Tomorrow night is the MLK Leadership Award Ceremony & Reception. Congratulations to the outstanding MIT community leaders receiving this honor - Aria Kydd (UG), Jensen Johnson (G), Moana Bentin, Frank Ahimaz, and Mareena Robinson-Snowden. iceo.mit.edu/mlk-programs/a… @MITDiversity

“SAMURAI” Now Playing John H. Dozier Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Diversity MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing MIT Sloan School of Management Michel DeGraff MIT Center for International Studies MIT Open Learning MIT Jameel World Education Lab Black Resistance, Black Excellence & Black Joy at @MIT. Please look up and feel inspired by the stories of our 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Scholars and Leadership Awardees: calendar.mit.edu/event/martin_l… mlkscholars.mit.edu Daniel Auguste Eunice S. Ferreira Louis Massiah

NOW: the 49th Annual MLK Celebration welcomes Dr. Angela Davis! Tune in live: web.mit.edu/webcast/divers…

Lifelong Kindergarten PhD student Dr. Jaleesa Trapp was the graduate student speaker at MIT's 49th annual Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which also featured a keynote by Angela Y. Davis. news.mit.edu/2023/mlk-lunch…

This series has some incredible scholarship – Indigenous wellbeing, inequities in criminal justice, urban identity, and New Deal science.

Today, 5 PM: Major Crimes: Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System on Native American Reservations. Presented by David Heska Wanbli Weiden @MITDiversity MIT Students

The MIT Black History Project is documenting 150+ years of the Black experience at the Institute and beyond. Learn about its founding by Clarence Williams SM ’94, inspired by Black student activists like Shirley Jackson ’68, PhD ’73. Read: news.mit.edu/2023/illuminat… @MITDiversity

How effective is racially just research at advancing goals of dismantling activities that are complicit in, or actively support, white supremacy? A #dusp team is developing new pathways for anti-racist research in #architecture & #urbanplanning. More- bit.ly/centeringRacia…

A new campus series intends to inspire conversation about building community across the Institute. Institute Community and Equity Officer John Dozier spoke with MIT News about "Dialogues Across Difference" bit.ly/3JN9sDZ @MITDiversity

April 4: Please join us for a fireside chat with Dr. Tina Opie – author, speaker, educator, and former MIT MLK Visiting Scholar – about her Shared Sisterhood framework: Dig, Bridge, Collective Action. Register ➡️ mitsha.re/T2qO50Nt9xr @MITDiversity MIT Students @DrTinaOpie

Bittersweet news - our ICEO John H. Dozier will be stepping down for a position as president of Columbia College. We’re sad to see him go, but so excited for what he will be able to accomplish there!

Saturday, April 29: MIT Community Day! Celebrate the Inauguration of Sally Kornbluth as MIT’s 18th president by attending these two events: 2–5 PM: Street Fair 8–9:30 PM: We Are the Forest—Music of Resilience and Activism concert mitsha.re/OEuK50NQRTo

Enjoy Zimbabwean music on Saturday! With visiting artists Moyo Mutamba, Jennifer Kyker, and Memory Makuri Attend a free workshop from 11am-12:30pm and free concert 7-9pm Register: visitors.mit.edu/?event=de59e84… Arts at MIT @MITDiversity

Celebrate #DayofAI with MIT RAISE on May 18! Livestream the flagship event at Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Pres. Sally Kornbluth, MIT Media Lab Prof. cynthia breazeal & other leaders discuss the importance of AI literacy in today’s world and students' future careers. bit.ly/3MbryRd

The MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 2022-23 Diversity Predoctoral Fellows are concluding their time in the program. Learn more about their areas of research, their plans for the future, and the fellowship program bit.ly/42EkBNN @MITDiversity

Attend the virtual event Neurodiversity, Inclusion and Belonging at work, June 16, 12-1. Celebrating Neurodiversity Pride Day (6/16) and Autistic Pride Day (6/18). Register: calendar.mit.edu/event/neurodiv… @MITDiversity