Ongoing Events
Contribue to "Paddling for Hope" a fundraiser for Hope Restores. Follow Bobbi's kayak journey and donate.
Contribute to the Hate Has No Home Here Gofundme Campaign
Contribute to the Hate Has No Home Here Gofundme Campaign
Public Events
Belonging & Mattering Institute
Six sessions starting Nov. 16 - April 19, The Radison Center, La Crosse
$250 pre-registration required
Through BaM, you can join a learning community of fellow people-leaders across the hospitality and retail industries to collectively make our businesses more welcoming and inclusive for an increasingly diverse clientele and workforce!
This institute, created by Goodenough Consulting LLC, sponsored by Explore La Crosse and La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce, and made possible through funding support from the June Kjome Justice and Peace Fund, is a 6-series in-person course, taking place one Wednesday a month, from 8:00-10:30 a.m., starting in November 2022 and ending in April 2023. The cost is $800/person, but this inaugural institute is being offered at a highly discounted rate of $250/person!
Participants will 1) build a supportive learning community with fellow cohort members, 2) engage in critical self/organizational reflection, 3) gain a greater understanding of the experiences of minoritized patrons/customers/employees within the area, 4) find inspiration and urgency to lead with more boldness and innovation, 5) co-create a culminating communication plan as a celebration of completion and an accountability measure to stay in the work, and 6) receive ongoing support/coaching (by request) at discounted rate.
To be considered for this professional development opportunity, complete this BaM Interest Form
Six sessions starting Nov. 16 - April 19, The Radison Center, La Crosse
$250 pre-registration required
Through BaM, you can join a learning community of fellow people-leaders across the hospitality and retail industries to collectively make our businesses more welcoming and inclusive for an increasingly diverse clientele and workforce!
This institute, created by Goodenough Consulting LLC, sponsored by Explore La Crosse and La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce, and made possible through funding support from the June Kjome Justice and Peace Fund, is a 6-series in-person course, taking place one Wednesday a month, from 8:00-10:30 a.m., starting in November 2022 and ending in April 2023. The cost is $800/person, but this inaugural institute is being offered at a highly discounted rate of $250/person!
Participants will 1) build a supportive learning community with fellow cohort members, 2) engage in critical self/organizational reflection, 3) gain a greater understanding of the experiences of minoritized patrons/customers/employees within the area, 4) find inspiration and urgency to lead with more boldness and innovation, 5) co-create a culminating communication plan as a celebration of completion and an accountability measure to stay in the work, and 6) receive ongoing support/coaching (by request) at discounted rate.
To be considered for this professional development opportunity, complete this BaM Interest Form
GLADC Annual Conference
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, 7:30-3:00 pm, Western Lunda Center
We’ll be collaborating with local organizations, local and national speakers, and educators to build an understanding of different DEI practices and the connection (intersectionality) among them.
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, 7:30-3:00 pm, Western Lunda Center
We’ll be collaborating with local organizations, local and national speakers, and educators to build an understanding of different DEI practices and the connection (intersectionality) among them.
OctVOTERfest
Thursday, Oct. 6, 3-7 pm, Copeland Park Oktoberfest Shelter
Join us to celebrate Voter Education Week with free food, a bounce house, live music, voter ID assistance, and more. There will help and pay for folks to get birth certificates, ID’s, certificates of citizenship , etc. to vote and also pay for transportation to the polls.
Thursday, Oct. 6, 3-7 pm, Copeland Park Oktoberfest Shelter
Join us to celebrate Voter Education Week with free food, a bounce house, live music, voter ID assistance, and more. There will help and pay for folks to get birth certificates, ID’s, certificates of citizenship , etc. to vote and also pay for transportation to the polls.
MLK Day Celebration with Dr. Andre E. Johnson
Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, 7 pm Viterbo Fine Arts Center Main Theater or Facebook live stream
Dr. Andre E. Johnson is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies and the Scholar in Residence at the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis He teaches classes in African American Public Address, Rhetoric Race and Religion, Media Studies, Interracial Communication, Rhetoric of Social Movements, and Hip Hop Studies. Dr. Johnson is the author of No Future in this Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner (University Press of Mississippi, 2020). He is the co-author (with Amanda Nell Edgar) of The Struggle Over Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter (2018) that won the National Communication Association (NCA) 2019 African American Communication and Culture Division Outstanding Book Award. He is also the author of The Forgotten Prophet: Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the African American Prophetic Tradition (2012) that won the National Communication Association (NCA) 2013 African American Communication and Culture Division Outstanding Book Award and the editor of Urban God Talk: Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality (2013). He is also the curator and director of the Henry McNeal Turner Project (#HMTProject); a digital archive dedicated to the writings and study of Bishop Turner.
Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, 7 pm Viterbo Fine Arts Center Main Theater or Facebook live stream
Dr. Andre E. Johnson is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies and the Scholar in Residence at the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis He teaches classes in African American Public Address, Rhetoric Race and Religion, Media Studies, Interracial Communication, Rhetoric of Social Movements, and Hip Hop Studies. Dr. Johnson is the author of No Future in this Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner (University Press of Mississippi, 2020). He is the co-author (with Amanda Nell Edgar) of The Struggle Over Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter (2018) that won the National Communication Association (NCA) 2019 African American Communication and Culture Division Outstanding Book Award. He is also the author of The Forgotten Prophet: Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the African American Prophetic Tradition (2012) that won the National Communication Association (NCA) 2013 African American Communication and Culture Division Outstanding Book Award and the editor of Urban God Talk: Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality (2013). He is also the curator and director of the Henry McNeal Turner Project (#HMTProject); a digital archive dedicated to the writings and study of Bishop Turner.
White Privilege Conference: The State of (In) Security 2.0
April 12-15, 2023, Mesa, AZ
More details to come
April 12-15, 2023, Mesa, AZ
More details to come
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