Please join us as we welcome our New Graduate Student Mentor, Sara Vanovac🧡🤍
Sara Vanovac is a third-year PhD student in Physics working under Professor Olexei Motrunich. Her research focuses on the non-equilibrium dynamics of low-dimensional, strongly correlated systems, where, within the framework of generalized hydrodynamics, she constructs perturbations that lead to anomalous transport and thermalization.
At Caltech, she served on the PMA Advisory Board and was the co-chair of the FUTURE in Physics workshop. Currently, she is most interested in the topic of inclusion and how we can build communities that foster collaboration and growth while minimizing competition and uniformity.
As the CCID Graduate Student Mentor, Sara will mainly support students in our signature programs, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) and First-Year Success Research Institute (FSRI).
It appears that our National Coming Out Day Digital Education Post did not make it to Facebook last Friday.
National Coming Out Day is a day to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and their courage to be themselves. Remember, coming out is a personal decision. Do You. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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In 1992, Berkeley, CA instituted Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a counter-celebration to the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Columbus in the Americas. Indigenous Peoples’ Day has since been recognized in different forms and under a variety of names. This day is meant to recognize the painful and resilient history Indigenous people have faced and to celebrate their communities.
After years of advocacy and activism, the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day was issued in 2021. It is celebrated on the 2nd Monday of October.
“This day is about reclaiming histories” - Kyle Mays
The CCID and Caltech Library will have book displays up for the week of 10/14-10/18. Feel free to come by and check out these resources to learn more about Indigenous and Native peoples!
Visit https://library.caltech.edu/ondisplay/indigenous-peoples-day to learn more.
If you are looking for a way to celebrate and learn more about Indigenous Peoples Day in Los Angeles County, visit: https://secretlosangeles.com/indigenous-peoples-day/
Join us for our annual MLK Commemoration Keynote featuring Gerald Garth, Community Activist and Justice & DEI Strategist.
Gerald Garth has led health equity work for over ten years, now serving as Executive Director of the AMAAD Institute (Arming Minorities Against Addiction & Disease) and previously serving as Chief Operations Officer of AMAAD and Manager of Prevention and Care with the Black AIDS Institute (BAI). He most recently was the first Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Los Angeles LGBT Center. He has led work with the African American Infant and Maternal Mortality Initiative (AAIMM) and serves as co-chair of the Black Caucus of the Los Angeles Commission on HIV. Garth was the lead organizer of the All Black Lives Matter March of 2020, bring over 30,000 demonstrators and the permanent installation of street installation. Garth is also the President of LA Pride, the first Black man to hold the position. Garth is also a licensed and ordained elder, award-winning journalist, editor, filmmaker, and nationally recognized activist and advocate. Garth completed his Master's in Business Administration from California Intercontinental University in 2022.
For more information, please contact Caltech Center for Inclusion & Diversity by email at [email protected] or visit https://ccid.caltech.edu/events/rsvp.
