Are you healthy? What would your answer be? If it is “no,” do you believe you will receive adequate care? Depending on who you are, that answer might very well be “no”—”no” because your skin is a certain colour, “no” because you are a member of the LBGTQ+ community, “no” because you are an immigrant,
Thanks to art, instead of seeing a single world, our own, we see it multiply until we have before us as many worlds as there are original artists. —Marcel Proust How often do you get to know your coworkers? Not the ones you lunch with, but those you say “hello” to out of custom. How
The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to offer access to the Essentials in DEI and Accessibility collection of ebooks from Elgar Online. This collection includes 46 titles on a wide range of topics and is written by geographically and ideologically diverse authors that have stood the test of time. Also available are over 100 open access
The Leatherby Libraries presented a display in honor of Native and African-American vocalist, songwriter, composer, and educator Martha Redbone’s visit to campus. Redbone presented Bone Hill, an interdisciplinary musical theater work. Bone Hill is inspired by four generations of singer-songwriters in Martha Redbone’s family in the hills of coal-mining Appalachia. Traditional Cherokee chants, bluegrass, blues,
Starting this year, President Joe Biden issued a historic proclamation recognizing National Arab American Heritage Month (NAAHM) for April. In honor of this proclamation, the Leatherby Libraries presents a display celebrating National Arab American Heritage Month. This display celebrates the Arab American culture, heritage, and experience and pays tribute to the contributions of Arab Americans
Universities and colleges celebrate Pride Month every April, including Chapman University. In conjunction with Campus Pride Month, the Leatherby Libraries is pleased to offer access to the LGBT Magazine Archive from ProQuest. LGBT Magazine Archive traces the history and evolution of myriad aspects of LGBT history and culture, including legal contexts, health, politics, social attitudes,
The Leatherby Libraries presents a display celebrating César Chávez Day, celebrated on March 31, 2023. This display honors César Chávez’s legacy as an educator, environmentalist, and civil rights leader. It includes publications such as Jacques E. Levy’s Cesar Chávez : autobiography of La Causa and Robert L. Holmes and Barry L. Gan’s Nonviolence in theory
The Leatherby Libraries is hosting a semester-long display in conjunction with the upcoming conference Motherhood to motherhoods: Ideologies of ‘The Feminine’ from Friday, April 28 – Sunday, April 30, 2023. This conference is hosted by Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Diversity and Development Libarian Essraa Nawar will participate as a panelist in
The Leatherby Libraries presents a display on Martin Luther King Jr. to start the new year! This display honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his nonviolent efforts to resist racial segregation in the United States. The display includes books such as I Have A Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dear Dr. King: Letters
On Friday, November 4, 2022, the Leatherby Libraries and Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion celebrated the launch of the Black Book Nook on the first floor of the library. The Black Book Nook Collection fosters education and community engagement with Black history, thought, literature, and culture. The Black Book Nook currently has over 250