Celebrating Belonging Blog – Being First-Generation: A Challenge & a Gift
Being the first in your family to attend college is both a challenge and a gift. Read Katie Gaither’s personal journey and discover CCS resources for first-gen students.
Celebrating Belonging Blog – The Pervasiveness of Sizeism
Known as sizeism, fatphobia, fat shaming, or weight stigma, this pervasive form of bias involves discriminating against people because of their body size. According to psychologist Rebecca Puhl, PhD, “Sizeism is one of the most deeply entrenched stigmas in today’s society, partly because of sociocultural ideals tying thinness to core American values such as hard work and individualism.”1 Because this form of bias is often directed towards women and others with marginalized identities, including people of color and those in the LGBTQ+ community, sizeism is an intersectional issue.
Celebrating Belonging Blog – Black History Month: Black Resistance
Written by Kristin Homuth, Language and Learning Support Specialist – Graduate Studies Why does Black History Month occur in February? When Dr. Carter G. Woodson, founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) first...
National Transfer Student Week at CCS
Join CCS in celebrating National Transfer Student Week. Discover events, advising panels, and the unique accomplishments of our diverse transfer student population.
Kim Harty, Associate Professor and Section Chair, Glass Has Been Recognized as one of Crain’s Notable LGBTQ in Business.
Celebrating Belonging Blog: The Lasting Impact of Emmett Till
The Lasting Impact of Emmett Till Amy Lazet, Digital Scholarship Librarian August 28, 2022 marks the 67th anniversary of the death of Emmett Till – a vigilante act of violence and murder which galvanized the nation and precipitated the Civil Rights Movement. ...
Celebrating Belonging Blog: Holi – the Festival of Colors
Holi, also known as the Festival of Color, is a Hindu holiday that originated in India, but is now celebrated all over the world. The festival calendar dates change year to year because it is based on the lunar calendar.
Celebrating Belonging Blog: Black History Month 2022
Originally established as a week-long celebration in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history.
Celebrating Belonging Blog: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is January 17, and it is a day to celebrate the accomplishments, trials, and tribulations, and reflect on the Civil Rights Movement which lasted from the 1950s to the 1960s. The Civil Rights Movement had many well-known leaders, like Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Cesar Chavez, and many others.
Celebrating Indigenous People – A President’s Proclamation
Even though Indigenous Peoples’ Day has been around since 1992, it has taken 29 years for an official Federal Government acknowledgment of the holiday. On October 8, 2021, President Biden issued A Proclamation on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, 2021.
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