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Equity in Action conference: keynote speaker: Ibram Kendi

Equity in Action Conference Urges Brave Dialogue about Antiracism

Sheree Curry
April 13, 2021
Anti-Racism Efforts, Faculty, News, Our Community, St. Thomas 2025 Strategic Plan, Top News, University News
Professor Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be An Antiracist, is the keynote speaker for the Equity in Action: Cultivating Antiracist Universities conference sponsored by the Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of St. Thomas.
The women’s basketball team socially distances from the bench on February 6, 2021 at Schoenecker Arena in St. Paul where they defeated Concordia with a final score of 63-58.

DEI Journey Makes Impact on Athletics

Amy Carlson Gustafson
March 23, 2021
Anti-Racism Efforts, Athletics, News, Our Community, St. Thomas 2025 Strategic Plan, Top News
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Tommie fans will notice changes big and small when they return to the stands to watch their teams compete. One of these changes will be four words adorning some of the warm-up apparel: Shed A Little Light.
Students wearing The Impact Project T-shirts in front of the Arches.

Supporting DEI Through The Impact Project

Michael Derus '04
March 17, 2021
Anti-Racism Efforts, Common Good, Current Students, News, Our Community, Staff, Top News
The Impact Project is a socially conscious start-up of students that is raising awareness and support for racial justice and community building within St. Thomas.
Racial covenants map by Mapping Prejudice.

Students Advance DEI Through Business 200

Jamie Tjornehoj '22
March 10, 2021
Academic News, Anti-Racism Efforts, Common Good, News, Opus College of Business, Our Community, Top News
Students in the Business 200 course this past year used racial covenants issued only 50-100 years ago to find how deeply rooted racial disparities were in the Twin Cities, even when it came to who could and couldn’t own a home in certain neighborhoods.
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Bearing the Burden: How Privilege Plays Out in Pandemics

Heidi Enninga '14 and Sheree Curry
March 4, 2021
Academic News, Anti-Racism Efforts, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Justice and Peace Studies, News, Tommie Experts, Top News
While it may be global or everywhere, the COVID-19 pandemic is not impacting everyone the same, biology professor Jill Manske said. 

St. Thomas Puts Spotlight on Black History

Heidi Enninga '14
February 2, 2021
Anti-Racism Efforts, Events, News, Our Community, St. Thomas 2025 Strategic Plan, Top News
As the calendar turned to February, St. Thomas organizations had filled the month with opportunities to tour a virtual history museum, hear from experts in the medical and genealogy fields and create art: all experiences that put the spotlight on Black Americans.
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Dr. Yohuru Williams: Celebrate Black Achievement, Yet Remember the Challenges

Sheree Curry
February 2, 2021
Academic News, Anti-Racism Efforts, College of Arts and Sciences, History, News, School of Law, School of Law News Feed, St. Thomas 2025 Strategic Plan, Tommie Experts, Top News
Being Black in America comes with complications embedded in American history.
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‘Antiracist’ Author to Keynote ODEI’s Equity in Action Conference

Sheree Curry
February 2, 2021
Academic News, Anti-Racism Efforts, Events, News, Opus College of Business, St. Thomas 2025 Strategic Plan, Top News
Professor Ibram X. Kendi, an acclaimed historian and the author of the New York Times bestseller "How to Be An Antiracist," will be the keynote speaker for the Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’s inaugural one-day virtual conference.

We March for Justice

Mark Brown
January 28, 2021
2020 Fall-Winter, Academic News, Anti-Racism Efforts, College of Arts and Sciences, Current Students, English, Front Page, History, News, Our Community, Publications, St. Thomas 2025 Strategic Plan, St. Thomas Magazine
A group of students are applying lessons from the civil rights movement to today's fight against racial injustice.

Taking Action

Amy Carlson Gustafson
January 28, 2021
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As St. Thomas looks back on this challenging year, here are some ways university members moved forward with purpose.
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Four Facts on Mourning Dr. King in Minnesota

Gene McGivern
January 18, 2021
Anti-Racism Efforts, Athletics, Front Page, News, Our Community
Read four facts about Minnesota mourning Martin Luther King Jr.
Bishop James Shannon in front of Aquinas Hall.

In Perilous Times, a St. Thomas Leader Stood with Dr. King

Gene McGivern
January 18, 2021
Anti-Racism Efforts, Athletics, News, Our Community, Top News
Former St. Thomas President Father James Shannon is an interesting connection between Martin Luther King Jr. and St. Thomas.
phyu-sin than

Phyu-Sin Than: Working Locally, Thinking Globally

Carrie Hilger
January 15, 2021
Academic News, Anti-Racism Efforts, Front Page, News, School of Law, School of Law Current Students, School of Law News Feed, St. Thomas 2025 Strategic Plan
Last summer when George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, just a few miles from the St. Thomas School of Law, 2L Phyu-Sin Than says she felt compelled to act.

Pause, Reflect and Act

President Julie Sullivan
January 15, 2021
News, Our Community, President's Office, Top News
As Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaches, President Julie Sullivan addresses the St. Thomas community with a prayer to unite and recommit to actions that dismantle inequities and build belonging. (Jan. 15, 2021)
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Drawing Inspiration from Dr. King’s Vision for Peace and Justice

Kha Yang
January 15, 2021
Anti-Racism Efforts, Front Page, News, Our Community, St. Thomas 2025 Strategic Plan, Top News
From the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Dear St. Thomas community, As the university honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, we do so amid some of the most troubled times in our nation’s ...

Campus Ministry to Host Prayer for Civic and Faith Communities

Father Larry Blake, Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministry
January 14, 2021
Faith, For Students, Front Page, News, Notices, Our Community
With the week of Jan. 18 encompassing the observances of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, along with the Presidential Inauguration, Campus Ministry invites faculty, staff, an...
This Photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is licensed under CC BY-ND

7 Ways to Celebrate MLK Day

Vineeta Sawkar
January 13, 2021
Academic News, Anti-Racism Efforts, College of Arts and Sciences, History, News, School of Law, School of Law News Feed, Top News
As Americans continue to confront issues of systemic racism in the United States, the holiday commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday can be a good time to pause, reflect and act.

Actualizing Diversity and Inclusion

Gloria Myre '07 J.D.
January 12, 2021
2020 Winter, Academic News, Alumni, Anti-Racism Efforts, Our Community, School of Law, School of Law News Feed, St. Thomas 2025 Strategic Plan, St. Thomas Lawyer
Many among the Twin Cities legal community reacted with swift and certain condemnation of Minneapolis police following George Floyd’s death, and then began reckoning with anti-Black racism and systemic injustices, particularly within the legal system.
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Masking Issues

Amy Carlson Gustafson
January 12, 2021
2020 Winter, Academic News, COVID-19 Response, School of Law, School of Law News Feed, St. Thomas Lawyer, St. Thomas Responds, Tommie Experts
COVID-19 has resulted in a range of economic and social impacts, from rising unemployment rates to health disparity among racial and ethnic populations. Amid the fallout, the pandemic has also highlighted the divisiveness over face covering guidelines and mandates.

Restorative Justice Grows at St. Thomas

Brant Skogrand '04 MBC
January 12, 2021
2020 Winter, Academic News, School of Law, School of Law News Feed, St. Thomas Lawyer
Restorative justice, an alternative approach to dealing with harm, is taking hold at the School of Law in the form of a new class.
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Humans of St. Thomas: Josh Mounsey ’24

Emilie Dozer '21
December 14, 2020
Academic News, College of Arts and Sciences, Commentary, Environmental Science, Humans of St. Thomas, News, Our Community, Political Science, Top News
A native of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and a proud Catholic, Josh Mounsey was drawn to the University of St. Thomas after reading its mission statement.

Donor Funds New Archbishop Ireland Fellowship to Expand Work of Community Justice Project

Carrie Hilger
December 3, 2020
Academic News, Front Page, News, School of Law, School of Law Alumni, School of Law News Feed
School of Law alumna Tori Kee ’20 J.D. has been hired as the clinical law fellow for the St. Thomas Community Justice Project (CJP), the newest donor-funded St. Thomas Archbishop Ireland Justice Fellowship.
The School of Law building on a beautiful fall day on October 24, 2019, in Minneapolis.

School of Law Symposium Addresses Racial Injustice, Protests and Reform

Carrie Hilger
November 5, 2020
Academic News, News, Our Community, School of Law, School of Law News Feed, Top News
In late October, the University of St. Thomas Law Journal held Protests and Reform, a day-long symposium examining how lawmakers and the legal profession have responded to demands for change in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
The Anderson Student Center surrounded by the colors of fall. (Photo by Mark Brown)

Formation of the Committee to Establish Principles on Renaming

President Julie Sullivan
November 5, 2020
Anti-Racism Efforts, News, Our Community, President's Office, St. Thomas 2025 Strategic Plan, Top News
President Julie Sullivan shared more details about the Committee to Establish Principles on Renaming.
Loras Hall is shown July 31, 2017.

Panel Discusses Bishop Mathias Loras and Loras Hall

Brant Skogrand '04 MBC
October 23, 2020
Academic News, Anti-Racism Efforts, Catholic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, History, News, Our Community, Top News
In the next step of a deliberative process related to concerning information recently received about Bishop Mathias Loras, the namesake of Loras Hall, a panel answered questions and shared best practices on truth and reconciliation.
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