Greetings Everyone,
I hope your week has gotten off to a great start. This is an exciting time of year for the ADI team as we are currently busy supporting the graduate admissions process. In the coming weeks, we are looking forward to sharing with our incredible admitted students, how awesome all of you are and the amazing impact you make on the Princeton community. In addition to admissions, we have so many incredible programs this month designed by our incredible Diversity Fellows, our Student Affinity Groups, and the ADI team. I, of course, have to mention the BGC skate party on February 27th which will be a wonderful way to wrap up Black History Month, you definitely don't want to miss it! And if you have ever come to Cocoa and Comfort in the past, it is definitely an all-time favorite event for many. Whether we see you often or this will be your first time coming to an ADI event, we can't wait to see you there!
I also want to preview an event that we are super excited about and can't wait to share more details in the coming weeks. The inaugural Inclusive Academy (IA) Symposium which will culminate with the first of its kind 'Best of Access, Diversity and Inclusion' (BADI) awards dinner for graduate students, post-docs, and faculty from underrepresented backgrounds on Wednesday, May 11th and Thursday, May 12th. Stay tuned and mark your calendars, it is not be missed! And yes it will be an in-person event!
Cheers to a wonderful and productive week!
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“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed, but when we are silent we are still afraid, so it is better to speak."
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GSP is...
Community, social support, academic support, intellectual support, moral support, and much more!
Grad Scholars in need of support can contact Assistant Director of Diversity Initiatives Nova Smith at novas@princeton.edu.
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McNair National Conference
March 17th - March 20th
At the National Conference for McNair Scholars and Undergraduate Research attendees gain a venue for networking, learning about graduate school programs, hearing from distinguished guests and panelists, and enjoying the sense of community that McNair programs around the country share. All students, particularly McNair and Student Support Services participants, are invited to attend! Featured workshops, social gatherings, and McNair Staff meetings are part of the experience at our Conference.
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Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist Book Talk with Sesali Bowen
Feb. 8th, 6:00pm
CAF MPR or Zoom
Join the GSRC and Sesali Bowen for a conversation on her book, Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist. Sesali Bowen is a multifaceted writer, media personality, and cultural commentator with a knack for plus-sized style and Black feminism. She is the author of the memoir/manifesto, Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist. Formerly, she was Senior Entertainment Editor at NYLON magazine and one of the architects of Refinery29’s Unbothered. Sesali is also the creator, producer, and co-host of Purse First, the podcast about the female and queer rap. Her writing has appeared in Cosmopolitan, New York Times, and other outlets. Virtual attendance is available. This is a part of the 50 years of Inclusion programming recognizing 50 years of the Women*s Center.
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Learn How to Write + Perform Poetry and Spoken Word with Roya Marsh
Feb. 10th, 7:00pm
Roya Marsh is a Bronx, New York, native and a nationally recognized poet, performer, educator, and activist. She is the Poet in Residence at Urban Word NYC and she works feverishly toward LGBTQIA justice and dismantling white supremacy. Marsh’s work has been featured on NBC, BET, Button Poetry, Write About Now Poetry, Def Jam’s All Def Digital, and in Poetry magazine, Flypaper Magazine, Frontier Poetry, The Village Voice, Nylon, Huff Post, Lexus Verses and Flow, and The BreakBeat Poets Volume 2: Black Girl Magic (Haymarket 2018).
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Envisioning Black Liberation and Indigenous Sovereignty
Feb. 11th, 12 - 1pm
Amber Starks is an Afro Indigenous (African-American and Native American) activist, aspiring cultural critic/commentator, a student of decolonial theory, and budding abolitionist. She is an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and is also of Shawnee, Yuchi, Quapaw, and Cherokee descent. She also identifies as a Reconnector - learning what it means to come from her people.
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Lawrence House Committee: Chinese Lantern Festival
Feb. 13th
Lantern Festival kicks-off at 6pm
Old Lawrence Green
Join a celebration of the Chinese Lantern Festival on February 13th at 6:00 pm! Those who are artistically inclined can try their hand at lantern making as early as 2pm. (A more developmentally appropriate project is available for children.) Then show off your lantern (or enjoy the lanterns others have made) during our lantern parade! Solve riddles (in Chinese or English) to win special prizes and eat delicious tangyuan (boiled rice dumpling with sweet filling)!
Email Jessica Wilson (jlwthree@princeton.edu) for more information.
*Photo Credit: Xingyu Zhang
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Mental Health Resources
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Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
University Submission Deadline: March 28th
The grant offers 6 to 12 months of funding for dissertation research for U.S. citizens and permanent residents in modern foreign language and area studies. Absolute priority is given to research projects that focus on one or more of the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories). Applications that propose projects focused exclusively on Western Europe and/or ancient, medieval, or pre-modern topics will not be considered eligible.
Please contact Elaine Willey at ewilley@princeton.edu in The Graduate School for details and submission information.
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Summer Funding for Research and Language Study
Provision for summer support during all years of a student's program is offered to Ph.D. students in the Humanities and Social Sciences departments through University Fellowships, which are full, 12-month fellowships. However, for Humanities and Social Sciences students who require supplemental funds for summer travel -- especially for language study, dissertation fieldwork, archival research abroad, or other costly academic initiatives -- there may be additional funds available from one of our many inter-disciplinary programs.
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