The University Libraries' Diversity, Social Justice and Equity Council is charged with developing a sustainable and holistic approach to advancing diversity and inclusion for the Libraries through internal programming and assessment, advisement to leadership, and campus and community outreach. Our commitment to diversity and inclusivity includes cross-promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) campus events – sponsored by and coordinated by – many different colleges, departments, groups, and DEI committees. Some DEI events are listed below.

Heritage Healing Practices | Multidimensional Medicine: From Biochemistry to Bioenergetics and Consciousness

• Tuesday, Feb. 28
• 11am to noon
• Virtual
• Sponsored by Health Sciences
• More event info

Kamau Kokayi, MD (pictured, left), will share his journey, research, and clinical experience in this seminar. Dr. Kokayi will talk about a paradigm that creates a foundation for the integration of cultural technologies, allowing for a truly inclusive holistic approach to health and healing. East/West is not the full picture as we must integrate North/South as well. Human beings must grow beyond a five-sense reality so that they are not destroyed by the "shortsightedness" of their own creations. Dr. Kokayi will be sharing an approach to dealing with human beings as multidimensional entities in a "living universe."

Black History Month: 'Social Art-ivism: Black Panther Culture, from Oakland to the World'

• Tuesday, Feb. 28
• 6:30pm
• Poetry Center, Rubel Room, 1508 E. Helen Street, Tucson
• Sponsored by Department of Humanities & Department of Africana Studies
• More event info

"Yesterday's histories unravel today's mysteries." With those words as her motto, Pamela Mays McDonald (pictured, middle) explores Black culture through language, music, visual and performing arts, literature, poetry, fashion, ritual and spiritual expression.

Presented as part of the Tucson Humanities Festival spring series, you are invited to McDonald's talk on "Social Art-ivism: Black Panther Culture, From Oakland to the World" to celebrate Black History Month.

Visiting Artists & Scholars Lecture: Walid Raad

• Thursday, March 23
• 5:30pm
• Center for Creative Photography, 1030 N. Olive Road, Tucson
• Sponsored by Department of Art
• More event info

Walid Raad, an internationally acclaimed contemporary artist whose creations from videos, photographs and essays are featured in museums around the world, will be part of the School of Art's Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series. Raad's works are unique in that they reflect the way history is told and how it can be manipulated. He has focused on the history of Lebanon, especially the period between 1975 and 1990 (the Lebanese civil war), inspired by the trauma it caused. Raad's artwork, pictured, right.