Events

Join us for a film screening of 'Patrice: The Movie (2024)' a story that follows a disabled couple in their 50s, Patrice and Garry, want to marry but risk losing their benefits if they do. Despite the risk, they decide to hold a commitment ceremony.

Content Rating: Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated. For detailed trigger warnings please visit: https://www.patricethemovie.com/the-movie 

All films will be held at the LLC Cinema followed by a short discussion with snacks. 

To Register: Click on the button below to login into docshr.rutgers.edu, under session details click the 'enroll' button. 

Join us for the Equity Fundamentals workshop! This workshop is designed for Rutgers faculty and staff to promote a shared understanding of foundational DEIA concepts including diversity, inclusion, equity, social justice, and intersectionality. Participants will engage in hands-on activities and reflection, applying these concepts to both their professional and personal lives.

Join the DEIA Book Club as we explore What If I Say the Wrong Thing? by Vernā Myers, a thought-provoking guide designed to help readers navigate diversity, equity, and inclusion with confidence and empathy. Through meaningful discussions, we’ll uncover practical strategies for fostering inclusivity and building stronger connections across differences. 

The book club will convene for six consecutive Thursdays at noon, from March 6 through April 10. Copies of the book will be distributed about a week prior to the first meeting.

Tentative Schedule:

• When: Thursdays, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (Bring your lunch!)
• Location: LLC Room 226 (Hybrid). This session will be in a hybrid format via the following link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/99224723873?pwd=lNTHxPBhpth4I40QoPVV1EKobapp7Z.1 
• Start Date: Thursday, March 6th

To Register: Click on the button below to login into docshr.rutgers.edu, under session details click the 'enroll' button.

During this hands-on workshop, you can explore Rutgers’s accessibility resources and learn how to use them. Workshop will meet in the computer lab, rm. 151; please bring any text-based documents you want to work on. Instructors will be available to guide you and answer any questions as you create or revise your documents.

• Review and use Rutgers’s accessibility tools and resources
• Demonstrate steps for creating accessible documents (MS Word, PD)
• Apply guidelines & best practices for creating accessible documents

Instructors: 

• Dena Novak, Director of Instructional Design, University Online Education Services
  Natalia Kouraeva, Senior Instructional Designer, University Online Education Services

Location: 

• LLC Computer Lab 151 (Hybrid). This session will be in a hybrid format via the following link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/95199008939?pwd=x4WoepWwHH4oTkHzjLvs4KMGjxk1vM.1

Schedule: 

• Lunch (pizza) will be served at 12:00 PM (noon), and the workshop will begin at 12:30 PM.

Join us for a film screening of 'Will & Harper (2024)' a Netflix documentary about Will Ferrell and his long-time friend Harper Steele taking a road trip across the United States. Will and Harper have been friends since their time on Saturday Night Live in 1995, when Harper was a writer and Will was a young comedian. When Harper comes out as a trans woman, they decide to go on a road trip to spend time together and help Harper reintroduce herself to the country as her authentic self. The two experience a range of reactions from strangers, including support and hatred. They also encounter both accepting and unwelcoming environments, such as an all-you-can-eat restaurant in Texas and a Pacers game where they meet the governor of Indiana.

Content Rating: Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Rated R for language. For detailed trigger warnings please visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30321133/parentalguide/ 

All films will be held at the LLC Cinema followed by a short discussion with snacks.

To Register: Click on the button below to login into docshr.rutgers.edu, under session details click the 'enroll' button. 

Details Coming Soon: Stay tuned for more information about this upcoming event. Check back regularly for updates!

Join us for a film screening of 'Milk (2008)' following the life of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States. The movie follows Milk's life from his 40th birthday to his assassination in 1978. It shows how he left New York and moved to San Francisco's Castro District with his lover, Scott Smith. There, he opened a camera shop that became a gathering place for the local gay community. Milk ran for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors three times before winning in 1977. On the board, he met Dan White, who came to resent Milk after he opposed White's projects. In 1978, White shot and killed Milk and Mayor George Moscone.

Content Rating: Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief violence. For detailed trigger warnings please visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013753/parentalguide/ 

All films will be held at the LLC Cinema followed by a short discussion with snacks.

To Register: Click on the button below to login into docshr.rutgers.edu, under session details click the 'enroll' button. 

Join us for the Language Matters workshop! With applications for adult learners in mind, this workshop deconstructs the ideas and impact that negatively charged words used in society and how their uses create a damaging environment for all of society. The presentation uses audience dialogue as well as video examples to demonstrate how microaggressions hinder our ability to have a diverse and inclusive society/community. Participation in this session counts toward DoCS digital badges in DEIA and Adult & Continuing Education.

• Instructor: Darnell Thompson, Assistant Director of Education at the Center for Social Justice Education & LGBT Communities (SJE).
• Location: LLC Room 150 (Hybrid). This session will be in a hybrid format via the following link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98858700528?pwd=hw3EjeFIEolvOaWvV1Q5YcFnbvg5Ot.1 
• Schedule: Lunch (pizza) will be served at 12:00 PM (noon), and the workshop will begin at 12:30 PM. 

To Register: Click on the button below to login into docshr.rutgers.edu, under session details click the 'enroll' button

Join us for a film screening of 'Rocketman (2019)' an epic musical fantasy about the incredible human story of Elton John's breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John.

Content Rating: Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Rated R for language throughout, some drug use and sexual content. For detailed trigger warnings please visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2066051/parentalguide/ 

join us for a film screening of '12 Years a Slave (2013)' a film based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the pre-Civil War South, where he endures brutal treatment under various slave owners while desperately trying to maintain his identity and fight for his freedom, ultimately finding a glimmer of hope through a chance encounter with a Canadian abolitionist.

Content Rating: Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Rated R for violence/cruelty, some nudity and brief sexuality. For detailed trigger warnings please visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024544/parentalguide/ 

All films will be held at the LLC Cinema followed by a short discussion with snacks.

To Register: Click on the button below to login into docshr.rutgers.edu, under session details click the 'enroll' button

Join us for a film screening of 'Moana 2 (2024)' the an animated Disney musical film about Moana's journey to find the lost island of Motufetu and break its curse.
Moana receives a call from her ancestors to journey to the far seas of Oceania to break a curse and reconnect the people of Oceania. She reunites with Maui and recruits a crew of unlikely seafarers to help her on her quest.

Families welcome.

Content Rating: Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Rated PG for action/peril. For detailed trigger warnings please visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13622970/parentalguide/ 

All films will be held at the LLC Cinema followed by a short discussion with snacks.

To Register: Click on the button below to login into docshr.rutgers.edu, under session details click the 'enroll' button. 

Join us for a film screening of 'Hidden Figures (2016)' a biographical drama based on a book by Margot Lee Shetterly. Set in the 1950s and 1960s, it follows the true story of three African-American women who worked for NASA as 'human computers' at the Langley Research Center.

Content Rating: Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Rated PG for thematic elements and some language. For detailed trigger warnings please visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/parentalguide/

All films will be held at the LLC Cinema followed by a short discussion with snacks.

To Register: Click on the button below to login into docshr.rutgers.edu, under session details click the 'enroll' button. 

Join us for the Building Inclusive Communities: Advocacy In Action workshop! In this session participants will explore social identities while examining how power and values impact professional spaces. We will then consider how critical leadership within professional spaces needs to a focus within our DEI initiatives and goals.

• Instructor: Darnell Thompson, Assistant Director of Education at the Center for Social Justice Education & LGBT Communities (SJE).
• Location: LLC Room 150 (Hybrid). This session will be in a hybrid format via the following link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/95741675086?pwd=yfviUTkbLwhWZ99PbeeNy6xYoQD0sh.1
• Schedule: Lunch (pizza) will be served at 12:00 PM (noon), and the workshop will begin at 12:30 PM.

To Register: Click on the button below to login into docshr.rutgers.edu, under session details click the 'enroll' button. 

Join us for a film screening of 'Origin (2023)' a biographical drama film about Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) as she writes her book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Wilkerson travels the world to research caste systems in Germany, India, and the United States, while also experiencing personal loss. The film explores themes of racism, and links between slavery in America, the Holocaust, the Nazis, and India's caste system.

Content Rating: Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Rated PG-13 for thematic material involving racism, violence, some disturbing images, language and smoking. For detailed trigger warnings please visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13321244/parentalguide/

All films will be held at the LLC Cinema followed by a short discussion with snacks.

To Register: Click on the button below to login into docshr.rutgers.edu, under session details click the 'enroll' button. 

Join us for a film screening of 'The Meaning of the Seed (2020)' a documentary film that focuses on the cultural significance of seeds within the Native American community, particularly the Ramapough Lenape tribe in New Jersey, highlighting their efforts to restore their traditional farming practices and achieve food sovereignty through seed preservation, while also addressing issues of environmental justice and resilience against historical injustices faced by indigenous populations; the film is often centered around the Munsee Three Sisters Medicinal Farm where these practices are actively being implemented.

Join us for a film screening of '13th Documentary (2016)' a film that explores the prison system in the United States and how it's connected to the country's history of racial inequality. The film examines the intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States. It argues that the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in 1865, has been used to continue involuntary servitude in the form of penal labor.