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An Evening with Nanette Frank and the Nanette Frank Quintet

April 14, 2022
Join Illinois Tech’s Office of Community Affairs and the Monarch Awards Foundation of Xi Nu Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. for a very special evening with internationally acclaimed Nanette Frank.
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Virtual Conversation with Dr. Terry Roberts, One of the “Little Rock Nine”

January 6, 2022
In recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Illinois Tech Office of Community Affairs and Organic Oneness present: A Conversation with Dr. Terrence Roberts on January 14, 12:30 p.m.
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Community Business Survey

August 31, 2021
Please take a moment to complete the Gap Neighborhood Business Survey designed to gain your input about the types of businesses we want in Bronzeville community.
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Chicago Quarterly Review Readings: Virtual Readings with Authors

August 19, 2021
Contributors to the Chicago Quarterly Review #33 will read selections from their work and discuss Black literature with Nora Brooks Blakely on August 28, from 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
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Block City 2021

July 1, 2021
Illinois Tech's annual Block City event will feature children and families building a city of LEGOs in S.R. Crown Hall. The event will take place Saturday, July 31, 2021.
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Technology and Social Justice Series: Developing Bias Free AI Solutions

March 15, 2021
Please join us on March 16 from 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. for the first of three panel discussions that explore the relationship between technology and social justice. Our panel will discuss how developers and researchers can create systems that remove bias from their AI solutions and can add safeguards to social media applications.
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Bronzeville Community Vaccine Opportunities

March 4, 2021
Seniors 65+ who live in the Bronzeville area and surrounding communities can register now to get vaccinated on Friday, March 5 from 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
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Tech & Social Justice Speaker Series-AI and Employment Discrimination, December 11

December 3, 2020
Please join the Illinois Institute Of Technology Community Affairs for the next event in the Tech & Social Justice Speaker Series on AI and Employment Discrimination on December 11 from 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
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Tech & Social Justice: Health Care Algorithms and African Americans

September 29, 2020
Illinois Tech Professor of Philosophy Elisabeth Hildt will moderate a virtual discussion that focuses on how health care algorithms impact the level of care people of color receive.
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Virtual Film Screening: No Lye-An American Beauty Story

September 17, 2020
In collaboration with the Chicago South Side Film Festival, the Office of Community Affairs presents the film No Lye-An American Beauty Story on Friday, September 25 at 7 p.m.
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