{"id":95184,"date":"2020-01-29T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T19:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=95184"},"modified":"2020-01-30T13:50:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T19:50:54","slug":"um-announces-spring-year-observances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/um-announces-spring-year-observances\/","title":{"rendered":"UM Announces Spring ‘All In. All Year.’ Observances"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Educator Yusef Salaam is set to speak at UM for the Black History Month observance at 6 p.m. Feb. 25 in the Ole Miss Student Union Ballroom. Submitted photo<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 Keynote addresses, film and lecture series, and awards programs are among the many “All In. All Year.” events scheduled for the spring semester at the University of Mississippi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“All In. All Year.” is a yearlong effort that includes guest speakers, workshops and other programs to expand cultural awareness, challenge bias attitudes and behaviors, and increase campuswide support for diversity, equity and inclusion across campus. The majority of the events are free to the public.<\/p>\n

“The first semester of ‘All In. All Year.’ was a major success,” said Norris “EJ” Edney, director of the university’s Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement<\/a>. “The semesterly and monthly ‘All In. All Year.’ calendars give students, faculty, staff and community members a single place to find opportunities to engage with the great work our campus partners are doing to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.”<\/p>\n

Edney said he hopes that people across the community will take advantage of opportunities to participate in cross-cultural expressions on campus.<\/p>\n

“The LOU community has as rich a history and as deep a commitment to diversity as the University of Mississippi,” Edney said. “‘All In. All Year.’ programs provide the perfect opportunity for community members to learn about, contribute to and benefit from the work that the University of Mississippi does to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.”<\/p>\n

Author Kiese Laymon, the university’s Ottilie Schillig Professor in English and Creative Writing, will deliver the keynote address at the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College<\/a> Spring Convocation at 7 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts.<\/p>\n

Other keynotes scheduled are educator Yusef Salaam for the Black History Month observance at 6 p.m. Feb. 25 in the Ole Miss Student Union Ballroom, and poet and performer Alysia Harris for Women’s History Month awards ceremony at 6 p.m. March 31 in the Student Union, Room 326.<\/p>\n

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Poet and performer Alysia Harris is set to appear March 31 at UM for the Women’s History Month awards ceremony, slated for 6 p.m. in the Ole Miss Student Union. Submitted photo<\/p><\/div>\n

The Golden Globe award-winning Netflix series “When They See Us” will be shown at 6 p.m. Jan. 30, Feb. 4, 11 and 18 in the Student Union, Room 326. Several short films and features will be shown March 20-21 as part of the Oxford Film Festival at the Malco Oxford Commons Cinema.<\/p>\n

Training sessions for Allies of the LGBTQ+ community are set for 2 p.m. Jan. 29 in Lamar Hall, Room 131, 4 p.m. Feb. 27 in Bryant Hall, Room 111, and 5:30 p.m. April 7 in Lamar Hall, Room 126.<\/p>\n

Other scheduled activities include:<\/p>\n