Tag: Community

Student Parent Graduation May 3rd 6-8pm. RSVP at emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu by April 25th

First Annual Student-Parent Graduation Celebration

May 3, 2018

You are invited to the First Annual Student-Parent Graduation Celebration. May 3rd, 6-8 p.m. Kansas Union- Kansas Room (Level 6). Open to undergrad and grad students! Celebrate graduation with other student-parents, guardians, caregivers, and their families! The following will be included: Kids activities, photobooth, light refreshments. Each graduate who attends will recieve a small gift! RSVP online by April 25th! Emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/parent-student-graduation-rsvp. http://emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/parent-student-graduation-rsvp%E2%80%8B​. Questions? Contact oneal.melissa85@ku.edu.

Student Parent Graduation May 3rd 6-8pm. RSVP at emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu by April 25th

Shut Up & Write Tuesday

May 1, 2018

Shut Up & Write Tuesdays is a global network for writers that offers:

• committed, condensed time to write, and
• built-in feedback from peers

It began as a movement for writers in San Francisco to structure their time and connect with other writers. The idea was simple: write for an hour, then grab coffee afterward to converse and build community. Academics embraced the practice, and the idea spread. Dr. Sioban O’Dwyer founded a virtual Shut Up & Write Tuesdays to provide the benefits of the traditional meetups for those who could not attend in-person.
The event has a basic structure: Two 40-minute writing blocks, separated by 5-minute breaks. Afterward, attendees are encouraged to connect via Twitter, using #suwtna. Learn more about the SUWT team; read about tips for improving writing time; and find non-academic reads to inform practice at https://suwtuesdays.wordpress.com/

Shut Up & Write Tuesday

April 17, 2018

Shut Up & Write Tuesdays is a global network for writers that offers:

• committed, condensed time to write, and
• built-in feedback from peers

It began as a movement for writers in San Francisco to structure their time and connect with other writers. The idea was simple: write for an hour, then grab coffee afterward to converse and build community. Academics embraced the practice, and the idea spread. Dr. Sioban O’Dwyer founded a virtual Shut Up & Write Tuesdays to provide the benefits of the traditional meetups for those who could not attend in-person.
The event has a basic structure: Two 40-minute writing blocks, separated by 5-minute breaks. Afterward, attendees are encouraged to connect via Twitter, using #suwtna. Learn more about the SUWT team; read about tips for improving writing time; and find non-academic reads to inform practice at https://suwtuesdays.wordpress.com/

Danez Smith

Poetry Reading and Book Signing: Don’t Call Us Dead with Danez Smith

April 3, 2018

BOOK TALK

Don’t Call Us Dead
Danez Smith

Poet, Performer, Playwright, Teaching Artist, Host
7:00pm Tuesday, April 3 | Liberty Hall
Supported by the Raven Bookstore, the Department of English, the Department of American Studies, the Department of African & African-American Studies, the Langston Hughes Center, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, The Office of Diversity and Equity, the Hall Center for the Humanities, The Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, KU Libraries, The Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity, The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity, The Project on the History of Black Writing, and The Commons

Danez Smith’s work as a black and queer poet, transcends arbitrary boundaries to present work that grips, dismantles oppressive constructs, and strikes on the human heart. Often centered around intersections of race, class, sexuality, faith, and social justice — Smith uses rhythm, fierce raw power, and imagery to re-imagine the world as they take it apart.

Recipient of 2017 NEA award for poetry, Smith has performed on stages abroad & all over the US; recently they were a featured performer on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Their work has been published widely on platforms including Poetry Magazine, Beloit Poetry Journal, Blavity, Buzzfeed, and Ploughshares. Smith is the 2016 winner of the Kate Tufts Poetry Award, 2016 Hopwood Awardee, and winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. Smith’s second full-length collection, Don’t Call Us Dead, was be published by Graywolf Press in September of 2017.

 

Free but tickets required: https://www.universe.com/events/danez-smith-poetry-reading-book-signing-tickets-lawrence-S8RTFZ?ref=uniiverse-transactional_emailer-host_posted_listing

Shut Up & Write Tuesdays

April 3, 2018

Shut Up & Write Tuesdays is a global network for writers that offers:

• committed, condensed time to write, and
• built-in feedback from peers

It began as a movement for writers in San Francisco to structure their time and connect with other writers. The idea was simple: write for an hour, then grab coffee afterward to converse and build community. Academics embraced the practice, and the idea spread. Dr. Sioban O’Dwyer founded a virtual Shut Up & Write Tuesdays to provide the benefits of the traditional meetups for those who could not attend in-person.
The event has a basic structure: Two 40-minute writing blocks, separated by 5-minute breaks. Afterward, attendees are encouraged to connect via Twitter, using #suwtna. Learn more about the SUWT team; read about tips for improving writing time; and find non-academic reads to inform practice at https://suwtuesdays.wordpress.com/

Spencer Museum of Art

Wikipedia Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon

March 10, 2018

This event will teach users the basics of Wikipedia editing, with the intent of improving the representation of art, feminism, gender studies, and LGBTQ topics on Wikipedia. For those new to the encyclopedia, we will also have “Intro to Wikipedia” mini-sessions, in which people will be introduced to the basics of editing articles. All are welcome. Register to attend here. 

The event will be held at the Murphy Art & Architecture Library, behind Spencer Museum of Art

Map for Event 1301 Mississippi Street

Shut Up & Write Tuesday

March 6, 2018

Shut Up & Write Tuesdays is a global network for writers that offers:

• committed, condensed time to write, and
• built-in feedback from peers

It began as a movement for writers in San Francisco to structure their time and connect with other writers. The idea was simple: write for an hour, then grab coffee afterward to converse and build community. Academics embraced the practice, and the idea spread. Dr. Sioban O’Dwyer founded a virtual Shut Up & Write Tuesdays to provide the benefits of the traditional meetups for those who could not attend in-person.
The event has a basic structure: Two 40-minute writing blocks, separated by 5-minute breaks. Afterward, attendees are encouraged to connect via Twitter, using #suwtna. Learn more about the SUWT team; read about tips for improving writing time; and find non-academic reads to inform practice at https://suwtuesdays.wordpress.com/

Talking Back: An Interdisciplinary Conversation about the KU Common Book

Talking Back: Citizen and You, An Interdisciplinary Conversation

February 26, 2018

In this interactive panel and discussion, graduate students will draw on themes in the KU Common Book, Citizen: An American Lyric, to host critical discussion that will inform and challenge a variety of topics, including: notions of identity, acts of everyday racism, constructions of Blackness, institutional racism, prevalence of exclusion; and the role of art.

Event facilitators:

Sheila Bonner (Humanities); Creighton Brown (English); José Héctor Cadena (American Studies); Alysha Griffin (Theatre)

Coffee and sweets provided.