On September 17th of 2022, days before the fifth anniversary of the deadly Hurricane Maria, Hurricane Fiona clobbered Puerto Rico, further destroying its already weak infrastructure. We are a coalition of organizations based at Northwestern University (NU) that focus efforts on easing and helping Puerto Ricans during these times of need. As a result, we are extending a call to our communities to please donate what they can to help our family in Puerto Rico – 100% of the donations will be given out to the following historical non-profit organizations based in Puerto Rico: Taller Salud, Brigada Solidaria del Oeste (BSO), Apoyo Legal Puerto Rico & Santuario de Animales San Francisco de Asís (SASFA).
If you are interested to learn more about the current struggles Puerto Ricans are dealing with, we encourage you to check out independent Puerto Rican reporter Bianca Graulau (https://twitter.com/bgraulau). We appreciate your consideration, and any help you can provide us! As our family in Puerto Rico says, juntos somos más (“together we are more”).
In solidarity,
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) NU Chapter, Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Graduate Program Student Organization (ISO), Diversity in Biological Sciences (DiBS), Chicago Graduate Student Association (CGSA), Driskill Graduate Program Student Council (DGP StuCo)
Are you interested in…
- Knowing more about NU SACNAS?
- A board position?
- Having specific events spearheaded by NU SACNAS?
- Having good food and meet new people?
NU SACNAS we will be hosting its first in-person open meeting in TGS Commons (2122 Sheridan Rd, RM #120, Evanston, IL) on November 7th from 5-7pm! In this meeting, we will be giving our members a sneak-peak of what NU SACNAS organizing looks like, accompanied by good food, drinks and nice conversations after the meeting. Please RSVP on the QR-code attached to the flyer to make sure we’ll have food for you! Looking forward to see you all there!
Join The Graduate School Office of Diversity and Inclusion for our university-wide celebration in honor of the 2022 Latinx/e Heritage Month cultural celebration, NUestra Gente: A Celebration of our Comunidad. This event aims to introduce and highlight the various Latinx/e student organizations and campus resources across Northwestern, both at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Our hope is to provide a much-needed space for students and postdocs to connect with other community members, learn more about cultural events and activities, raise awareness about different community-based resources, and lead our campus in a celebration of the vibrant, diverse, and multi-talented Latinx/e community here at NU.
Come join NU SACNAS as we celebrate all of our local chapter’s accomplishments for the 2021-2022 academic year. Food, drinks and fun will be provided!
Location: Erickson Woods (Skokie Lagoons) Willow Rd, east of I-94/Edens Expressway, Cook County, IL 60093
Date & Time: Sunday, August 14th at 12noon
The Skokie Lagoons are part of the traditional homelands of the Council of Three Fires – the Ojibwa, Ottawa and Potawatomi tribes. Although there are currently no federally recognized Tribal lands in the State of Illinois, we are thankful that we are able to host our community on this sacred land and space.
Join SACNAS LGBTQIA+ Pride Celebration event on June 30th, 2022! We will be celebrating the latinx/BIPOC queer community and screening the movie “Mosquita y Mari” (2012).
NU
SACNAS invites you to attend an in-person
DEI training session on
June 17th. This training will be led by
Dionardo Pizana, a
DEI Specialist from Michigan State University Extension. This training will be in interactive and groups will work through various scenarios to explore the following workshop objectives:
-Build and maintain relationships across our different cultural differences
-Explore the four levels of oppression and change framework
-Learn and apply approaches to positive confrontation
This training will be held in TGS Commons from 10am to 4pm. If you are interested in attending this training session please fill out this registration form. All are welcome to participate regardless of their previous participation in session 1 (held on January 26th). Graduate students, staff, and faculty on DEI committees are especially encouraged to attend this workshop.
The SACNAS 2022 National Diversity in STEM Conference will be taking place on October 27-29th in San Juan, Puerto Rico! We encourage all of our membership to apply. To this end, NU SACNAS Chapter will be hosting a Travel Award Writing Workshop, Friday April 7th from 4-5 pm CST in TGS Commons (Evanston Campus). We will also allocate time to discuss other writing projects members may have, in addition to the travel award.
