Diversity Lecture Series - Video

Experts on hunger and food security issues and the face of homelessness in Maine will discuss myths and realities of poverty in this interactive panel discussion.

Six UNE alumnae return to campus to speak about how their minor in Women's & Gender Studies shaped their career trajectory and influenced their lives after graduation.

Douglas A. Blackmon, Atlanta Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, spoke on "A Legacy of Oppression: Reckoning with Race and History in the Age of Obama" on Jan. 19, 2011 as part of the UNE's Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration.

Lori Aviso Alvord, M.D., spoke on "Combining Western Medicine & Traditional Healing: The Scalpel & the Silver Bear; The First Navajo Woman Surgeon" on Oct. 6, 2010 as part of UNE's Diversity Lecture Series.

Ali A. Mazrui, D. Phil., world acclaimed political thinker and theorist, gave a presentation at the University of New England entitled, “From Othello to Obama: Is This the Dawn of a Post-Racial Age?” on Thursday, April 8, 2010 at UNE’s Biddeford Campus to a standing room only audience.

Susan Cayleff, Ph.D., Professor of Women's Studies at San Diego State University, spoke on "Contested Bodies and Cultural Collision: Homophobia and Sports" on Oct. 5, 2009.

Kevin Powell, activist and writer, spoke on "Remembering MLK, Jr. - Open Letter to Young America" on Feb. 17, 2010 as part of UNE's Diversity Lecture Series.

Donna Loring, Maine State Representative, spoke on "Educational Apartheid in Maine" on Nov. 5, 2008 as part of the UNE's Diversity Lecture Series.

Carlos Muñoz, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, spoke on "From Dr. King to President Obama: A Call for an Authentic Multiracial Democracy" on Jan. 21, 2009 as part of the UNE's Diversity Lecture Series.

Angel Martinez Loredo, Associate Dean of Students at the University of Maine in Orono, spoke on "Latino Folklore & Medicine Today" on Oct. 14, 2008 as part of the UNE's Diversity Lecture Series.

Jennifer Yanco is a research fellow at the African Studies Center at Boston University. Her current work developing anti-racism curricula for schools stems from the conviction that, of all the determinants of health, racism continues to have the most devastating, widespread, and long-term effects, making it the most serious public health issue facing us. Ms. Yanco is also the founder of the “White People Challenging Racism” classes at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and serves widely as an anti-racist activist and diversity consultant.

Jennifer Yanco, Ph.D., a research fellow for the African Studies Center at Boston University, spoke on "Understanding White Privilege" on Sept. 8, 2008 as part of the UNE's Diversity Lecture Series.