Cultures and Communities Program

Cultures and Communities Program The UWM Cultures and Communities Program educates students for the 21st century and promotes civic engagement throughout the city of Milwaukee and beyond.
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Learning to work across differences of cultural background and experience is a process essential to intellectual growth and lifelong learning, and ultimately to building a better world. This is the philosophy at the heart of the Cultures and Communities Program Office, which provides an administrative home for key initiatives in multicultural education and community engagement, including our Community-University Partnerships grants program.

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Cultures and Communities is a proud co-sponsor of this events, featuring the fabulous Jackie Nguyen of UWM as well as co...
03/02/2021

Cultures and Communities is a proud co-sponsor of this events, featuring the fabulous Jackie Nguyen of UWM as well as commentators from around the country.

Sign up for the Union Art Gallery's Ex Fabula story slam tomorrow night. Fun!
10/07/2020
Home, Belonging and Democracy Story Slam!

Sign up for the Union Art Gallery's Ex Fabula story slam tomorrow night. Fun!

Thursday, October 8 / 6-7pm Presented on Zoom - free and open to everyone Ex Fabula StorySlams collaborates with the UWM Union Art Gallery to connect Milwaukee through true, personal stories. This StorySlam will feature stories related to the theme of Home, Belonging and Democracy. Please see avai...

Everyone is welcome at this event supported by our program with the Center for 21st century studies! Virtually; Friday ...
09/28/2020

Everyone is welcome at this event supported by our program with the Center for 21st century studies! Virtually; Friday @ 3:30.

#PantherPride
09/28/2020
UW-Milwaukee SDS rallies to get cops off campus

#PantherPride

Milwaukee, WI - On the evening of September 25, organizers with the recently re-formed University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) led a rally in Spaights Plaza on campus. More than 20 students and supporters gathered to demand that the university disarm, defund and ult...

We're excited about our upcoming event with the fabulous Ronak Kapadia: “Reimagine Everything"
09/22/2020

We're excited about our upcoming event with the fabulous Ronak Kapadia: “Reimagine Everything"

Cultures and Communities is sponsoring a mask design contest! Open to all UWM students. Deadline 10/31. Actual prizes!
09/18/2020

Cultures and Communities is sponsoring a mask design contest! Open to all UWM students. Deadline 10/31. Actual prizes!

We are pleased to announce our fall event, collaboratively with c21:
09/15/2020
Ronak Kapadia: “Reimagine Everything: How Insurgent Aesthetics and Q***r Collective Care are Transforming Our Worlds”

We are pleased to announce our fall event, collaboratively with c21:

« All Events Ronak Kapadia: “Reimagine Everything: How Insurgent Aesthetics and Q***r Collective Care are Transforming Our Worlds” October 2 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Free « Virtual Grad Student Writing Group (w/Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece) Virtual Grad Student Writing Group (w/Ermitte Saint Jacques...

The 1619 project is a crucial intervention into conversations about race, democracy and history.
09/11/2020
Trump’s Attack on 1619 Project is Government Censorship

The 1619 project is a crucial intervention into conversations about race, democracy and history.

BY HANK REICHMAN Yesterday AAUP President Irene Mulvey issued a statement condemning President Trump’s attack on critical race theory as “a naked attempt to politicize our national reck…

Cultures and Communities Program's cover photo
08/18/2020

Cultures and Communities Program's cover photo

Come hear Cultures and Communities Director Rachel Ida Buff talk about her new book, A IS FOR ASYLUM SEEKER/A DE ASILO ...
08/18/2020
Book Talk with Rachel Ida Buff

Come hear Cultures and Communities Director Rachel Ida Buff talk about her new book, A IS FOR ASYLUM SEEKER/A DE ASILO with translator Alejandra Oliva. This Friday! Sign up link here:

https://uwm.edu/c21/event/book-talk-with-rachel-ida-buff/

« All Events Book Talk with Rachel Ida Buff August 20 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Free « Book Talk with Elana Levine Fellows Presentations and Open House » A is for Asylum-Seeker: How to Talk about Migration in Troubled Times Online event: email [email protected] to register and receive the link.   Join us fo...

Congratulations to former UWM Comparative Ethnic Studies instructor Ty Monson on his new position!
08/06/2020
RMS Publics 8/5/20

Congratulations to former UWM Comparative Ethnic Studies instructor Ty Monson on his new position!

"Real change means our schools will throw out their history textbooks and tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing bu...
08/03/2020
Now that you are woke: Will White allies actually be willing to "get out of the bed?" | The Milwaukee Independent

"Real change means our schools will throw out their history textbooks and tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth despite how hard that might be. Real change means we will not continue to be told to “go slow” or “have more patience” or “their are two sides to every issue” because ultimately these things are more of the roadblocks Americans have erected to avoid making the changes that are just."
thank you, Reggie Jackson

Now that you are woke: Will White allies actually be willing to “get out of the bed?” Posted by Reggie Jackson | Aug 3, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Reggie Jackson | “The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earn...

The loss of the free bus passes impacts the students with the fewest financial resources.
07/10/2020

The loss of the free bus passes impacts the students with the fewest financial resources.

Students: want to change the world and the campus? LIT is hiring!
06/28/2020

Students: want to change the world and the campus? LIT is hiring!

Are you looking to make real, sustainable change on your college campus? Well, LIT is accepting applications for Campus Organizing Fellows to develop our presence and build true student power on WI campuses. DEADLINE: July 10th 2020

Apply Now! ➡️https://bit.ly/CollegeOrganizingFellowship

06/17/2020
06/11/2020
6.11.2020 | Statement of Solidarity and Abolition | Cultures & Communities

We are proud of this statement, co-written by Comparative Ethnic Studies and Cultures and Communities Advisory Boards.

6.11.2020 | Statement of Solidarity and Abolition News  |  June 11, 2020 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) stands at a liminal moment in its relationship to its students and the broader community it serves. The recent, brutal murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of M...

UWM grad Toño Mac on protests now and then:
06/09/2020
OPINION: Milwaukee has a long, powerful history of black and brown protest

UWM grad Toño Mac on protests now and then:

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a multiracial coalition in Milwaukee came together to fight for the rights of black and brown workers, for mothers receiving welfare and for victims of police brutality. And Milwaukee police and the Wisconsin state legislature used violent methods to try to stop th...

Immigration & Public Benefits | covering-wisconsin
05/07/2020
Immigration & Public Benefits | covering-wisconsin

Immigration & Public Benefits | covering-wisconsin

Public charge is someone who is likely to become dependent on the government for basic needs, specifically if they are receiving certain public benefits.

Check out the research stylings of our fabulous Uncovering Radical Milwaukee Team: Eli Frank, Margarita Garcia Rojas, P...
05/01/2020
Buff, Rachel | 2020 UWM Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium

Check out the research stylings of our fabulous Uncovering Radical Milwaukee Team: Eli Frank, Margarita Garcia Rojas, Paul Newcomb & Bronwen Risse-Connelly:
https://sites.uwm.edu/undergrad-research-symposium/category/user-profiles/faculty-profiles/buff-rachel/

Implementing Oral History into a Milwaukee Public High School Curriculum April 22, 2020Artifacts, Buff, Rachel, Faculty Profiles, Garcia Rojas, Margarita, History, Letters & Science, Newcomb, Paul, Research Projects, Risse-Connolly, Bronwen, School/College, Student Profiles, User Profiles Bronwen Ri...

04/28/2020

CARES grants for students:
UWM has received nearly $8.5 million through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to help students who are struggling with expenses such as food, housing, course materials, laptops and technology, health care and child care.
To qualify for a CARES grant, students must:

Have been financially impacted by the disruption of campus operations due to the coronavirus. Eligible expenses include food, housing, course materials, laptops and other technology, health care and child care. Here are some examples of common expenses:
Signing up for home internet service to complete online coursework
Buying a laptop or other computer equipment to do coursework
Buying groceries after campus dining operations closed
Paying a fee to end a lease early or rent for an apartment the student is no longer living in
Be enrolled in a degree or certificate program eligible for federal (Title IV) financial aid. Most UWM programs are eligible. Nondegree students are not eligible.
Have filed a 2019-20 or 2020-21 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to document eligibility to participate in federal (Title IV) programs.
Have been enrolled in at least one in-person or hybrid class on March 13, 2020, when President Trump issued his “Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak” proclamation. Students who were enrolled exclusively in online courses on March 13, 2020, are not eligible.

If you know of students in need who meet these qualifications, please ask them to complete this short grant application. If they have any questions, they can email [email protected].
Please note that the federal CARES program is separate from UWM’s emergency grant program. UWM has already distributed $90,000 in emergency grants to more than 130 students, and we continue to raise money for additional aid.

Pretty proud of this fruit of our Uncovering Radical Milwaukee project, by Eli Frank- check it out!
04/28/2020
Mapping Radical Milwaukee

Pretty proud of this fruit of our Uncovering Radical Milwaukee project, by Eli Frank- check it out!

A Spatial History of Twentieth-Century Radicalism: Space, Place, and Erasure in the Urban Landscape and Built Environment

The UWM Food Center and Pantry distributes food on Thursdays, 11am to 2pm.
04/09/2020
UWM pantry helps address food insecurity on campus | UWM REPORT

The UWM Food Center and Pantry distributes food on Thursdays, 11am to 2pm.

As the coronavirus crisis rises, the UWM Food Center and Pantry is rising to meet the need, providing hundreds of bags of food via contactless, curbside distribution. Distribution takes place every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Patrons receive a bag with about one week’s worth of food. Special b...

COVID-19 Resources for Unemployment and Relief Funding - WI & IL - created 4/2/2020 nn
04/03/2020
COVID-19 Resources for Unemployment and Relief Funding - WI & IL - created 4/2/2020 nn

COVID-19 Resources for Unemployment and Relief Funding - WI & IL - created 4/2/2020 nn

Sheet1 STATE/FEDERAL,AGENCY/ORGANIZATION,FUNDING SUPPORT CATEGORY,AUDIENCE,PURPOSE,SITE WI,Dept. of Workforce Development,Unemployment Insurance ,General,Unemployment insurance information for WI residents. Eligibility and how to apply. Updated frequently due to what happens at the federal level...

04/03/2020
Fall 2020 Course Offerings | History

UWM students: interested in taking a history class? Here's a complete listing of course descriptions.

A listing of the undergraduate courses in UWM's history department for the Fall Semester, 2020.

03/18/2020

Hey everyone: the uwm campus is now closed to non-essential personnel. That means our food shelf/snack bar will not be accessible until the campus re-opens. Please stand by for updates.

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Imagining a Society that is a Bridge to All: Edafe Okporo
Imagining a Society that is a Bridge to All: Edafe Okporo

Imagining a Society that is a Bridge for All
Imagining a Society that is a Bridge for All

Imagining a Society that is a Bridge to All: Edafe Okporo
Imagining a Society that is a Bridge to All: Edafe Okporo

Grand opening March on Milwaukee mural: Monique Liston & others kicking it off with a stomp! History is a current event!

Captured this video of the Mandela exhibit in the Union on Tuesday.

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Join Michelle Caswell for a talk on community archives March 5 and 6! March 5 | 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. UWM Libraries 4th floor conference center Urgent Archives: Communities, Representation, and the Fight Against (Symbolic) Annihilation, Michelle Caswell In the 1970s, feminist communication scholars first proposed the term “symbolic annihilation” to describe the ways in which women are absent, underrepresented, or misrepresented in mainstream media. Taking this concept as a starting point, the first part of this talk will examine the ways in which mainstream archival practice has symbolically annihilated communities of color and LGBTQ communities through absence, underrepresentation, and misrepresentation. In the face of such symbolic annihilation, marginalized communities have formed their own independent community-based archives that empower them to establish, enact, and reflect on their presence in ways that are complex, meaningful, and substantive. In the second part, this talk will examine the relationship between symbolic and actual annihilation. Symbolic annihilation both precedes and succeeds symbolic annihilation in that communities are rendered nonexistent, invisible, or expendable before they are subject to violence, and then, after violence, such acts are often rendered invisible or expunged from the record, magnifying and mimicking the violence itself. In the wake of such archival silences and misrepresentations, communities often conjure up imaginary records, that is, records that do not actually exist but are collectively imagined to fill affective voids left by existing bureaucratic and legalistic records. This talk will end with an examination of such impossible archival imaginaries and a proposition for all of us to “imagine otherwise,” that is, to conceive of and build a world in which communities that have historically been and are currently being oppressed are fully empowered to represent their past, construct their present, and envision their futures as forms of liberation. March 6 | 9:30 a.m. UWM Libraries Digital Humanities Lab Bagel Hour discussion with Michelle Caswell Join us for an informal discussion over bagels and coffee with Michelle Caswell.