Past Events
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Mar 14Labor Spring 2025Memorial Union, Old Madison Room
This open house is designed to enable students to meet and talk with workers from various industries to get more information on work – whether they seek to know more about jobs that align with their educational pursuits/degrees (e.g., nursing, teaching, social work, computer science, etc.), whether they might be interested in learning more about …
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Mar 13UnionMarquee Cinema, Union South
This event is organized by the Havens Wright Center and the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee and presented in collaboration with the School for Workers at UW–Madison and the South Central Federation of Labor (SCFL) as part of Labor Spring. Film screening will begin at 6:30 PM with an informal conversation to follow. Through intimate …
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Mar 6IgualadaMarquee Cinema, Union South
This event is organized by the Havens Wright Center and the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee and presented in collaboration with the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program at UW–Madison. Film screening will begin at 6:30 PM with an informal conversation to follow. In Colombia, a nation marred by profound racial and socio-economic disparities, a …
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Mar 4American Politics and Society – The Rise of Illiberalism – A Black Critique Perspective
Anthony Bogues, Brown University
Online via Zoom
Anthony Bogues, Brown University
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Feb 27SeparatedMarquee Cinema, Union South
Pre-screening Panel Discussion – 5PM – 6:15PM Immigrant Rights and Barriers to Migration in International Context Armando Ibarra (School for Workers, Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program), Sara McKinnon (Communication Arts), Marla A. Ramírez (History, Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program), and Jenna Loyd (Geography) Screening – 6:30PM This event is organized by the Havens Wright Center …
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Feb 20DivisibleMarquee Cinema, Union South
This event is organized by the Havens Wright Center and the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee. Film screening will begin at 6:30 PM with an informal conversation to follow. This award-winning film provides a detailed look into redlining: what happened, where it came from, who was involved, how it supposedly“ended”, and why the 1968 Fair …
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Feb 13Lakota Nation vs. United StatesMarquee Cinema, Union South
This event is organized by the Havens Wright Center and the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee and presented in collaboration with the American Indian & Indigenous Studies Program at UW–Madison. Film screening will begin at 6:30 PM with an informal conversation to follow. The Lakota fight to protect their sacred land. A provocative, visually stunning …
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Feb 6The Five DemandsMarquee Cinema, Union South
This event is organized by the Havens Wright Center and the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee. Film screening will begin at 6:30 PM with an informal conversation to follow. In April 1969, a small group of Black and Puerto Rican students shut down the City College of New York, an elite public university located right …
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Feb 4What Good Is the National Interest? Rethinking the Roots of Peace, Democracy, and War
Van Jackson, Victoria University of Wellington
Online via Zoom
Van Jackson, Victoria University of Wellington
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Jan 28Laundering Black Rage: Place, Space & Race in State InstitutionsRasul Mowatt (North Carolina State University) & Too Black (Poet and Organizer)
Education Building, Wisconsin Idea Room
Rasul Mowatt and Too Black