Join us on Campus for Today’s Events
It’s a busy Thursday here at Virginia Commonwealth University! From movie screenings and discussions to empowering seminars, there is an event to fit everyone. Check out a selection of today’s event’s below, and find more in our daily VCU TelegRAM:
Colors of India Celebration
Thursday, Mar. 21, 2019 at 7 p.m.
Intercultural Festival at VCU presents Colors of India, a celebration of Holi, the Hindu spring festival. The event, with crafts, food and performances, will be held in the Rams Lounge, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. For more information, contact ICF Directors at icf.directors@gmail.com.
GMT and CHHR Speaker Series: Kavian Milani, M.D.
Thursday, Mar. 21, 2019 at 8 p.m.
Global Medical Training and Center for Health and Human Rrights at VCU present Speaker Series II with Kavian Milani, M.D. The event will be in Richmond Salons I-II, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Milani will discuss health as a human right and the use of evidence-based practice as a means for containing costs and delivering health care. RSVP at the following URL. For more information, contact Sogand Karimian at karimians@vcu.edu or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speaker-series-ii-dr-kavian-milani-tickets-55541718776.
‘Imagining Climate Futures’
Thursday, Mar. 21, 2019 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
VCU’s Department of Political Science will present “Imagining Climate Futures.” The talk will be in Room 2014, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave. For more information, contact Andrea Simonelli at acsimonelli@vcu.edu.
I Am That Girl at VCU: Discussion About Legacy
Thursday, Mar. 21, 2019 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
I Am That Girl at VCU will host a discussion on legacy. The session, to be held in Room A, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. and in honor of Women’s History Month, will involve a definition of legacy, inherited legacy and what sort of legacy to leave behind. For more information, contact Giovanni Knight at knightgn@vcu.edu.
‘Roma’ Screening and Discussion
Thursday, Mar. 21, 2019 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
VCU’s Latino Medical Student Association and H:UMAN (Humanities: Understanding MAN) will host a screening of “Roma.” The film will be shown in Room 5-101, James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center, 1201 E. Marshall St., and will be prefaced by a historical/cultural context presentation led by Betsy Konefal, Ph.D., director of Latin American Studies, College of William and Mary. A discussion will follow addressing indigenous and women’s reproductive health in Central America and how this may apply to the Latinx immigrant community in Richmond. Pizza and movie snacks will be provided. RSVP for food closes at noon on March 20. For more information, contact Saba Ali at alisi@vcu.edu or visit https://goo.gl/forms/zGTue5arcFhz07hO2.
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