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Convocation – Centering Vulnerability/Displacing Ableism in Higher Education: Who the H*** is Normal anyways?
Convocation – Centering Vulnerability/Displacing Ableism in Higher Education: Who the H*** is Normal anyways?
In this presentation, Dr. Nirmala Erevelles will deconstruct notions of normativity and achievement in higher educational contexts like UA and propose a centering of vulnerability and disability as crucial to our definition of humanness. We can then discuss the implications of this intervention in the ableist contexts that have historically been deemed normal, natural, and
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Convocation – Dance, A Philosophical Take on Being
Convocation – Dance, A Philosophical Take on Being
Jamorris Rivers from UA Dance Department will discuss how dance serves humanity as a counterweight to forms of dogma, and look at the ways in which a philosophical dance lens can allow us to transcend all the pettiness that can get in the way of building healthy communities as well as the best version of
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Convocation – Southern Poverty Law Center Memorial Project
Convocation – Southern Poverty Law Center Memorial Project
Patrick Martin, from the Southern Poverty Law Center Memorial Project, will discuss the various projects his organization operates.