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06/23/2021
Weekly Three 06/23/21
The Weekly Three posting from the Office of Institutional Diversity on June 23, 2021: DEI Implementation, Community Updates, and Celebrations and Recognition
06/22/2021
Butler County Historic Marker Unveiling Ceremony
Several years of work led by Miami University's Truth and Reconciliation Project culminated with a narrative historic marker that is now a permanent fixture in the City of Oxford. An unveiling ceremony was held Monday, June 21, in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park uptown. 
06/21/2021
Miami's Rodney Coates featured on CBS New Special and PRIME With Charles Blow
Miami professor Rodney Coates breaks down the history of Juneteenth on the CBS News Radio Special "America Changed Forever" hosted by Jeff Pegues (Miami '92), CBS News Chief Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent.
06/17/2021
10th Annual National Civil Rights Conference comes to Miami University
Miami University will host the 10th Annual National Civil Rights Conference June 20-22 on the Oxford campus. This is the first time the conference is being held in the Midwest.
06/16/2021
Historic marker fosters healing from past racially motivated injustices
Soil collected in 2019 from the lynching sites join jars from across the nation at the Equal Justice Initiative's Legacy Museum in Alabama. Note: Research discovered two differeent , spellings for one victim's name. It was later determined that the correct spelling is Simeon Garnet. Several years of work led by Miami University's Truth and Reconciliation Project culminated with a narrative historic marker that is now a permanent fixture in the City of Oxford. An unveiling ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, June 21, in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park uptown. 
06/16/2021
Miami's Juneteenth 'Teach-in': a Q-and-A with Professor Rodney Coates
Rodney Coates, a professor of critical race and ethnic studies in the department of global and intercultural studies at Miami University, will give a pre-recorded webinar lecture at 2 p.m. Friday, June 18, about the importance of Juneteenth in American history.
06/16/2021
Weekly Three 06/16/21
The Weekly Three posting from the Office of Institutional Diversity on June 16, 2021: DEI Implementation, Community Updates, and Celebrations and Recognition
06/09/2021
Weekly Three 06/09/21
The Weekly Three posting from the Office of Institutional Diversity on June 9, 2021: DEI Implementation, Community Updates, and Celebrations and Recognition
06/02/2021
Weekly Three 06/02/21
The Weekly Three posting from the Office of Institutional Diversity on June 2, 2021: DEI Implementation, Community Updates, and Celebrations and Recognition