Grand Valley hosts seventh annual Girls of Color Summit
The summit served as a kickoff to Women's History Month events on campus.
Feb 28, 2025
Grand Valley State University encourages the campus to embrace a social justice and intersectional identity approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion work. Get connected through each center's programming.
Land Acknowledgement
The Social Justice Centers collaborates with partners across the university and beyond to cultivate a campus community in which historically oppressed communities can succeed and thrive at GVSU. We work to ensure that students, faculty, and staff can find a deep sense of belonging on our campus. In our work, we center those who are oppressed including Indigenous people. We are committed to unlearning settler colonial frameworks and learning wise practices that center Indigenous knowledge and culture. We are committed to allocating resources, both financial and staff / student positions, for Indigenous programming, furthering Indigenous student support, fostering community partnerships, and developing intersectional events that cultivate Indigenous allyship.
Today, we would like to recognize the People of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodawademi peoples on whose land we are gathered on today. The Three Fires People are Indigenous to this land which means that this is their ancestral territory. Every university in this country was built on Indigenous land. We conduct land acknowledgments as a reminder of the histories, teachings, traditions, and the first people who originated here and who tend to Mshkiikii (land/earth) always.
We conduct these acknowledgments to be good visitors, as these were always done before colonial contact. To continue to be good visitors, we have the responsibility to learn about the history of settler colonialism and its impact on Indigenous people.
Visit the Land Acknowledge page at the Office of Multicultural Affair's website for more information and resources.
Events
Open Door Discussion: Rethinking Access - What does accessibility mean for Disabled and LGBT communities? (APPROVED INT100/201)
March 11, 2025 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join us for this student-led, Open Door Discussion about the intersection of disability and queer identities! What does accessibility mean? This event will be INT 100/201 approved. Zoom option...
"The Anthropology of Indigenous Religion" with Dr. Casey Church
March 12, 2025 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The presentation by Dr. Church will be a Cultural Anthropology / Comparative Religion/ Missiological look at the Christian and Indigenous religions to include views of contextualization, syncretism...
Build Feminist Futures Symposium 2025
March 13, 2025 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
This Two day Symposium will feature Keynote Speaker Jocelyn Olcott, "The World will not be the same" with dinner to follow. Fridays speakers include: Dr. Jallicia Jolly “Black Feminist...
NIARA Book Club: Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto (Virtual)
March 13, 2025 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Discover new perspectives, share your thoughts, and dive deep into captivating reads. Join our book club and let the conversation begin. The book we will be doing this semester Rest Is Resistance:...
Unnatural Causes
March 13, 2025 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Unnatural Causes is a documentary series that explores the effects of social factors on health and health care in the United States. It focuses specifically on race, socioeconomic standing, geography,...
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GVNext News
Continuing to create: GVSU students celebrate Black History Month through student showcase
The theme for this year’s Black History Month celebrations is “Continuing to Create”, intended to celebrate the Grand Valley students who are creating Black history every day.
Feb 7, 2025
Black History Month: GVSU students reflect on celebration, education and finding community
The Office of Multicultural Affairs, in partnership with GVSU student organizations, will host events allowing students to connect with Black student groups and organizations.
Jan 31, 2025
New mural unveiled in the Milton E. Ford LGBT Center
Designed by a Grand Valley alum, the mural provides a pop of color and representation of community in the Milton E. Ford LGBT Center.
Jan 24, 2025
Keynote speakers will link King's legacy to current events during MLK Commemoration Week
LaTosha Brown, Dar Mayweather and Joe Jones will give keynote presentations throughout the week of January 20.
Jan 14, 2025