Events in UCIS

Friday, November 11 until Sunday, November 27

8:30 am Festival
HOMELANDS: The Romanian Film Festival Seattle, 9th Edition
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
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The University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies is proud to sponsor the 9th edition of the RFF titled Homelands. This year's festival reflects on current events, while celebrating the power of film to map out new meanings into a world where people have been displaced by wars, economic crises, political instability, and natural disasters. Internationally acclaimed movies featured in a carefully curated selection, covering all forms and genres, as well as film-related events with special guests, will redefine the sense of homeland and belonging, in relation to our families, neighbors, countries of origin, and, by extension, to our planet itself.

Films will be screened online with free tickets provided to Pitt faculty and students. More information to be announced.

Saturday, November 19

11:00 am Reception
Taking Back our Human Rights: Shaping Black Pittsburgh’s Appeal to the World
Location:
Obama Academy 6-12, 515 North Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Announced by:
Global Studies Center on behalf of Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), World History Center, School of Education, Center for Civil Rights and Racial Justice, Office of Diversity, Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Department of Africana Studies, Department of English, Department of Political Science, Department of Sociology and Center for Race and Social Problems
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Members of the Black communities from across Southwestern Pennsylvania are invited to join this networking lunch with Justin Hansford (Howard University Law Professor, Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, and the Representative on the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent). The purpose of the discussion will be to develop solutions advancing human rights for People of African Descent in Pittsburgh. We’ll build a plan of action for this region and a future that prioritizes the concerns of Black people.

Schedule of Events

11:15a | Registration & Networking Lunch
12:00p | Introductions & Charge
12:15p | Working Group Sessions
01:45p | Reconvening