Free & Open to the Public

*On Monday, April 17th at 6:30pm, Jeffrey (Miami Class of 2001) and Natasha Hartman will participate in a moderated discussion entitled “Taking Action to Defend Democracy: A Conversation” in the Harry T. Wilks Theater (Armstrong Student Center, Oxford campus).

The Hartmans — co-founders of Ukrainian Action, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the supply of aid to Ukrainians affected by the ongoing conflict — will speak both about the Ukraine war and its impacts and also more generally about how ordinary citizens can promote and defend democratic values and institutions in their day-to-day lives.  This talk, part of Better Together Week on the Oxford campus, is co-sponsored by the Menard Family Center for Democracy, the Miami Center for Student Engagement, Activities and Leadership, the Harry T. Wilks Institute for Leadership and Service, META, the College of Education, Health and Society and the City of Oxford.

The event is free and open to the public, with no tickets required.  

For more information, please see the Menard Family Center’s website.

This evening (Thursday, April 13th) at 7:00pm, retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Mark Arnold will visit the Hamilton campus to present a talk at the Wilks Conference Center entitled “The Ukraine Invasion, One Year On:  Stories from the Front.”  I

In this talk — which is part of the Menard Family Center for Democracy’s Dialogues on Democracy series, General Arnold — who has almost 40 years of experience both as a military/national security professional and as a regular visitor to conflict zones in the Russia-Ukraine war — will share his professional expertise on the U.S. national security implications of the war and his view of how the ongoing war in Ukraine may shape the future of democratic governance in Europe and beyond.

Miami’s Annual DEI Conference, March 30-31, 2023,

Across the Divide Conference is open to all (students, faculty, staff, community), and is a great professional development opportunity, a way to address DEI performance goals for staff, and an opportunity to learn more about DEI across Miami for all.

March 30 features César Chavez Day events and March 31 features conference panels and the keynote. 

This year’s conference features sessions on Inclusive Communications, Inclusive Leadership, Story Circles, Suicide Prevention, and much more.  The keynote, Dr. Ron Crutcher, will speak on “I Had No Idea you were Black: Navigating Race on the Road to Leadership.”

Registration deadline is March 17, is free to Miamians, and includes breakfast and/or lunch. For more details, go to:

https://www.miamioh.edu/diversity-inclusion/programs-resources/conference/index.html