In honor of the 2022 MLK Commemoration at Georgia State University, join us for “It Was All A Dream: Open Mic Night”, an evening of culture, community, and inclusion in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr!

We are currently looking for GSU community members to share in solidarity and expression, a song, dance, poem, passage, personal reflection, or spoken word inspired by Dr. King’s legacy which is rooted in love, liberation, and social justice. If you are at performing, you can apply at the link below before Sunday, December 5th.
A great way to unwind and relax as the semester draws near the end. Join us for hot beverages, delicious snacks, and helpful study tips for your finals. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome. Stop by the Multicultural Center from 2 - 3 p.m. for delicious food!
Are there any events/programming you loved? What about any you would like to see? Join the Multicultural Center in a focus group on Monday, December 6th from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. and another on Wednesday, December 8th from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. We would love to hear from you on how we can better serve your interests. Free giveaways will be provided to those who participate.
Do you have any experience in marketing, digital media, or advertising? Or, would you simply like to get involved with the Multicultural Center?

Apply to volunteer as part of our Marketing Street Team!

For any questions email Te'Airah Wilbert!
Are you an LGBTQ+ Student looking to build more community on campus? Are you interested in developing resiliency and learning how you may better understand your identity and the world around you? The LGBTQ+ Cohort of Community Connections may be a perfect fit! If you're interested in learning more, you can apply at the link below!
Join Cultures, Communities, & Inclusion January 16th from 11 a.m. - 1 P.M. as we come together for food, fellowship, and fun during our Daydream Brunch. This will be a wonderful opportunity to network and connect with Georgia State Alumni and reflect on MLK's dream and what it means today.
As a part of our Community Connections (C2) Womxn of Color Mentoring Initiative, this week, we highlight HIV/AIDS activist Hydeia Broadbent (b. June 14, 1984) as our #WomxnChangingTheWorld! 

She began her activism work at age 6 by discussing her experience living with HIV/AIDS. In 1996, she spoke at the Republican National Conventions to recognize that AIDS isn't just an issue affecting gay men and drug addicts. Her most notable quote from the convention is, "I am the future, and I have AIDS."

Broadbent appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show in 1996 and in 2016 she appeared in Oprah's "Where Are They Now" series as one of the most requested revisits.

At 18 she co-authored a book, You Can Get Past The Tears, with her mother about the battle of living with AIDS.

🌎 Culture & Identity: Hydeia Broadbent was born with HIV at a local hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. When she was six weeks old, she was adopted by her foster parents Loren and Patricia Broadbent. A few months before her 5th birthday, she was diagnosed with AIDS.
This week in our Social Justice Corner we are highlighting civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr.! 
 
Culture & Identity: Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was a Baptist minister and more notably a social rights activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States. 
 
Life: Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Alberta and Michael King, a college-educated pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Despite his loving upbringing and secure home environment, it did not protect him from experiencing discrimination which was all too common in the South. Highly educated himself, MLK Jr. graduated from Morehouse University at the young age of 19 and then spent the next three years at Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania where he became acquainted with Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence, which he later incorporated into the civil rights movement.   
 
Impact: King participated in and led marches to advocate for black people’s right to vote, desegregation, labor rights, and other basic rights. A few of his most iconic contributions to the civil rights movement include his Selma to Montgomery marches, where nonviolent activists marched to demonstrate the desire of African Americans to exercise their constitutional right to vote in defiance of segregationist repression, as well as his 1963 March on Washington where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. King was honored as a martyr, and his leadership was fundamental to the movement’s success in ending the legal segregation of African Americans in the United States.  


The Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora (CSAD) seeks your partnership in spreading the word about its inaugural student contest of artistic expression. This contest is a follow-up to the conversations held during the fall 2020 African Diaspora Student Advocacy Coalition (ADSAC) co-sponsored town hall, that introduced the Center to the campus community. In keeping with CSAD’s mission to highlight the potential of art to enhance our understanding of global issues, the contest aims not only to provide an opportunity for students to showcase their talents but also intends to carry on the important tradition of art as a conduit of social commentary, as upheld in such celebrated epochs as the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement. 

Students are asked to reflect upon the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic amidst the continuing climate of racially motivated social unrest, especially as it pertains to their scholarly efforts and educational goals, and to conceptualize their contemplations into written, audio-visual, or fine art manifestations. All submissions will be valued for the contribution they make to our collective understanding of this unique moment in our national history and in our university setting and for the top three winners in each category (written arts, visual arts, and performance/video arts), prizes will be awarded. 

The deadline for contest submissions is set for Friday, February 28th, 2022, allowing participants time to create before returning to campus for their spring semester studies. If integrating the contest into the curriculum for your classes in the spring is an option, that idea is encouraged. CSAD is asking that you share the contest with your students, fellow faculty, and members of your organizations and that you post the attached flyer with the submission form link to all your social media channels using the hashtag #CSADArtXContest.  
True Colors is proud to present “Chosen Family,” in partnership with ArtsXchange and ZAMI NOBLA.

 Wednesday, Dec. 8th, 7:00- 8:30 pm

 ArtsXchange | 2148 Newnan St., East Point, GA 30344

Many LGBTQ create community, or family outside of their biological families - sometimes by choice and other times out of necessity to gain a sense of belonging. As we celebrate the legacies of Sis. Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight, who created their own community together while traveling the Jim Crow South of the 1940’s, we welcome a conversation on the ways that Black LGBTQ form meaningful bonds and a home away from home.
This special event will feature songs from our production of Marie and Rosetta, as well as an opportunity for audience members to perform scenes from the show while being coached by True Colors’ Artistic Director, Jamil Jude!
Special Days This Week
November 28-December 6: Chanukah (Hanukkah)

Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, commemorates the Maccabees military victory over the Greek Syrians and the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The festival is observed by the lighting of a special candelabrum, the Menorah, with one additional light lit on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night 
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