Warne

Location: N.C. A&T Harrison Auditorium, 1009 Bluford St., Greensboro, NC, 27411.

*Free shuttles from UNCG to A&T will begin at 6:30pm outside of the EUC Walker Parking Deck and will end at 9:30pm.

When: Wednesday, Jan 22, 2020 at 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:15pm.

NC A&T and UNCG are proud co-presenters of the MLK Celebration. Following our custom of alternating venues, this year’s program will be held at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Harrison Auditorium on the campus of A&T.

Natalie is a activist, advocacy educator, youth engagement expert, producer and TED Talk speaker. This year’s keynote address theme for the program will be Reflect to Envision: 2020.

Natalie has mobilized youth through innovative nationwide programs and campaigns and her work has been featured on CNN, NPR and The Oprah Winfrey Show. She was also asked to produce documentary pieces on women who had survived the Rwandan Genocide during which she lived in Rwanda. Upon returning back to the United States from Rwanda, Natalie began working for TaskForce, an independent agency that served as the creative force alongside Shepard Fairey to create the 2008 Obama HOPE Campaign.

To this day, Natalie has spoken to more than 75,000 people worldwide in 500 different engagements and delivered three TEDx talks about her journey from teenager to global activist. She has worked for prestigious universities, Fortune 500 businesses, non-profits, government organizations, and hundreds of educational institutions ranging from grammar school to high school.

For more accommodation requests or further information, please contact the UNCG Office of Intercultural Engagement at 336-334-5090.
Official Co-Sponsors

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Office of Intercultural Engagement
Housing and Residence Life
Division of Student Affairs

North Carolina A&T State University

The MLK Commemorative Observance Committee
The Division of Student Affairs
Multicultural Student Center
Collegiate Chapter of NAACP at NC A&T
Men on the Move
Memorial Student Union
Student Activities Office
Student Development

LGBTQ+ Mentoring Program

The Office of Intercultural Engagement is excited to launch a new program for queer and trans-identified students across campus: the LGBTQ+ Mentoring Program.  This mentoring program will be dedicated to fostering a deeper sense of belonging and support among queer and trans-identified individuals and will recruit incoming freshman and transfer students as mentees.  We would love your help recruiting students to serve as mentors in this program.  Please use the following link to nominate those you feel would be an effective mentor: LGBTQ+ Mentoring Program Nomination Form.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to Briana Joseph, brjosep2@uncg.edu with any questions!

Voices from the Triad

Developed in close partnership with the Impact Triad Community Advisory Board, the “Voices from the Triad” videos are designed to increase understanding of the challenges and barriers that gay/bisexual, African American/Black, Latinx, and transgender community members in Guilford County face when accessing local health and other resources, as well as what can be done to better meet the needs of these members of our community. The videos feature testimonials from Impact Triad Community Navigators (community leaders committed to promoting health in Guilford County) about their real-world experiences. There are 6 brief (3- to 5-minute) videos total.

The videos are available at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd7gOGhBerT0w1CTq5BwMcQ/featured. You are invited to view these videos and to share with others at UNCG as well.

The creators would love to hear back from you about what you thought of the videos, including any feedback about parts that were useful to you or made an impact on you and any suggestions you have related to the videos. Please email Lilli (lmann@wakehealth.edu) or Jorge Alonzo (jalonzo@wakehealth.edu) with any feedback or suggestions.

Confidential Drop-in Hours with CVRC Advocate

The LGBTQ+ Advocacy and Training Coordinator, Kate Rawson (she/her), works with any student, faculty, or staff who may have been impacted by intimate partner violence, sexual violence, or harassment during their time at UNCG or before. Advocates such as Kate are able to provide the following services:

• Emotional Support/ Crisis Counseling 
• Assist with understanding reporting options and navigating processes 
• Attending relevant meetings as your advocate 
• Referrals to affirming resources
• Safety planning or navigating coming out
• Assisting with campus accommodations 
• Providing information about the dynamics of interpersonal violence

Individuals who would like to talk to Kate can either email her ahead of time at kerawson@uncg.edu or just walk-in to the Intercultural Engagement Conference Room on Wednesdays 3:00-5:00pm or Thursdays 1:00-3:00pm. Any information shared with Kate is completely confidential unless permission is given to speak to other campus or community officials.