Moraine Park Technical College

United Way 21 Week Equity Challenge
2021-04-12, 2021-04-16, 2021-04-19, 2021-04-23, 2021-04-26, 2021-04-30, 2021-05-03, 2021-05-07 and 13 more dates
The 21 Week Equity Challenge is an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of how inequity and racism affect our lives and communities.

Participants will receive an email at the beginning of each week from Monday, February 1st through Monday, June 21st.
Weekly topics take participants through a journey that starts with understanding internalized racism and explores how racism permeates person-to-person interactions, institutions and social structures.
The experience is intended to deepen understanding, suggest ways to take action, and help launch what we hope will be a lifelong commitment to improving equity and inclusion in our communities.

Individuals are encouraged to take on the challenge themselves, or form groups for discussion and reflection.
For more information or to sign up for the challenge click the link below:
https://www.unitedwaywi.org/page/equity-challenge

Creative Expression for Social Justice Exhibition
2021-04-15 17:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Event by Higher Education Diversity Initiative Team
Online: marianuniversity.zoom.us
Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 5:30 PM CDT – 8:30 PM CDT
Price: Free · Duration: 3 hr
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
In lieu of a conference for 2020-2021, the Higher Education Diversity and Inclusion Team is facilitating mini-grants to assist students in using creative/artistic expression to communicate about a social justice topic of their choosing. This exhibition will be an opportunity for students to showcase their projects.

WB: "Get the Scoop" Informational Fair with FREE ICE CREAM
2022-08-23 11:00 - 13:00 | West Bend Campus, Commons Area
Did you know that over 90% of students who are engaged in activities/clubs etc. throughout their college career are more likely to graduate and more importantly, have a more rewarding college experience?
Be sure to stop by our “Get the Scoop” Informational Fair on Tuesday, August 23rd from 11:00am – 1:00pm in the WB Commons for your chance to ‘Get the Scoop” on the many opportunities and resources that are available at Moraine Park Technical College for your benefit!
And the ICING on the cake…you’ll receive a FREE ICE CREAM cone for stopping by and meeting the many knowledgeable leaders who head up their area!
Sponsored by the West Bend Student Senate

Slave Codes to Black Codes
2023-03-09 11:30 - 12:30 | Fond du Lac Campus, Room A-103, 235 N National Ave, Fond du Lac, WI, 54935, United States
Examine how the laws of slavery bled into the laws of post-emancipation, and how they affect the US today.
Attend virtually or in FDL Room A103

Trans Women Are Women
2023-03-15 11:30 - 12:30 | Fond du Lac Campus – Room A112, 235 N. National Ave., Fond du Lac, WI, 54936-1940, United States
With guest speaker Benjamin Mier-Cruz, Assistant Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies at UW Madison
Dive into the history of trans women and gain a deeper awareness for what it means to be feminine and to be a trans woman.
Attend virtually or in FDL Room A112

Diversity Mini-Session: Ramadan
2023-03-16 11:30 - 12:00 | Fond du Lac Campus – Room A112, 235 N. National Ave., Fond du Lac, WI, 54936-1940, United States
Gain a deeper awareness of Ramadan and what it means to those who observe it.
Attend virtually or in person in FDL Room A112

Grey Table Talk: Women Smashing Glass
2023-03-17 11:30 - 12:30 | Fond du Lac Campus, Room A-103, 235 N National Ave, Fond du Lac, WI, 54935, United States
Open group discussion about a current topic in world news and events. Listen and engage at your own comfort level.
In recognition of Women’s History Month, the March topic is “Women Smashing Glass.” Discuss women’s history and the achievements women have made in the workforce, home life, and culture of the United States, as well as the steps we can take as a college and nation toward women’s economic, bodily, and social equality.
Attend virtually or in FDL Room A103

Free Student Legal Clinic: Background Checks
2023-03-17 13:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Free & confidential legal clinic for students, in partnership with Lawyers for Learners & Legal Action of Wisconsin.
Register Here

Untold Realities of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
2023-03-28 11:30 - 12:30 | Fond du Lac Campus – Room A112, 235 N. National Ave., Fond du Lac, WI, 54936-1940, United States
History classes often gloss over the brutal realities and lived experiences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, but it is in the brutality of this social and economic system that we see why the effects continue to last today. Let’s discuss the dark underbelly of our history, intergenerational trauma, and means of healing white and black bodies from this history.
Attend virtually or in FDL Room A112

WB Make & Take: Celebrate Women in History
2023-03-29 11:00 - 13:00 | West Bend Campus, Room T-117, 2151 N Main St, West Bend, WI, 53090, United States
Drop in any time during the two-hour window! Bring out your creative side with a variety of options including paint, jewelry making, vision boards, and other art mediums to celebrate women’s history. Participants will receive a workbook on DEI to take home with your creation.
Attend in person WB Room T117
