• E-Cornell Series: Racism in America (Recordings and Virtual Programing) – Various talks from faculty at Cornell and other universities examining how racism is embedded in education, criminal justice, health care and economic systems, as well as within U.S. government policies and laws.
• Willard Straight Occupation Study Guide (Recordings and Virtual Programing) – On April 19, 1969, students (mainly Black) occupied Willard Straight Hall during Parents’ Weekend to continue their protests about racial issues at Cornell. The study guide lists resources about events leading up to the Willard Straight Hall occupation and its aftermath.
•  ’93 Day Hall takeover by Latino students (Recordings and Virtual Programing) – In the fall of 1993, more than 100 students occupied Day Hall for four days to protest the underrepresentation and underserving of Latinos at Cornell. As a result of the demonstration, the Latino Studies Program (LSP) was expanded, and the Latino Living Center (LLC) was created.
• Seeds of Survival and Celebration: Plants and the Black Experience (Recordings and Virtual Programing) – The mission of Cornell Botanic Gardens is to share the deep and enduring connections between the rich diversity of the plant world and the equally rich diversity of cultures worldwide. This garden display and exhibit describe the knowledge, skill, and resilience of enslaved Africans, their descendants, and today’s Black community and their deep connections to plants and the cuisines they inspire.
• Hate in the time of Covid (Recordings and Virtual Programing) – The panel aims to inform students, colleagues and  communities of the history of Asian racialization in the U.S., to educate all on diverse resources for anti-AAPI hate reporting & activism, and to build coalitions on both the national and local (central NY/Ithaca) levels.
• Equal Rights Heritage Center (Central New York Historic and Heritage Centers that provide programing or tours) – See where Harriet Tubman and William H. Seward lived while helping lead enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.  Stroll through historic Fort Hill Cemetery to see the gravesites of Tubman, Seward, and other notable Auburnians.
• Harriet Tubman National Historic Site and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad (Central New York Historic and Heritage Centers that provide programing or tours) – Harriet Tubman dedicated her life to activism. Determined to leave the world better than she found it, Tubman liberated herself from enslavement on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, then made approximately 13 return trips to rescue about 70 freedom seekers. She served in the Civil War as a nurse and federal spy, leading a raid that liberated about 700 enslaved people. After the Civil War, she continued to work as a philanthropist, suffragist, and advocate for elders in her community.

The two historic sites in New York and Maryland offer tours and exhibitions:

• • St. James AME Zion Church (Central New York Historic and Heritage Centers that provide programing or tours) – Established in 1833, St James AME Zion Church is the oldest church in Ithaca. St. James is part of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church denomination known as the “The Freedom Church.” The denomination was established to provide equal opportunities for Black congregations to lead and participate in church life that white leaders have historically denied. St. James continued its historical activism throughout its history, including serving as an important transfer point for freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad. Prominent abolitionists including Fredrick Douglas and Harriet Tubman spoke and attended services at St. James. Today, the church congregation keeps this history alive, and remains an active space of worship in Ithaca.
  • The website includes a guided virtual tour and additional resource to learn about the history of the Underground Railroad.

Fall 2023

• Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Day Hall Takeover – Ithaca, Nov 16 and Nov 17, 2023 on Zoom and in person. The Cornell Latino Alumni Association continues celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Day Hall Takeover on November 16th and 17th. Joining with student leaders, CLAA will host two panels with alumni and members of the Ithaca community who participated in this consequential event in 1993. The panels will showcase participants who were both inside and outside Day Hall for the duration of the peaceful protest. The sit-in was a pivotal event in Cornell history, as it brought about greater attention to Latinx students’ needs, drove enhanced support for students on campus and had ripple effects nationwide.
  • On Thursday, November 16th, students, parents and alumni will be meeting at Cornell University’s Latino Living Center (LLC) to create signs for the next day’s reenactment.
  • On Friday November 17th, from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST two panels will be held in Cornell University’s Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room. Following this event, guests can join us at the LLC (10-minute walk) to participate in the annual student-led  “Cafe con Leche” and the commemorative rally in front of Day Hall.
• The Demands of Justice: Enslaved Women, Capital Crime, and Clemency in Early Virginia, 1662-1865, November 8, 2023 at 4:30-5:30pm at Olin Library 107 (hybrid event). A hybrid (in-person and livestreamed)  Chats in the Stacks book talk with Tamika Nunley, associate professor of history, on her new book The Demands of Justice: Enslaved Women, Capital Crime, and Clemency in Early Virginia, 1662-1865  (The University of North Carolina Press, 2023).
• Welcome to the Model Minority: a joint book talk by Mimi Khúc, Jim Lee (UC Irvine), and erin Khuê Ninh (UC Santa Barbara), Monday, November 6, 2023 at 4:30pm to 6:30pm at Physical Sciences Building, 120. More than simply a “myth” or a stereotype, the model minority is a racial form that brings with it very real expectations and consequences for Asian Americans. What kinds of harm are done when Asian Americans too often and too readily invest in the idea of the model minority? What will it take to undo this devastating ideal altogether? This panel brings together authors whose work examines the relationship between the model minority, health, and Asian American well-being.

Past Events

• Asian Americans & Affirmative Action, Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 4:30pm to 6:30pm at Malott Hall, 251
• James A.M.E. Zion 190^th Anniversary Events, Saturday October 13 – 15 various locations.
  Weekend events, including a gala, celebrating 190 years of existence of the St. James A.M.E. Zion Church.
• The 2023 Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture, Jamelle Boui, Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 5:00pm to 6:30pm at Klarman Hall, KLRKG70. Jamelle Bouie, a columnist for the New York Times and former political analyst for CBS News, covers U.S. politics, public policy, elections, and race. Jamelle’s political instincts provide audiences with unique insight on the past, present, and future of our national politics, policy, and the state of race relations. Jamelle stimulates provocative, much-needed thinking on critical national affairs issues. He helps audiences analyze current events through the lens of human history and in the age of social media. He deftly illustrates how the past reveals itself in the present, and how policy-makers, citizen activists and cultural influencers can seize the power of information to make a difference.
• Uncovering the Underground Railroad with Gerard Aching, Cornell University, Thursday September 7 at 6 pm; Southworth Library, 24 W. Main St in Dryden. Dr. Aching will explain how the Underground Railroad functioned in the United States and his work in Central and Western New York including the collaborative Underground Railroad Research Project, which entails field work and community engagement in Central and Western New York

• Cornell University and the Indigenous Dispossession Project. A website and recordings maintained by Cornell University’s American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program (AIISP) linking the history of land grant institutions founded through the Land Grant College Act of 1862 (also known as the Morrill Act) to the forceful dispossession of Indigenous peoples, in some cases immediately prior to those lands’ disposition to universities.
• Cornell’s Commitment to Indigenous Communities and Nations in North America.
• Ganondagan State Historic Site (Central New York Historic and Heritage Centers that provide programing or tours). Ganondagan State Historic Site located in Victor, NY is a National Historic Landmark, the only New York State Historic Site dedicated to a Native American theme (1987), and the only Seneca town developed and interpreted in the United States. Spanning 569 acres, Ganondagan (ga·NON·da·gan) is the original site of a 17th century Seneca town. The culture, art, agriculture, and government of the Seneca people influenced our modern understanding of equality, democratic government, women’s rights, ecology and natural foods. You can visit the Historic Site. The website also provides virtual programming.
• High Country News investigation on land-grab universities and background/data.

Fall 2023

• Religions on the Move: Native American Anti-Nuclear Activism. Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 5:00pm to 6:30pm White Hall, 106. This lecture titled, “‘Make the sound the Creator is waiting for us to make’: Native American Anti-Nuclear Activism”, considers Native American anti-nuclear activism in light of scholarly conversations about spiritual sovereignty and jurisdiction. It focuses especially on Native activists’ understanding of their work in relation to earlier visionary movements, such as the 1890 Ghost Dance.

Fall 2023

• Latinx Studies Open House. Date: Friday, September 8, 2023 at 12:00pm  429 Rockefeller Hall
• Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminar. September 22, September 29, October 20, October 29, November 3, November 10, November 27 at 12 – 1 pm , 429 Rockefeller Hall
  The Latina/o Studies Program Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminar offers an opportunity for Latina/o and non-Latina/o students of all levels and disciplines to meet faculty and administrators from across the university for informal conversation about their current research/work in progress. All are welcome!
• CNY Mellon Corridor working group on Health Humanities Fall 2023 Gathering: Food/Justice/Healing. September 29 at 9:15 – 4:30 pm at Africana Studies and Research Center
  Organized by the Central New York Humanities Corridor Working group on “Health Humanities” and focuses on topics that impact residence in Central New York
• Trans Studies NOW! “The Work of Trans Affect”.Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 5:00pm at A.D. Whitehouse. Trans Studies Now! is a year-long speaker series organized by the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and the LGBT Studies Program at Cornell, with co-sponsorship from the Department of Literatures in English and the Society for the Humanities. Featuring cutting-edge scholars from a range of disciplines, the series offers a forum for discussing this field.
• 30th Annual Latinx Unity Dinner. Friday, October 13, 2023 at 5:45pm to 10:00pm
  Join us as we celebrate Latino Heritage Month with poetry readings, student/student organization performances, alumni presentations, music, dinner and KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Karla Vergara ’11, J.D Boston College ’17. Tickets are limited and will be available in early Fall on a first come first serve basis through campus groups.

• AASP Wednesday Lunch Series. Wednesday, October 18- November 1 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm at Rockefeller Hall, 429. Join us for our Wednesday Lunch Series, featuring guest speakers from Cornell’s faculty and staff as well as the surrounding community. Enjoy an informal discussion where you can learn more about the speaker’s work or research, how they ended up doing what they are doing, current issues in higher education, or even their thoughts on living in Ithaca. A free lunch will be served.
• Trans Studies NOW! Policy and Trans Poetics. Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 5:00pm A. D. White House. Trans Studies Now! is a year-long speaker series organized by the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and the LGBT Studies Program at Cornell, with co-sponsorship from the Department of Literatures in English and the Society for the Humanities. Featuring cutting-edge scholars from a range of disciplines, the series offers a forum for discussing this field.

Fall 2023

• Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Day Hall Takeover- Ithaca. Nov 16 and Nov 17, 2023 on Zoom and in person. The Cornell Latino Alumni Association continues celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Day Hall Takeover on November 16th and 17th. Joining with student leaders, CLAA will host two panels with alumni and members of the Ithaca community who participated in this consequential event in 1993. The panels will showcase participants who were both inside and outside Day Hall for the duration of the peaceful protest. The sit-in was a pivotal event in Cornell history, as it brought about greater attention to Latinx students’ needs, drove enhanced support for students on campus and had ripple effects nationwide.

On Thursday, November 16th, students, parents and alumni will be meeting at Cornell University’s Latino Living Center (LLC) to create signs for the next day’s reenactment. On Friday November 17th, from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST two panels will be held in Cornell University’s Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room. Following this event, guests can join us at the LLC (10-minute walk) to participate in the annual student-led  “Cafe con Leche” and the commemorative rally in front of Day Hall.

Past Events

• Latinx Studies Open House: https://events.cornell.edu/event/open_house_4043. Date:  Friday, September 8, 2023 at 12:00pm  429 Rockefeller Hall
• Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminar. Dates: September 22, September 29, October 20, October 29, November 3, November 10, November 27 at 12 – 1 pm , 429 Rockefeller Hall
  Description: The Latina/o Studies Program Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminaroffers an opportunity for Latina/o and non-Latina/o students of all levels and disciplines to meet faculty and administrators from across the university for informal conversation about their current research/work in progress. All are welcome!
• CNY Mellon Corridor working group on Health Humanities Fall 2023 Gathering: Food/Justice/Healing. https://events.cornell.edu/event/cny_mellon_corridor_working_group_on_health_humanities_fall_2023_gathering_foodjusticehealing. September 29 at 9:15 – 4:30 pm at Africana Studies and Research CenterDescription: Organized by the Central New York Humanities Corridor Working group on “Health Humanities” and focuses on topics that impact residence in Central New York

• Trans Studies NOW! “The Work of Trans Affect”. Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 5:00pm at A.D. WhitehouseDescription: Trans Studies Now! is a year-long speaker series organized by the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and the LGBT Studies Program at Cornell, with co-sponsorship from the Department of Literatures in English and the Society for the Humanities. Featuring cutting-edge scholars from a range of disciplines, the series offers a forum for discussing this field
• 30th Annual Latinx Unity Dinner: https://events.cornell.edu/event/30th_annual_latinx_unity_dinner. Friday, October 13, 2023 at 5:45pm to10:00pm. Description: Join us as we celebrate Latino Heritage Month with poetry readings, student/student organization performances, alumni presentations, music, dinner and KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Karla Vergara ’11, J.D Boston College ’17.Tickets are limited and will be available in early Fall on a first come first serve basis through campus groups.
• AASP Wednesday Lunch Series Wednesday, October 18, November 1, at 12:00pm to 1:00pm at Rockefeller Hall, 429. Description: Join us for our Wednesday Lunch Series, featuring guest speakers from Cornell’s faculty and staff as well as the surrounding community. Enjoy an informal discussion where you can learn more about the speaker’s work or research, how they ended up doing what they are doing, current issues in higher education, or even their thoughts on living in Ithaca. A free lunch will be served.
• Trans Studies NOW! Policy and Trans Poetics: https://events.cornell.edu/event/trans_studies_speaker_series_knowledge_production_and_policy
  Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 5:00pm A. D. White House. Description: Trans Studies Now! is a year-long speaker series organized by the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and the LGBT Studies Program at Cornell, with co-sponsorship from the Department of Literatures in English and the Society for the Humanities. Featuring cutting-edge scholars from a range of disciplines, the series offers a forum for discussing this field.