Upcoming Events
For Freedoms Alabama
Thursday, September 20
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Hill Student Center, Ballrooms C & D
Lucia Hermo, ACLU; Moreen Costello, SPLC; Dr. Hussein Abdul-Latif, Author. Co-sponsored with For Freedom 50 State Coalition.
This panel discussion will highlighting the significance of four important freedoms in today’s world: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. This event is part of an initiative by the For Freedoms Federation, a program founded by Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman in 2016 to foster new forms of critical discourse, especially with regard to art, community engagement, and the discussion of civic issues and core values.
International Peace Day
Friday, Septemeber 21
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
INTO Center Lobby
Celebrate International Peace Day with food, music, and performances from different countries, and create an Origami Peace Tree.
Alabama Inclusive, Healthy Communities
Monday, September 24, & Tuesday, September 25
12:00 - 4:00 p.m. (Monday) & 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Tuesday)
UAB Alumni House
Mark Fenton, others TBD. Co-sponsored with Lakeshore Foundation.
This conference will address the fundamentals of walkability and what it takes to create connected, inclusive, and healthy communities that are safe for all ages and abilities. This two-day event will feature renowned walkability expert Mark Fenton along with a walk audit community-level training on day one and state- wide conference on day two.
Human Rights and the City: Shaping Urban Spaces for Access, Inclusion, and Empowerment for All
Friday, September 28
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
UAB Heritage Hall 126
Tina Kempin Reuter, Director of Institute for Human Rights
Associate Professor in Department of Political Science and Public Administration and Department of Anthropology. Part of Haddin Arts & Sciences Forum series.
Lunch will be provided.
Addressing the Global Refugee Crisis – Part I: Focus on Europe
Monday, October 1
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
UAB Hill Student Center, Ballrooms C & D
TBD. Co-sponsored with the Consulate of Switzerland in Atlanta, Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham Islamic Society, and the Refugee Interest Group.
Screening and discussion of the film “Non-Assistance.” This film focuses on the thousands of refugees and migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe. It discusses how private citizen became active in the absence of government responses and general indifference. Image by Marco Verch. Image cropped to fit template.
Lecture Series Presents Tarana Burke: The Power of Me Too
Tuesday, October 9
7:00 p.m.
UAB Alys Stephens Center
Tarana Burke, Founder of Me Too. Co-sponsored with UAB Student Affairs, UAB Wellness Promotion, UAB Title IX Office, and UAB Counseling Services.
Tarana Burke will speak about her journey founding Me Too, which developed into a major movement over the past year.
How Germany Has Come to Terms With Its Past
Thursday, October 18
Reception, 5:30 p.m.
Program, 6:00 p.m.
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Woolfolk Gallery
Stefan Schlüter, retired German diplomat. Co-sponsored with the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
Sidewalk Talk
Monday, November 5
5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
TBD
TBD. Cosponsored with the Birmingham Anxiety and Trauma Center.
SidewalkTalk is a community listening project raising awareness for mental health. Image by Frisno Boström. Image cropped to fit template.
The Crisis in Cameroon
Thursday, November 8
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
UAB Hill Student Center, Ballrooms C & D
Michael Hoza, U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, 2014 to 2018. Co-Sponsored with the Cameroon Humanitarian Relief Initiative and the UAB Edge of Chaos.
This event will discuss Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis, which has brought the country to the brink of civil war.
Addressing the Global Refugee Crisis – Part II: Focus on the United States
Monday, November 12
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Birmingham Southern College Norton Theater
April Jackson-McLennan, Attorney, International Immigration Law Office of John Charles Bell; Jessica Vosburgh, Adelante Alabama Worker Center; Sarai Portillo, Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice. Co-sponsored with Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham Islamic Society, and the Refugee Interest Group, Adelante, The Law Office of John Charles Bell, and the Alabama Coalition of Immigrant Justice.
Panelists will address the U.S. response to the refugee and immigrant crisis, including immigration law, detention centers, and human rights violations against immigrants and refugees. Image by Marco Verch. Image cropped to fit template.
Screening of “Sonita”
Tuesday, November 13
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
AEIVA
Co-sponsored with the Swiss Consulate, Atlanta.
Sonita is an 18-year-old female, an undocumented Afghan illegal immigrant living in the poor suburbs of Tehran. She is a feisty, spirited young woman who fights to live the way she wants, as an artist, singer, and musician in spite of all her obstacles she confronts in Iran and her conservative patriarchal family. In harsh contrast to her goal is the plan of her family – strongly advanced by her mother – to make her a bride and sell her to a new family. The price right now is about U.S. $9,000.
