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MRC Programs

Since its inception in 1995, the MRC has sponsored, co-sponsored, and supported a diverse array of educational, cultural, political, activist, and social programs. Some examples of past programs are listed below.

Conferences
Hip Hop Conference
Bi-annual Midwest Asian/Pacific American Students Conference
Gospel Conference
"Working Our Way Home" Conference
Filipino American Students Association Symposium
Oberlin Korean Students Association Conference

Annual Events
Africana Host Family Program
Coming Out Week
Drag Ball
Kuumba Week
MRC Student Leader Gatherings
MRC Student Leader Retreat

Oberlin en Lorain Program
Transgender Day of Rememberance
Transgender Week of Awareness
World AIDS Week

Annual Speaker Series
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
Black History Celebration
Latino/a Heritage Month
Indigenous Women's Series
"My Name is My Own": Queering the Intersections of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality
Women's History Month

Speakers
Angela Davis
Catriona Esquibel
Guillermo Gomez-Pena Emi Koyama
Tiya Miles
Pauline Park
Helen Zia
Marc Hill
Shana Agid
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Michelle Raheja
Anne Keala Kelly
Martin Manalansan Karen Krahulik

Educational Programs and Workshops
Men of Color Series
Comparative American Students Info Sessions
Finding the I in the middle of RacIsm
LGBTQ and Athletics
Many Voices/Building Communities
Privilege and Allyship Forum
Transgender 101 Training
Understanding the Intersections of Oppression
MRC Student Leader Gatherings
MRC Student Leader Retreats


Performances
Colors of Rhythm (student of color dance event)
Deep Dickollective (hip hop artists)
Ingrid Rivera (activist/performance artist)
Mizaaj (South Asian cultural show)
Packing Heat (drag king show)
Hanifah Walidah (activist/performance artist)
LeRoy Moore, Jr. (activist/performance artist)
Adelina Anthony (activist/performance artist)
Staceyann Chin (activist/performance artist)

Social Events
Africana New Student Reception
Asian/Pacific American New Student Reception
LGBTQ New Student Dessert Reception
Latino/a New Student Reception
MRC End-of-Year Social
Prospective Student Open Houses
"Regression Session" Study Breaks
Graduate and Family Appreciation Receptions
Weekly MRC Socials
MRC Staff Campus Tour

Publications
As I Am (A/PA student publication)
DESI (Discourse Expressing South Asian Issues)
In Solidarity (POC biweekly newspaper)
MRC Newsletters
Nommo (Africana student publication)
Zami Zine (queer/questioning POC publication


     
   
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