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A newly launched initiative, Diversifying the Hill, has been created to unite institutions and agencies to provide community, educational, networking and recruitment opportunities to increase workplace diversity among organizations located on “The Hill,” the area of Syracuse surrounding the campus of Syracuse University. An inaugural networking event will be held Thursday, Oct. 19. Read more at SU News.

The Theta Xi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. hosts its eighth annual Women of Distinction event Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 7:14 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium. This year’s program features award-winning actress Meagan Good and centers around fame, faith and family. Read more at SU News.

Each year during Latino Hispanic Heritage Month (LHHM), the University hosts Fiesta Latina, a celebration of Latino culture that features Latino cuisine, live music and dancing.  The event also includes the presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Excellence Award and Trailblazer Award to two distinguished community members.  This year’s honorees were Jose E. Perez, Esq., and Luis Columna, Ph.D. Read more at SU News.

Throughout the month of October, the Office of Health Promotion is hosting programs and events to raise awareness about relationship violence in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Working in collaboration with the Office of Health Promotion are the Peer Educators Encouraging Healthy Relationships and Sexuality (PEEHRS), It’s On Us student campus ambassadors, Counseling Center, Office of Student Assistance, Fraternity and Sorority Affairs and Vera House Inc.

As done annually in honor of this month, and as part of continued efforts to raise visibility and awareness, the Hall of Languages will be illuminated purple, the designated color for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, each evening as part of the “Shine the Light on Domestic Violence” statewide campaign.

Throughout the month, the PEEHRS will be tabling in the Schine Student Center and dining centers providing students with educational activities.

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Two new members have been named to Syracuse University’s Council on Diversity and Inclusion. New Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol and Graduate Student Organization External Vice President Sweta Roy were appointed to the council, which is the primary advisory committee on diversity and inclusion to Chancellor Kent Syverud.

The Universitywide Council on Diversity and Inclusion, co-chaired by Diane R. Wiener, director of the Disability Cultural Center, and Barry L. Wells, special assistant to the Chancellor, was created following a recommendation by the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion. The council members were appointed by Chancellor Syverud last fall.

“The council appreciates Brian and Sweta coming on board to assist with its critical work.”  Wells says. “We have made some important gains across campus, but there are still many areas that we need to address in order to create a more welcoming and inclusive campus with greater access, equity and respectful spaces for all members of our community.”

Read more at SU News.

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong exploration of “Belonging” with a mini-residency by acclaimed Iraqi-American artist Wafaa Bilal.

On Thursday, Oct. 12, Bilal will give a presentation titled “Performing Change: Diaspora and Belonging” from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library. Bilal will discuss how he uses online performance and interactive works to address issues of identity, exile and politics.

The following day, he will lead a small-group discussion from 10-11:30 a.m. in 304 Tolley Humanities Building. Titled “On Art and Resistance,” the program will focus on the relevance and role of artistic expression in relation to war trauma, violence and diasporic belonging.

Both events are free and open to the public; however, the event on Friday, Oct. 13, requires registration. To RSVP, contact Amy Kallander, associate professor of Middle East history in the Maxwell School, at akalland@maxwell.syr.edu.

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On Monday, Oct. 9, Syracuse University will host a Universitywide celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.  The University’s adoption of Indigenous Peoples’ Day began last year.

The Indigenous Students at Syracuse recognized student organization, indigenous graduate students, the Native Student Program in the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Native American Law Student Association in the College of Law are hosting a celebration and educational activities on the Einhorn Family Walk from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.

“We come together as a campus community to recognize, celebrate and honor the many contributions of indigenous peoples across the world,” says Regina Jones, assistant director in the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Native Student Program. “Throughout the day, we encourage students, faculty and staff to participate in the events to learn about indigenous peoples’ history and cultures and engage in dialogue.”

To view a schedule of events, visit SU News.

Kaitlyn Greenidge, the Fall 2017 Visiting Writer for the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing, is the next speaker in this fall’s Raymond Carver Reading Series. On Wednesday, Oct. 11, she will participate in a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and then read from her work at 5:30 p.m. in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium.

Her debut novel, “We Love You, Charlie Freeman” (Algonquin Books, 2017), was named one of the New York Times Critics’ Top 10 Books.

In “We Love You, Charlie Freeman,” the Freeman family—Charles, Laurel and their daughters, teenage Charlotte and nine-year-old Callie—have been invited to the Toneybee Institute to participate in a research experiment. They will live in an apartment on campus with Charlie, a young chimp abandoned by his mother. The Freemans were selected because they know sign language; they are supposed to teach it to Charlie and welcome him as a member of their family. But when Charlotte discovers the truth about the institute’s history of questionable studies, the secrets of the past invade the present in devious ways.

USA Today writes of the book: “…witty and provocative … Greenidge deftly handles a host of complex themes and characters, exploring not just how (literally) institutionalized racism is, but the difficulty of an effective response to it. … Greenidge doesn’t march to a pat answer; the power of the book is in her understanding of how clarity wriggles out of reach. For all the seriousness of its themes, though, ‘Charlie Freeman’ is also caustically funny.”

Greenidge’s writing has appeared in American Short Fiction, the Believer, Buzzfeed, Elle.com, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Transition Magazine and Virginia Quarterly Review. She is a contributing writer for LENNY Letter.

The Raymond Carver Reading Series is presented by the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing in the Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences. All events are free and open to the public. Parking is available in SU pay lots.

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