February 24, 2022
Spring Pride Center Events at Marinette and on Zoom
The UWGB Pride Center has several exciting events planned, and you don’t have to be on the main campus to participate. Here’s a handy list of all of the things you can do with the Pride Center this spring:
- Join Pride Center staff Nicole Kurth and Matt Bisenius for a talk on Hidden History: The True Story of Alan Turing—Codebreaker, War Hero, Homosexual. This talk will take place on Zoom, or head to the Christie Theatre in the University Union on the Green Bay Campus. March 1, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Click here to join this event on Zoom on March 1, or use Meeting ID: 961 9968 0635 andPasscode: 834007.
. - On March 3 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., Kara Hurst and Nicole Kurth will present AIDS: The HIdden Epidemic, a presentation on the history of the 1980 AIDS crisis. This talk will be held on Zoom and in-person at the Christie Theatre on the Green Bay Campus. Click here to join this event on Zoom on March 3, or use Meeting ID: 986 5148 6389 and Passcode: ACTUP.
. - Continue building on your Alan Turing knowledge with An Evening with Hollywood’s Graham Moore, executive producer and Academy-Award-winning screenwriter of the Alan Turing bio-pic, The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. This event will take place on Zoom on March 10 from 7:00 – 7:45 p.m. Check back for the Zoom link, which we’ll post as soon as the Pride Center sends it to the Driftwood.
. - On March 22, join the Pride Center on Zoom or on the Green Bay campus (Christie Theater) from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. for a viewing of the PBS documentary Two Spirits. Then, on March 23, come to a Two Spirits presentation by Joe Torres and Cory Carline, also on Zoom or at the Christie Theater from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Carline is a graduate assistant in Indigenous wellness and two-spirit education at the UWGB First Nations Education Center. Click here to join these events on Zoom on March 22 and 23, or use Meeting ID: 928 9750 9480 and Passcode: 2Spirit.
. - The Pride Center is offering free SAFE Ally Level 1 and 2 training twice a month during the spring semester. This training provides insights for individuals who want to learn more about LGBTQ+ topics and concerns, as well as how to be a better ally. This online training is FREE to all UWGB students and faculty/staff, and to the Marinette/Menominee community. The next dates for these trainings are March 23 (Level 1) and March 24 (Level 2), and April 28 (Level 1) and April 29 (Level 2). Email Nicole Kurth to register or with questions.
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Join the Marinette Pride Center Book Club! We’ll be reading and discussing Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz winner of multiple awards, including the Lambda Literary Award. Join the discussion sessions on April 11—in-person from 4-5 p.m. and/or online from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Email the Marinette Pride Center to get your free copy of the book and the Zoom link for the online discussion.