Imagining Freedom: 2nd Annual Black August Roundtable on Resistance, Resilience, and Abolition
"Imagining Freedom: 2nd Annual Black August Roundtable on Resistance, Resilience, and Abolition"
Description:Join us for the Second Annual Black August Prison Education Program Student/Faculty Roundtable, a powerful dialogue between Lewis University’s Prison Education Program students and faculty. Together, we’ll explore the lived realities of systems-impacted individuals and the transformative potential of Black liberation struggles. Through the lenses of African American and Abolitionist Studies, this conversation will center voices from within carceral spaces to envision a world beyond violence, rooted in justice, resistance, and radical hope.
?? Wednesday, August 27th?? 12:30 – 2:00 PM?? University Dining Room & on Zoom.
Event Name: Black August PEP-Faculty Roundtable. Event State: Confirmed. Organization: Office of Diversity. Event Locator: 2025-AATAMG.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
University Dining Room AS 104C.
"Black at Lewis: Building Community, Honoring Legacy" Second Annual Welcome Reception | Black August at Lewis
"Black at Lewis: Building Community, Honoring Legacy"Second Annual Welcome Reception | Black August at Lewis,
Description:You're invited to the Second Annual Black at Lewis Welcome Reception, a vibrant community-building and networking event that brings together Black students (new and returning), faculty, staff, and alumni. Held as part of Lewis University’s Black August observance, this reception offers a space to build meaningful connections, celebrate Black presence and leadership on campus, and welcome new members of the Lewis community.
While the event centers Black community experiences, all are welcome to join in solidarity, celebration, and support.
?? Tuesday, August 26th?? 4:30 – 6:00 PM?? Faculty Dining Room (AS 103C), Romeoville Campus??? Light refreshments will be served.
For more information, contact Dr. Shireen Roshanravan, Vice President for Diversity, at sroshanravan@lewisu.edu.
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Event Name: Black-at-Lewis Welcome Reception. Event Locator: 2025-AATAMK. Event State: Confirmed. Organization: Office of Diversity.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
Faculty/Staff Dining Room AS 103C.
Black August "Confines of Place" Film Screening + Discussion
Join Dr. Tennille Allen, Lewis professor and chair of sociology, for a Black August screening of a documentary on mass incarceration created in collaboration with men incarcerated at Stateville Prison. Directors of the film will be present for a post-screening discussion. This event is part of Lewis's month-long observance of Black August. All are welcome.
Event Name: Confines of Place - Film Screening. Event State: Confirmed. Organization: Office of Diversity. Event Locator: 2025-AATAMJ.
Thursday, August 28, 2025, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
University Dining Room AS 104C.
Black August Film Screening + Discussion: One Millions Experiments
The experimental documentary "One Milliion Experiments" explores real-word, community-driven approaches to safety, healing, and liberation. It invites viewers to ask: What does safety look like without police and prisons? The screening will be followed by a discussion with the film’s creators. All are welcome. Contact: Shireen Roshanravan at sroshanravan@lewisu.edu or Tennille Allen at allente@lewisu.edu for more information.
Event Name: Black August Film Screening + Discussion. Event Locator: 2025-AATBDA. Event State: Confirmed. Organization: Office of Diversity.
Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
DL 250 Damian Auditorium.
One Million Experiments - Film Screening and Discussion
One Million Experiments documentary: Film Screening & DiscussionWhat does safety look like without police and prisons? Join us for a screening of One Million Experiments, an experimental documentary exploring real-world, community-driven approaches to safety, healing, and liberation. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the film’s creators. All are welcome.
Produced by Respair Production & Media, Interrupting Criminalization, and SoapBox Productions and Organizing.
Event Name: One Million Experiments. Event Locator: 2025-AATAML. Event State: Confirmed. Organization: Office of Diversity.
Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
University Dining Room AS 104C.
Second Annual HSI-Week Keynote Lecture
Please join the Office of Diversity as we host Lewis University's second annual HSI-Week Keynote lecture. This talk will engage the Lewis community in thinking about how we are elevating our capacity to serve all of our students and pushing the boundaries of how we think of student success. All are welcome to join. There will be a facilitated discussion following the lecture.
Each year, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) calls on Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to join in observance of National HSIs Week. This week recognizes the 600 HSIs throughout the nation for their work and critical role in educating and empowering Hispanic youth. Lewis is proud to honor this week with greater commitment to our Lasallian values. A Zoom option will be made available.
Event Name: HSI-Week Keynote. Event State: Confirmed. Organization: Office of Diversity. Event Locator: 2025-AATBAD.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
University Dining Room AS 104C.
Weisenthal Colloquium Series
Event Name: Weisenthal Colloquium Series. Event State: Confirmed. Organization: College of Aviation-Science-Technolog. Event Locator: 2025-AASZJZ.
Thursday, September 11, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Academic Building Classroom AS 158A.
Linguistic Justice Series Launch
The Office of Diversity will launch the Linguistic Justice Series, a new initiative celebrating bilingualism and social justice. Through panels and dialogues, the series will explore how language intersects with power, identity, and equity. Topics include translanguaging, language norms, and culturally responsive teaching. The series aims to empower educators and professionals to serve diverse communities with respect and understanding. Stay tuned for more details!
Event Name: Linguistic Justice Series Launch. Event State: Confirmed. Organization: Office of Diversity. Event Locator: 2025-AATBVB.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
Faculty/Staff Dining Room AS 103C.
Refusing Silence: A Black Film & Dialogue Series on Resistance and Reclamation
Join the Office of Diversity, Sociology Department and African American Studies Program for a film screening and discussion of Judas and the Black Messiah. In this 2021 award-winning, long-awaited film focused on Fred Hampton, founder of the Rainbow Coalition and the Illinois State Chair of the Black Panther Party, the work and legacy of the Black Panther Party in general and that of Fred Hampton, Deborah Johnson, and other Panthers in refusing state violence through political education, organizing, survival programs, and revolutionary actions are explored.
This film screening is part of Lewis University's Fall 2025 "Refusing Silence: A Black Film & Dialogue Series on Resistance and Reclamation."
“Refusing Silence” is a three-part co-curricular film and dialogue series inspired by Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson’s powerful work, We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance. All are welcome to join this intentional space for collective engagement, healing, and intellectual empowerment through the lens of…
Event Name: Black Film Series. Event Locator: 2025-AATAZP. Event State: Confirmed. Organization: Office of Diversity.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
DL 250 Damian Auditorium.
Greater Chicagoland PICUP Workshop 2025
Integrating Computation into Introductory and Advanced Physics Courses and Building a Supportive Community of Like-Minded Educators in the Greater Chicagoland Area The workshop will include demonstrations and discussions about various aspects of integrating computational activities into physics courses at all levels from introductory to advanced.
Registration Information: https://www.compadre.org/PICUP/events/Chicagoland2025/.
Event State: Confirmed. Organization: College of Aviation-Science-Technolog. Event Name: Greater Chicagoland PICUP Workshop 2025. Event Locator: 2025-AATBPM.
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Academic Building Classroom (Media Room) AS 157A, Academic Building Classroom AS 156A, Academic Building Classroom AS 158A, Academic Building Classroom AS 155A.
Campus Visit Day
Welcome prospective students to learn more about Lewis University.
Event State: Confirmed. Organization: Admissions-Enrollment Management. Event Name: Campus Visit Day. Event Locator: 2025-AATBGR.
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM.
Science Center Classroom AS 119S, Science Center Classroom AS 112S, De La Salle Hall Classroom DL 203, DL 250 Damian Auditorium, De La Salle Hall Classroom DL 232, Mother Teresa Hall MT 030, Exercise Lab MT 023, Science Center Classroom AS 130S,…
Weisenthal Colloquium Series
Event Name: Weisenthal Colloquium Series. Event State: Confirmed. Organization: College of Aviation-Science-Technolog. Event Locator: 2025-AASZJZ.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Academic Building Classroom AS 158A.
Sugarcane - Film Screening + Discussion in Honor of Orange Shirt Day
In observation of Orange Shirt Day, please join the Office of Diversity for a screening and post-film discussion of the Oscar-nominated documentary, Sugarcane, an investigation into abuse of missing children at an Indian residential school that ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane reserve.
The annual Orange Shirt Day on September 30th opens the door to global conversation on all aspects of Residential Schools. It is an opportunity to create meaningful discussion about the effects of Residential Schools and the legacy they have left behind. A discussion all can tune into and create bridges with each other for reconciliation. A day for survivors to be reaffirmed that they matter, and so do those that have been affected. Every Child Matters, even if they are an adult, from now on.
The date was chosen because it is the time of year in which children were taken from their homes to residential schools, and because it is an opportunity to set the stage for anti-racism and anti-bullying policies for the…
Event Name: Film Screening - Sugarcane. Event Locator: 2025-AATAQK. Event State: Confirmed. Organization: Office of Diversity.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
University Dining Room AS 104C.