Race and Equity

An exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery offers a revealing look into Michalene Thomas' lesser-known photographic practice. And it feels personal.

Adrián Gómez (BFA, 3D4M, 2018) is the first featured artist in "NosotrUS" at the Mexican Cultural Institute Gallery.

On KING 5's "Racism and Parenting" special, Ralina Joseph, director of the UW Center for Communication, Difference and Equity, offered her expertise.

The day before her photography show's opening at the Henry, Michalene Thomas talks about her time as a model, the class that changed her life and how art is always personal. 

Four Huskies, all who studied in the Collage of Arts & Sciences, presented the rawness of struggle and survival at the UWAA Short Talks on Art.

UW history professor, Jordanna Bailkin, on how Britain's past refugee camps shed light on today's global refugee crisis.

The disproportionate system that creates legal financial obligations (LFOs) is pursuing solutions with help from University of Washington sociology professor Alexes Harris.

All four of the 2017-18 UW student body presidents, including two College of Arts & Sciences' alums, saw race, equity and social justice as central to their position.

PhD student Arianne Eason believes that understanding what shapes our views on race is the first step toward positive change. 

Op-ed by Professor Katherine Beckett of the Department of Law, Societies and Justice. 

For 50yrs OMA&D has been supporting underrepresented minority and economically disadvantaged students, first-generation students, and campus diversity.

Video // Dr. Ralina Joseph discusses the new music video from Childish Gambino, "This is America."

Ralina Joseph, Director of the Center for Communication, Difference and Equity, weighs in on the Starbucks racial-bias sessions. 

Reaffirming the plan of broader change, Ralina Joseph with the UW Department of Communications leads a training similar to the one Starbucks will use.

Student activism in 1968 led the UW to create one of the nation’s first office of minority affairs. Here’s their story. And their outlook for the future.