Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. LGBTQ Health & Wellness Week 2019 Featured Speaker Ignacio Rivera (February 18, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60545 60545-14908148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 6:30pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Spectrum Center

In collaboration with several units and student organizations, Spectrum Center is excited to invite Ignacio Rivera (they/them pronouns) as a Featured Speaker to campus for the 4th annual LGBTQ Health & Wellness Week. Ignacio G. Hutiá Xeiti Rivera is a trans and queer activist of color with over 20 years of experience in anti-oppression and sexual liberation work -- including topics of consent, sexual survivorship, and sex after sexual violence. Ignacio’s work continues to center those at the margins, in particular, people of color, and those with queer and trans identities.

This event will take place in the School of Social Work Educational Conference Center. It is free and open to the public. Please contact spectrumcenter@umich.edu with any accessibility needs.

Thanks to our co-sponsors: Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC), Trotter Multicultural Center, Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA), School of Social Work DEI, Coalition for Queer and Trans People of Color

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:53:28 -0500 2019-02-18T18:30:00-05:00 2019-02-18T19:30:00-05:00 School of Social Work Building Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion a brown background with an illustration of the speaker and various logos
LGBTQ Health & Wellness Week Resource Fair (February 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60211 60211-14849102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Spectrum Center

The LGBTQ+ Health and Wellness Week Resource Fair is free and open to the public and will feature several organizations at the University of Michigan and in the Ann Arbor/Southeast Michigan area who are working to improve and support LGBTQ+ individuals with regards to health and/or wellness. Check back for more information about the fair's organizations!

This event will take place in the Vandenberg Room, Michigan League. It is free and open to the public.

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Fair / Festival Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:45:39 -0500 2019-02-19T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T13:30:00-05:00 Michigan League Spectrum Center Fair / Festival woman writing on table
Dreaming a disabled, queer of color future: A poetic keynote by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (February 20, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60569 60569-14910389@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Spectrum Center

LAKSHMI PIEPZNA-SAMARASINHA is a queer disabled femme writer, organizer, performance artist and educator of Burgher/Tamil Sri Lankan and Irish/Roma ascent. They are the author of Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice , Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home (short-listed for the Lambda and Publishing Triangle Awards, ALA Above the Rainbow List), Bodymap (short listed for the Publishing Triangle Award), Love Cake (Lambda Literary Award winner), and Consensual Genocide, and co-editor of The Revolution Starts At Home: Confronting Intimate Violence in Activist Communities. Their next two books, Tonguebreaker and Exploring Transformative Justice: A Reader (co-edited with Ejeris Dixon) are forthcoming in 2019. A lead artist with Sins Invalid, her writing has been widely published, with recent work in PBS Newshour, Poets.org's Poetry and the Body folio, The Deaf Poets Society, Bitch, Self, TruthOut and The Body is Not an Apology. She is a VONA Fellow and holds an MFA from Mills College. She is also a rust belt poet, a Sri Lankan with a white mom, a femme over 40, a grassroots intellectual, a survivor who is hard to kill.

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is part of a series of keynote speakers Spectrum Center is hosting on campus covering radical queer advocacy and activism work in collaboration with several departments and student organizations at University of Michigan.
This program is presented by the U-M Spectrum Center, and co-sponsored by Trotter Multicultural Center, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), Center for Campus Involvement (CCI), University Housing Diversity and Inclusion, Institute for the Humanities, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Michigan Community Scholars Program, LSA Residential College, School of Social Work DEI, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:33:49 -0500 2019-02-20T18:30:00-05:00 2019-02-20T19:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion an image of the speaker smiling in front of flowers. they are wearing lipstick and their hair is tinted green.
Queer Yoga (March 18, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62080 62080-15284752@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Join Spectrum Center's Programming Board for free yoga that aims to celebrate all queer bodies and ability levels! The yoga style will be beginner level and restorative. Please bring your own mat or towel!

There are 2 opportunities to attend a yoga session. The first one will be on Monday, March 18th from 7-8pm in the Trotter Basement. The second session will be on Thursday, March 21st from 7-8pm in 1160 USB (the UROP offices).

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:32:57 -0400 2019-03-18T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Spectrum Center Exercise / Fitness a red and orange flyer with text and an illustration in the background
Queer Yoga (March 21, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62080 62080-15284753@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Join Spectrum Center's Programming Board for free yoga that aims to celebrate all queer bodies and ability levels! The yoga style will be beginner level and restorative. Please bring your own mat or towel!

There are 2 opportunities to attend a yoga session. The first one will be on Monday, March 18th from 7-8pm in the Trotter Basement. The second session will be on Thursday, March 21st from 7-8pm in 1160 USB (the UROP offices).

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:32:57 -0400 2019-03-21T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Undergraduate Science Building Spectrum Center Exercise / Fitness a red and orange flyer with text and an illustration in the background
Trans Day of Visibility Clothing Swap (April 3, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62141 62141-15302205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Spectrum Center

In honor of Trans Day of Visibility, the Spectrum Center and oSTEM will be hosting a clothing swap, as a way for the LGBTQ+ community to provide support to trans, non-binary, and gender nonconforming individuals who may be in need of access to free clothing. The Clothing Swap will be held on Wednesday, April 3rd from 4-6pm in the Trotter Basement Rec Room. Attendees can bring whatever clothes they want, as long as they fit with the rules listed below.

If you are planning on bringing items, please fill out this Google Form: https://goo.gl/forms/1GKmUsFJnTmGOSGt1

1. If you are bringing clothes, they must be clean and in good quality: no tears, rips, or stains please!
2. Please do not bring any underwear or used swimsuits.
3. Binders and bras are okay to bring, as long as they have been gently used or are new items.
4. For the first 15 minutes of the event, students will be able to browse and “window shop” but not take any clothes. We want everyone to have time to lay out their clothes before people begin choosing items!
5. There will be two dressing rooms available to try on clothing.
6. If there are leftover items available at the end of the event, we will have a donation bag/box for anything you would like to donate. Spectrum will donate these items for you to a local center!

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Reception / Open House Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:26:27 -0400 2019-04-03T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-03T18:00:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Spectrum Center Reception / Open House A white, pink and blue flyer with pink and blue stripes on top
Togetherness: QTPOC End of Year Celebration 2019! (April 4, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62546 62546-15399289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 5:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Please join the Spectrum Center and the Office of Multi-Ethic Student Affairs (MESA) to celebrate another year of Togetherness: QTPOC Community Dinners! This initiative centers Queer and Transgender People of Color (QTPOC), and the hosts will consist of QTPOC staff, faculty, and community members around U-M. We are inviting all members of the QTPOC community to meet, mix and mingle, continue building community, and learn more about our QTPOC Community Dinners. You do NOT have to have attended or hosted a QTPOC Community Dinner in the past to attend! Light refreshments and games will be provided! RSVP: http://bit.ly/2Enpz6N

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:31:52 -0400 2019-04-04T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-04T19:00:00-04:00 North Quad Spectrum Center Social / Informal Gathering a flyer with an image of a cd surrounded by images of queer and trans people of color
End of the Term Lunch, Recharge & Study Space (April 24, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62248 62248-15335303@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 10:00am
Location: Center for the Education of Women
Organized By: CEW+

Be sure you’re here by 12:15 to be entered into a drawing to win a CEW+ swag bag!

It’s the end of the semester and CEW+ is providing space (and food!) to help you finish the year off strong. Students are invited to drop in and take advantage of our study spaces, self-care activities, and healthy snacks. There will also be a social hour with lunch from 12:30-1:30 PM (RSVP requested for planning purposes).

We will also be offering two guided opportunities to practice mindfulness meditation at 10:15 and 1:30. Based on research from multiple sources, mindfulness is considered a key skill that can be utilized to reduce stress and induce a state of relaxation. Some of the many benefits of practicing mindfulness during finals are, higher brain functioning, increased attention and focus, increased clarity in thinking and perception, lowered anxiety levels, and better sleep. Mindfulness is a skill that can be learned and most effective when practiced on a regular basis. Come see how 15 minutes can help you make the most of your study time!

Feel free to drop in and socialize with other students or stay all day to get some work done. Either way, CEW+ is here to support you!

Bring friends to study together in our quiet spaces, or just hang out and meet other students from different departments in relaxing and welcoming spaces throughout the Center. Children are welcome with a designated child-friendly study space.

If you would like to attend the lunch, please RSVP. No registration is otherwise needed to drop in.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 16 Apr 2019 13:17:54 -0400 2019-04-24T10:00:00-04:00 2019-04-24T15:00:00-04:00 Center for the Education of Women CEW+ Social / Informal Gathering Study Day
24th Annual Lavender Graduation (May 2, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60881 60881-14981921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 2, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Spectrum Center

The Annual Lavender Graduation, also referred to as LavGrad, is a celebration to honor LGBTQ graduates of the University of Michigan. Established by Ronni Sanlo in 1995, University of Michigan was the first commemorative event of its kind celebrated at an institution of higher learning. This commencement ceremony acknowledges the contributions of any graduates from any school/college at the University and of any academic level. All participants within the LGBTQ communities will receive a free rainbow 2019 tassel, a lavender cord, and a Lavender Degree. Participating graduates are welcome to invite their loved ones to celebrate their accomplishments.

Doors open at 4:00 pm
Ceremony 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Reception 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center (address: 428 S. State Street)

Please register for Lavender Graduation prior to the deadline of Monday, April 1, 2019 at 11:59PM. REGISTER: bit.ly/UmichLavGrad

Those with any accessibility or accommodation needs can email spectrumcenter@umich.edu. Please email at least 2 weeks prior to the event. We want this event to be accessible to all!

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During the Lavender Graduation Ceremony, Spectrum Center recognizes the accomplishments of the graduating class by awarding several individuals and groups who have impacted the LGBTQ community. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, March 22, 2019, at 5pm. More info: bit.ly/UmichLavGrad

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Ceremony / Service Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:52:04 -0400 2019-05-02T16:00:00-04:00 2019-05-02T19:00:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Spectrum Center Ceremony / Service a flyer with a purple background and thick purple and grey lines surrounding text
Togetherness: QTIPOC Dinners - September (September 26, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66688 66688-16770205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Spectrum Center

QTIPOC Dinners are a series of events MESA and Spectrum Center have created together to center the experiences of queer and trans indigenous students & students of color in a relaxed environment. Each dinner is hosted by a local individual we believe can bring a lot to the metaphorical (and actual) table and free food is provided to all who attend. This dinner will feature food from Baba Dari Mediterranean Grill including Chicken Shawarma bowls, Falafel bowls, and Fattoush Salad

This month's host is Dominique Canning. Here's a little more about her:
Dominique is a Ph.D. candidate in Linguistics (with a focus on sociolinguistics and phonetics) and in her 4th year at the University of Michigan. She graduated in 2016 from Eastern Michigan University (EMU) where she was part of the McNair Scholars Program.

Dominique’s research is partially motivated by her own identity as a queer woman of color. She identifies as aromantic asexual and is frequently conscious of how she uses language to navigate through both academic and non-academic spaces. At EMU, she researched the discussion around asexual inclusion in queer spaces online. Though she is not currently looking at asexuality specifically, she looks at queerness and language in her current research. Most recently, she examined the way language was used to construct Titus Andromedon's identity as a Black gay man in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. In her future research, she plans to look at how queer people of color use language to construct their own identities in various spaces.

All dinners are hosted 5:30 to 7pm at 1443 Washtenaw. Reserve your spot at this dinner or any of the upcoming dinners at: http://bit.ly/QTIPOCfall2019

Spectrum Center Accessibility Statement
If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accommodation Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, but we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:42:01 -0400 2019-09-26T17:30:00-04:00 2019-09-26T19:00:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Spectrum Center Social / Informal Gathering The date, time, and location of September's Togetherness Dinner. Additionally, there is a shortened version of Dominique's "about" and a picture of her. Dominique is a Black woman with glasses and short, springy hair. She is smiling at the camera.
National Coming Out Week / LGBTQ History Month Keynote (October 8, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67007 67007-16796435@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 6:30pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Please join us as we welcome River Coello to campus as our keynote speaker for National Coming Out Week 2019 and LGBTQ History Month 2019.

*About River:*
River Coello is a queer and trans multidisciplinary artist from Guayaquil, Ecuador living in Chicago, Illinois.

As an actor, River has appeared on various stage productions, having trained at Acting Studio Chicago, Second City Training Center, and the University of Michigan. As a writer, River’s work explores various liminalities of the human condition through a focus on River’s own identities and experiences, grounded in a deeply spiritual perspective.

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River Coello es un/a artista multidisciplinario/a cuir/qüeer y trans de Guayaquil, Ecuador viviendo en Chicago, Illinois.

Como actor/actriz, River ha aparecido en varias producciones de teatro, habiendo entrenado en Acting Studio Chicago, Second City Training Center y la Universidad de Míchigan. Como escritor/a, el trabajo de River explora varias liminalidades de la condición humana a través de un enfoque en sus propias identidades y experiencias, bien fundado/a en una perspectiva profundamente espiritual.

Spectrum Center Accessibility Statement
If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accommodation Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, but we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:09:32 -0400 2019-10-08T18:30:00-04:00 2019-10-08T19:30:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion Date, time, location of the keynote, and a description of River Coello identical to that in the event description. The logos of all co-sponsors are below the text. Beside the text is a chest-up shot of River, an Ecuadorian individual with long dark brown hair and dark brown eyes in a strapless sweater or dress.
Togetherness: QTIPOC Dinners - October (October 9, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66690 66690-16770209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Spectrum Center

QTIPOC Dinners are a series of events MESA and Spectrum Center have created together to center the experiences of queer and trans indigenous students & students of color in a relaxed environment. Each dinner is hosted by a local individual we believe can bring a lot to the metaphorical (and actual) table and free food is provided to all who attend.

This month's host is Layla Mohammed Abdul-Jabbar. Here's a little more about her:
Layla Mohammed Abdul-Jabbar (she/her/hers) is a new media artist and animator based in Metro-Detroit. She is involved with the local DIY community, discussing intersectionality between topics such as mental health, queerness, and racial and religious inequalities. She finds inspiration from nightlife, body horror, Islamic architecture, and whatever’s popping on the Instagram explore page. Her latest piece In the Margins: Illuminating Islamic Queerness is an experimental documentary animation which investigates the intersection of faith, sexuality, and gender by following people who identify as queer and/or trans and Muslim. She graduated with her BFA at the University of Michigan’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

All dinners are hosted 5:30 to 7pm at 1443 Washtenaw. Reserve your spot at this dinner or any of the upcoming dinners at: http://bit.ly/QTIPOCfall2019

Spectrum Center Accessibility Statement
If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accommodation Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, but we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:16:30 -0400 2019-10-09T17:30:00-04:00 2019-10-09T19:00:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Spectrum Center Social / Informal Gathering The date, time, and location of September's Togetherness Dinner. Additionally, there is a shortened version of Layla's "about" and a picture of her. Layla is facing the camera wearing goggle-like eyewear, long dangling earrings, and has her hair pulled up. The photo has a blue filter applied over it.
MBLGTACC Conference Delegation Info Sessions (October 22, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68559 68559-17096957@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 6:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Interested in attending an LGBTQ+ conference but not sure what to expect? Attend one of our two info sessions! In one hour you'll learn all about the Midwest Bi, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, and Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC) and what Spectrum hopes to achieve through its student delegation to the conference. No pre-registration necessary.

Session A: Tuesday, October 22nd, 6 to 7 PM, East Quad Room 1423
Session B: Saturday, November 2nd, 3 to 4 PM, East Quad Room B184

The application to apply to be in the delegation is bit.ly/SCatCC2020, in case you are already interested in attending. Application deadline is November 17th.

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Presentation Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:16:11 -0400 2019-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Spectrum Center Presentation Invitation to join Spectrum Center's MBLGTACC delegation. MBLGTACC stands for Midwest Bi, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, and Asexual Conference. A picture of Western Michigan University, the hosting school, serves as a background.
MBLGTACC Conference Delegation Info Sessions (November 2, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68559 68559-17096958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 2, 2019 3:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Interested in attending an LGBTQ+ conference but not sure what to expect? Attend one of our two info sessions! In one hour you'll learn all about the Midwest Bi, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, and Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC) and what Spectrum hopes to achieve through its student delegation to the conference. No pre-registration necessary.

Session A: Tuesday, October 22nd, 6 to 7 PM, East Quad Room 1423
Session B: Saturday, November 2nd, 3 to 4 PM, East Quad Room B184

The application to apply to be in the delegation is bit.ly/SCatCC2020, in case you are already interested in attending. Application deadline is November 17th.

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Presentation Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:16:11 -0400 2019-11-02T15:00:00-04:00 2019-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Spectrum Center Presentation Invitation to join Spectrum Center's MBLGTACC delegation. MBLGTACC stands for Midwest Bi, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, and Asexual Conference. A picture of Western Michigan University, the hosting school, serves as a background.
Trans Awareness Week Keynote (November 18, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68558 68558-17096956@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 18, 2019 6:30pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Please join this year's Transgender Awareness Week Keynote speaker, Kavi Ade, on Monday, November 18th, 6:30-7:30 pm at the School of Social Work, Room ECC (located on the first floor). To learn more about the event details, including directions to the event, please visit http://bit.ly/TAWkeynote19.

Kavi Ade is a Black Trans Queer speaker, arts educator and nationally recognized poet of Afro & Indigenous Caribbean descent. Speaking on race, gender, sexuality, mental health, domestic violence, and sexual assault Kavi’s work grapples with being set at the throne of violence, and exploring the ways a body can learn to survive. Using art as resistance they create transformative dialogue that aims to combat supremacist powers and heal communities that have been harmed. Kavi has given poetry readings and keynote speeches, led workshops and spoken on panels in numerous cities and communities, including over 100 colleges and universities domestically and internationally. Kavi received the Leeway Foundation’s Transformation Award that honors “women and trans* artists and cultural producers who create art for social change, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work." More about Kavi can be found at kaviadepoetry.com.

If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accommodation Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, but we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:55:44 -0400 2019-11-18T18:30:00-05:00 2019-11-18T19:30:00-05:00 School of Social Work Building Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion The Spectrum Center's Transgender Awareness Week Keynote speaker is Kavi Ade. The image includes date, time, and location, the logos of our co-sponsors, and a description of the artist, as well as a picture of Kavi Ade. Kavi has dark brown skin, a thin line of facial hair, and hair bunched up behind Kavi's head. Kavi is wearing large goggle-like sunglasses, a multicolored jacket, black shirt and pants, and is holding a black tote bag that says "Artist. Creator. Threat."
Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil (November 20, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69077 69077-17242638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 6:00pm
Location: 1443 Washtenaw Ave Building
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Join the Spectrum Center Programming Board student organization as we reflect on the lives of those we’ve lost in the trans community. For Trans Day of Remembrance, we will be holding a vigil on November 20th, at 1443 Washtenaw from 6-7:30pm. Come reflect, mourn and celebrate their vibrant lives, all while connecting with the community. This event will be held outside, however, we will have indoor facilities available. Please dress accordingly.

Event navigation details: http://bit.ly/SCeventnav
More Trans Awareness Week events: http://bit.ly/TransAwareness19

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Ceremony / Service Thu, 07 Nov 2019 13:32:09 -0500 2019-11-20T18:00:00-05:00 2019-11-20T19:30:00-05:00 1443 Washtenaw Ave Building Spectrum Center Ceremony / Service The Spectrum Center Programming Board will be holding a candlelight vigil and reading of the names for Transgender Day of Remembrance. Included in the image is the date, time, and location, as well as a stylized graphic of several candles being placed upon a transgender flag.
Poetry (& More) with Kay Ulanday Barrett (November 21, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69131 69131-17252895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 21, 2019 6:30pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Spectrum Center

The Spectrum Center, Council for Disability Concerns, and School of Social Work DEI are very excited to host multi-talented brown trans disabled artist, Kay Ulanday Barrett this November. Kay is a poet, performer, and educator whose work has been supported and published by organizations including the UN Global LGBTQ+ Summit, the Asian American Literary Review, and Race Forward. Join us in hosting them during Trans Awareness Week to hear about their work, both in reading and in their experience creating it. Learn more about Kay on their website http://www.kaybarrett.net/ or in the description below!

Event navigation details: http://bit.ly/SCeventnav
More Trans Awareness Week events: http://bit.ly/TransAwareness19

Thank you to our co-sponsors: the UM Initiative on Disability Studies, the Department of American Culture, the English Department, the Asian / Pacific Islander American Studies Department, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, and the School of Social Work for making this happen!

About Kay:
Named 9 Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Writers You Should Know by VOGUE, KAY ULANDAY BARRETT is a poet, performer, and cultural strategist. K. has featured at The Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Princeton University, Tucson Poetry Festival, NY Poetry Festival, The Dodge Poetry Foundation, The Hemispheric Institute, & Brooklyn Museum. They are a 2x Pushcart Prize nominee, Best of the Net 2019 nominee, and 2019 Queeroes Literary Honoree by Them.+ Condé Nast. They received fellowships and residencies from Lambda Literary Review, VONA/Voices, The Home School, Monson Arts, and Macondo. They are a Guest Editor for Nat.Brut & Guest Faculty for The Poetry Foundation. Their contributions are found in Academy of American Poets, The New York Times, Buzzfeed, Asian American Literary Review, PBS News Hour, Poets House, F(r)iction, VIDA Review, NYLON, The Huffington Post, Bitch Magazine, & more. Their first book, When The Chant Comes was published by Topside Press in 2016. Their second collection More Than Organs, will be published by Sibling Rivalry Press, Spring 2020.

Spectrum Center Accessibility Statement
If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accommodation Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, but we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:54:53 -0500 2019-11-21T18:30:00-05:00 2019-11-21T19:30:00-05:00 School of Social Work Building Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion Kay Ulanday Barrett, a Filipino nonbinary individual staring at the camera with a neutral expression. They are wearing a fedora-like hat, tan jacket, purple bowtie, and blue button-up shirt. Additionally, they have clear-frame glasses and a lip piercing down the center of their bottom lip.
Togetherness: QTIPOC Dinners - December (December 3, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69067 69067-17222104@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 5:30pm
Location: West Quadrangle
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Registration required! Please go to http://bit.ly/QTIPOCfall2019

Spectrum Center and the Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs Office (MESA) are proud to continue an initiative centering Queer and Transgender People of Color (QTPOC): Community Dinners for/by QTPOC. FREE DINNER will be provided to the first 15 students who sign up for the respective dinners. If there are more than 15 students signing up for a dinner session, they will be put on a waiting list. The host for this dinner is Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes.

Food available will include:

Jerk Char Grilled Chicken Breast.
Cuban Black Beans and Rice (Gluten Free, Vegan).
Jerk Tofu with vegetables (Gluten Free, Vegan).

Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes is Professor of American Culture, Romance Languages and Literatures, and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and is the former director of the Latina/o Studies Program. He received his A.B. from Harvard (1991) and M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia (1999). He is author of Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora (2009), Uñas pintadas de azul/Blue Fingernails (2009), Abolición del pato (2013), A Brief and Transformative Account of Queer History (2016), and Escenas transcaribeñas: ensayos sobre teatro, performance y cultura (2018). He has co-edited two issues of CENTRO Journal on Puerto Rican queer sexualities as well as Keywords for Latina/o Studies (NYU Press, 2017). He is currently writing on Puerto Rican transgender and drag performance and activism. He performs as Lola von Miramar since 2010.

Spectrum Center Accessibility Statement
If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accommodation Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, but we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 01 Nov 2019 15:46:59 -0400 2019-12-03T17:30:00-05:00 2019-12-03T19:00:00-05:00 West Quadrangle Spectrum Center Social / Informal Gathering December's Togetherness: QTIPOC Dinner will be hosted by Larry La Fountain-Stokes. Image includes the date, time, location, a shortened description of Larry's work, and a picture of Larry. He is a light-skinned man with short brown hair and a long blue-white beard. He is wearing a red sweater with a pink button-up shirt underneath. He is looking at the camera and smiling.
Identity Way-Finding and Cultural Connections for an Inclusive Outdoors: SEAS MLK Keynote Presentation (January 22, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71337 71337-17817109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: SNRE Diversity Equity & Inclusion

On Wednesday, January 22, the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) DEI Office is honored to host Founder and Director Emeritus of Latino Outdoors, José González, as our MLK month Speaker. José will be presenting on cultural diversity in outdoor spaces. This presentation will take place in the Samuel T. Dana Building, room 1040 from 2:30-4pm.

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Presentation Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:23:04 -0500 2020-01-22T14:30:00-05:00 2020-01-22T16:00:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building SNRE Diversity Equity & Inclusion Presentation Jose Gonzalez_Diversity in the Outdoors_January 22 at 2:30pm
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Joy Saniyah (February 3, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71943 71943-17903278@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 3, 2020 6:30pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Spectrum Center

We're kicking off Health and Wellness Week with a very special keynote speaker, Dr. Joy Saniyah! She will be presenting based on the question: "what is right with you?" and talking about what you can do to improve your overall wellness while focusing on your strengths. Register for this event and other HWW events at: http://bit.ly/LGBTQHealthReg

Joy Saniyah, Ph.D. (she/her) is the Founder & Director of Integrative Empowerment Group, PLLC (IEG). IEG is a multidisciplinary mental health and wellness group practice that aims to provide a safe space for clients to feel heard, understood, and empowered regardless of their identities, beliefs, and ways of living and loving. As a queer woman of color, Joy is passionate about working with those who are traditionally marginalized in society and underrepresented in help seeking environments. She has extensive experience working with people of color and clients who identify as LGBTQA. Joy is an advocate for those exploring gender identity including transition support. Finally, she is an experienced Kink and Poly Knowledgeable professional. Joy graduated with a Master's Degree in Organizational Psychology from Teacher's College at Columbia University and a Ph.D in Counseling Psychology from Fordham University in New York City. Joy has over 13 years of experience working with college students at several major universities including three years at Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Joy is passionate about integrative approaches to healing and as such is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200), a Certified Kemetic Yoga Teacher, and a Reiki Level II Practitioner.

See more Health & Wellness Week events at: http://bit.ly/LGBTQHealthWeek2020
Get event details at: http://bit.ly/SCeventnav

Spectrum Center Event Accessibility Statement:
The Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:47:12 -0500 2020-02-03T18:30:00-05:00 2020-02-03T19:30:00-05:00 School of Social Work Building Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion A photo of Dr. Joy Saniyah, a Black woman with red loc'd hair, glasses, and earrings. Date, time, and location is listed to the left of it.
Queer & Trans Artists of Color Book Read Event #2 w/Darryl Terrell (February 8, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71057 71057-17770760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 8, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Join us for back-to-back talks by artists Noura Ballout, micha cardénas and Darryl DeAngelo Terrell. Following the presentations, Ballout and Terrell will lead a group discussion on the books Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volumes 1 and 2. This program is part of the Spectrum Center LGBTQ Health & Wellness Week.

micha cárdenas, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Art & Design: Games + Playable Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz. micha cárdenas is writing a new algorithm for gender, race and technology. Her book in progress, Poetic Operations, proposes algorithmic analysis to develop a trans of color poetics. cárdenas’s co-authored books The Transreal: Political Aesthetics of Crossing Realities (2012) and Trans Desire / Affective Cyborgs (2010) were published by Atropos Press. Her artwork has been described as “a seminal milestone for artistic engagement in VR” by the Spike art journal in Berlin. She is a first generation Colombian American. Her articles have been published in Transgender Studies Quarterly, GLQ: Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, AI & Society, Scholar & Feminist Online, the Ada Journal of Gender, New Media and Technology, among others.

cárdenas earned her Ph.D. in Media Arts + Practice in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. She is a member of the artist collective Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0. Her solo and collaborative artworks have been presented in museums, galleries and biennials including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the ZKM in Karlrushe, the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, the Centro Cultural del Bosque in Mexico City, the Centro Cultural de Tijuana, the Zero1 Biennial and the California Biennial. cárdenas was the recipient of the first ever James Tiptree Jr. fellowship. cárdenas was named as one of “7 bio-artists who are transforming the fabric of life itself” by io9.com. She tweets at @michacardenas

Darryl DeAngelo Terrell is a BLK queer artist, digital curator, and writer, currently based in Detroit, MI. Darryl’s work is centered around the philosophy of F.U.B.U. (The Shit Is For Us) They think about how their work can aid to a larger conversation about blackness, and it many intersectionalities. Darryl’s work explores the displacement of black and brown people, femme identity, and strength, the black family structure, sexuality, gender, safe spaces, and personal stories, all while keeping in mind the accessibility of art. They received their MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Darryl is a 2019 Kresge Arts In Detroit Visual Arts Fellow, 2018 Luminarts Fellow in Visual Arts, a 2017/18 Hatch Project Artist in Resident at Chicago Artist Coalition and a 2017 Artist in Resident at ACRE. Darryl has exhibited work at The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, Brooklyn, NYC , the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Il, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, TN, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Scottsdale, AZ and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC.

Image: Detail of Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, Documentation of Dion Being A Bad Bitch…, 2019. Courtesy of the artist.

About the Queer & Trans Artists of Color Book Read Event Series

The Queer & Trans Artists of Color Book Read Event Series is centered around queer, mixed-race writer, artist, filmmaker, and activist Nia King’s book series Queer & Trans Artists of Color Volumes 1, 2 & 3. In the books, King interviews fellow queer and trans artists of color about their work, their lives, and “making it” - both in terms of success and in terms of survival. Each event features a guest artist who will speak about their own practice and lead a group discussion on a topic from the book. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The Queer & Trans Artists of Color Book Read Event Series is organized by Stamps Gallery and presented in partnership with the U-M Spectrum Center with support from the Ann Arbor District Library. It is sponsored by the U-M Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Purchase copies of the Queer & Trans Artists of Color books here.

For more information about this event or the Queer & Trans Artists of Color Book Read Event Series contact, Stamps Gallery Outreach and Public Engagement Coordinator Jennifer Junkermeier-Khan at jenjkhan@umich.edu or (734)615-5322.

Download printable PDF schedule of events for this series: Queer & Trans Artists of Color Book Read Series: January 18, February 8, and March 14

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/queer-trans-artists-of-color-book-read-event-2-wdarryl-terrell-tickets-85767644333

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:51:26 -0500 2020-02-08T14:00:00-05:00 2020-02-08T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/QTAOC2.jpeg
Togetherness: QTIPOC Dinners - February (February 11, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72127 72127-17940036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Registration required! Please go to http://bit.ly/TogethernessDinners

Spectrum Center and the Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs Office (MESA) are proud to continue an initiative centering Queer and Transgender People of Color (QTPOC): Community Dinners for/by QTPOC. FREE DINNER will be provided to the first 15 students who sign up for the respective dinners. If there are more than 15 students signing up for a dinner session, they will be put on a waiting list. The host for this dinner is Mark Chung Kwan Fan.

Food TBA

Mark Chung Kwan Fan currently serves as the Assistant Director for Engagement at the Spectrum Center at the University of Michigan. His main responsibilities focus on events and partnerships, external/community relations, assessment, alumni and stewardship, and the Center's communications work. With a student-centered approach, he grounds his work with a racial and gender justice foci while centering the intersections of students' multiple complex identities and experiences. His past experience revolves in areas of housing and residence life, honors college, international student orientation and support, and various identity-based initiatives. He obtained his bachelor's degrees in Spanish and French from Adrian College followed by a master's degree from Michigan State University in Student Affairs Administration. ​Born and raised in Mauritius, Mark is a Taurus sun, world traveler, and an Asian food lover while being vegetarian for 346 days a year on a leap year. He currently is involved with ACPA-Michigan, a state division within ACPA: College Student Educators International; ACPA 2020 Nashville, TN Convention Planning Committee; and a regional representative for the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals. Mark engages with the local community as a member of the Board of Directors of the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair and as a Community Advisory Board for the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center.

Spectrum Center Accessibility Statement
The Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:48:32 -0500 2020-02-11T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-11T19:00:00-05:00 Michigan Union Spectrum Center Social / Informal Gathering February's Togetherness: QTIPOC Dinner will be hosted by Mark Chung Kwan Fan. A casual photo of Mark is included. Mark is an Asian man with short black hair. He wears black-rimmed glasses and holds a coffee cup. Palm trees can be seen behind him. He is looking at the camera and smiling.]