Upcoming Events
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Jan
30
Exhibition Opening Reception 4:30pm
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Jan
31
TODD DULANEY 6:00pm
TODD DULANEY
Friday, January 31st, 2025
06:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Jorgensen Center
GRAMMY-nominated singer and songwriter Todd Dulaney, once drafted by the New York Mets (at the age of 18), left behind a career in professional sports to follow his calling in Gospel music. Renowned for his powerful, scripture-inspired worship anthems, Dulaney has released several chart-topping albums, including Your Great Name and Anthems & Glory. As the CEO of Dulaneyland Music, a virtual music production company, he continues to push boundaries in the Gospel music industry. UConn’s Voices of Freedom Gospel Choir, led by Dr. Lisa Clayton, will also be featured during the performance.
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Feb
6
Honor Bound: Coming Out in the Military 12:30pm
Honor Bound: Coming Out in the Military
Thursday, February 6th, 2025
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
UConn Law
In 1987, at the top of his class and weeks away from graduation, Steffan was forced to resign and sued the Department of Defense, ultimately losing his legal case in 1994. Stefan’s personal papers, correspondence and legal files are a collection in the Law Library Archives. This event will delve into Steffan’s story, the significance of the exhibit, and the broader impact of inclusion and representation in the armed forces.
This event is free and open to the public. Lunch will be provided.
A companion exhibit is on display in the Law Library
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to engage with history, advocacy, and personal courage. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Feb
7
2025 CATIC Symposium 8:00am
2025 CATIC Symposium
Friday, February 7th, 2025
08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UConn Law
The racial wealth gap in the United States has witnessed alarming growth in recent years, with BIPOC households now possessing less than 25% of the wealth held by their white counterparts. A substantial portion of this wealth gap can be attributed to disparities in housing. Owning a home remains a principal method for building and transferring wealth, constituting approximately 70% of an individual’s net worth. However, challenges such as housing discrimination, restrictive zoning laws, income disparities and lending practices have created barriers to homeownership, particularly for BIPOC individuals and first-time homebuyers.Real estate lawyers and practitioners have a unique opportunity to address this critical issue by creating new pathways to homeownership for increasingly diverse communities. We invite you to join this critical examination of how real estate law plays a pivotal role in the short-term provision of affordable housing to underserved communities and, in the long term, contributes to the wealth accumulation of Black individuals and families.
RSVP HERE!
Schedule (Subject to Change)
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM Registration and Breakfast8:00 AM - 9:10 AM Housing, Real Estate and Lending Discrimination
- Prof. Nadiyah Humber, UConn School of Law
- Attorney Judith Rothschild, City of Hartford Director of Licenses and Inspections, Housing Liaison
- Attorney Michael Powers, CATIC Title Counsel
9:20 AM - 10:35 AM Affordable Housing, Zoning and Law Reform
- Prof. Kristen Haseney, UConn School of Business
- Pete Harrison, Director of Desegregate CT & CT State Director, Regional Plan Association
- Attorney William Hennessey Jr., Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP
- Attorney Dwight Merriam
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Community Education and Coalition Building
- Prof. Kristen Haseney, UConn School of Business
- Fanita Borges, Residential Sales Manager, Affordable Lending Officers, Liberty Bank
- Marcus Smith, Director, Research, Marketing and Outreach, Connecticut Housing Finance Authority
- Marcus Ordoñez, Executive Director, Hartford Land Bank
RSVP HERE!
If you require a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the Law School at 860-570-5079 or via email at law.studentservices@uconn.edu at least two weeks in advance.
Religious Holidays:
➡ Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (January 1): This holiday is a celebration of Mary`s motherhood of Jesus.
➡ Gantan-sai (January 1): This is a holiday with significant work restriction. Gantan-sai is the annual New Year festival of the Shinto religion.
➡ Oshogatsu (January 1): The New Year, or O-Shogatsu in Japanese is Japan’s most important holiday that comes with its own customs and traditions.
➡ Last Day of Chanukah/Hanukkah (January 2): The last day of Hanukkah is the eighth day of Hanukkah.
➡ Epiphany | Theophany | Three Kings Day (January 6): Epiphany is a Christian feast day celebrating the revelation of Jesus Christ as God incarnate.
➡ Orthodox Christmas (January 7): Orthodox Christmas, also known as “Old Christmas,” is celebrated on January 7th in accordance with the Julian calendar.
➡ Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib (January 6): This day is celebrated as the birth anniversary of the tenth Guru, who instituted the Five Ks and established the Order of the Khalsa on Vaisakhi (Baisakhi).
➡ Eastern Orthodox Christmas (January 7): Eastern Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on this day by Orthodox Christians who follow the Julian calendar.
➡ Fast of the 10th of Tevet (January 10): Remembrance that on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tevet, in the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE)
➡ Orthodox New Year (January 14): Orthodox New Year, also known as “Old New Year” is celebrated on the first day of the Julian calendar, falling on January 14 of the Gregorian calendar.
➡ Makar Sankranti (January 14): Makar Sankranti, often called “Uttarayana,” “Makar,” or “Sankranti,” is a Hindu observance and festival that celebrates the sun’s journey from the Southern to the Northern hemisphere.
➡ Isra and Mi’raj (January 26-27): Isra and Mi`raj are two parts of a night journey that Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad took in a single night around 621 AD.
➡ Lunar New Year (January 29): Marks the start of Lunar New Year 2024, the Year of the Snake. Lunar New Year has been observed for thousands of years and symbolizes the welcoming of a new beginning and a time of reunion with family and friends.
Religious Holidays:
➡ Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (January 1): This holiday is a celebration of Mary`s motherhood of Jesus.
➡ Gantan-sai (January 1): This is a holiday with significant work restriction. Gantan-sai is the annual New Year festival of the Shinto religion.
➡ Oshogatsu (January 1): The New Year, or O-Shogatsu in Japanese is Japan’s most important holiday that comes with its own customs and traditions.
➡ Last Day of Chanukah/Hanukkah (January 2): The last day of Hanukkah is the eighth day of Hanukkah.
➡ Epiphany | Theophany | Three Kings Day (January 6): Epiphany is a Christian feast day celebrating the revelation of Jesus Christ as God incarnate.
➡ Orthodox Christmas (January 7): Orthodox Christmas, also known as “Old Christmas,” is celebrated on January 7th in accordance with the Julian calendar.
➡ Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib (January 6): This day is celebrated as the birth anniversary of the tenth Guru, who instituted the Five Ks and established the Order of the Khalsa on Vaisakhi (Baisakhi).
➡ Eastern Orthodox Christmas (January 7): Eastern Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on this day by Orthodox Christians who follow the Julian calendar.
➡ Fast of the 10th of Tevet (January 10): Remembrance that on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tevet, in the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE)
➡ Orthodox New Year (January 14): Orthodox New Year, also known as “Old New Year” is celebrated on the first day of the Julian calendar, falling on January 14 of the Gregorian calendar.
➡ Makar Sankranti (January 14): Makar Sankranti, often called “Uttarayana,” “Makar,” or “Sankranti,” is a Hindu observance and festival that celebrates the sun’s journey from the Southern to the Northern hemisphere.
➡ Isra and Mi’raj (January 26-27): Isra and Mi`raj are two parts of a night journey that Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad took in a single night around 621 AD.
➡ Lunar New Year (January 29): Marks the start of Lunar New Year 2024, the Year of the Snake. Lunar New Year has been observed for thousands of years and symbolizes the welcoming of a new beginning and a time of reunion with family and friends.
The Office for Diversity and Inclusion and the Provost’s Office would like to remind you of several celebrations, commemorations, and moments of raising awareness for members of our community during the month of January:
Federal and Cultural Holidays:
➡ New Year’s Day (January 1): This day for celebrating new beginnings was first marked as a federal holiday in 1870, along with Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
➡ National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (January 11): Every January 11, the United States government recognizes National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. On January 11, 2011, President Barack Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation designating January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
➡ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 20): Since 1983, the third Monday of January has been set aside to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. No figure is more closely associated with the American struggle for civil rights than Dr. King, an influential leader who is best known for his work on racial equity and ending racial segregation in the United States.
➡ National Day of Racial Healing (January 21): As part of the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Initiative – which has selected UConn as one of its campus sites – this day recognizes that racial healing lies at the heart of racial equity.
➡ Holocaust Memorial Day (January 27): In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly voted to mark January 27th—the anniversary of the 1945 liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The Office for Diversity and Inclusion and the Provost’s Office would like to remind you of several celebrations, commemorations, and moments of raising awareness for members of our community during the month of January:
Federal and Cultural Holidays:
➡ New Year’s Day (January 1): This day for celebrating new beginnings was first marked as a federal holiday in 1870, along with Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
➡ National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (January 11): Every January 11, the United States government recognizes National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. On January 11, 2011, President Barack Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation designating January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
➡ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 20): Since 1983, the third Monday of January has been set aside to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. No figure is more closely associated with the American struggle for civil rights than Dr. King, an influential leader who is best known for his work on racial equity and ending racial segregation in the United States.
➡ National Day of Racial Healing (January 21): As part of the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Initiative – which has selected UConn as one of its campus sites – this day recognizes that racial healing lies at the heart of racial equity.
➡ Holocaust Memorial Day (January 27): In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly voted to mark January 27th—the anniversary of the 1945 liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Religious Holidays:
➡ Advent (December 1 through December 24): In Christianity, Advent is a period of preparation for celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas, as well as for preparing for Christ’s second coming.
➡ Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (December 9): The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic feast celebrating Mary`s conception without sin. Even though this feast day occurs in the liturgical season of Advent, which prepares for the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother, St. Anne.
➡ Hanukkah or Chanukkah (Evening December 25 – January 2): Hanukkah, which is Hebrew for “Dedication,” is an 8-day Jewish festival celebrating the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after Greek control in the second century BCE. Hanukkah is celebrated for 8 days because a single day’s supply of oil for the Temple menorah miraculously lasted eight full days.
➡ Christmas (December 25): Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus, though it has also become a widespread secular holiday. Popular customs include exchanging gifts, decorating Christmas trees, attending church, and sharing meals with family and friends.
➡ Saint Stephen’s Day (December 26 in Western Churches; December 27 in Eastern Churches): This Christian feast day commemorates Christianity’s first martyr.
To see more information about resources and events happening this month and throughout the semester, please visit our events page at www.diversity.uconn.edu/events. ODI writes these letters in collaboration with our partners across the UConn system. If we inadvertently omitted a cultural or religious holiday, please let us know by emailing us at diversity@uconn.edu.
Religious Holidays:
➡ Advent (December 1 through December 24): In Christianity, Advent is a period of preparation for celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas, as well as for preparing for Christ’s second coming.
➡ Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (December 9): The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic feast celebrating Mary`s conception without sin. Even though this feast day occurs in the liturgical season of Advent, which prepares for the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother, St. Anne.
➡ Hanukkah or Chanukkah (Evening December 25 – January 2): Hanukkah, which is Hebrew for “Dedication,” is an 8-day Jewish festival celebrating the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after Greek control in the second century BCE. Hanukkah is celebrated for 8 days because a single day’s supply of oil for the Temple menorah miraculously lasted eight full days.
➡ Christmas (December 25): Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus, though it has also become a widespread secular holiday. Popular customs include exchanging gifts, decorating Christmas trees, attending church, and sharing meals with family and friends.
➡ Saint Stephen’s Day (December 26 in Western Churches; December 27 in Eastern Churches): This Christian feast day commemorates Christianity’s first martyr.
To see more information about resources and events happening this month and throughout the semester, please visit our events page at www.diversity.uconn.edu/events. ODI writes these letters in collaboration with our partners across the UConn system. If we inadvertently omitted a cultural or religious holiday, please let us know by emailing us at diversity@uconn.edu.