Coffee Hour at the App Center

The Appalachian Center will host a series of weekly drop-in Coffee Hours Thursdays, 10-11 am through the end of the semester. The Center invites students, faculty, staff, and community members for coffee and light refreshments. Come visit with others interested in the region and learn more about the work of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian Studies Program. The Center invites ideas for programs, initiatives, and events. Coffee Hour is a space to exchange ideas, discuss regional issues and events, and share research in a casual, collegial atmosphere.

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Appalachian Center, 624 Maxwelton Ct.
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LGBTQ History Month Lecture-How Black and Latinx Queer and Trans Folk have Changed the Ideological and Sociopolitical Contours of America

On Monday, October 1 at 6:00 p.m., Dr. Kaila Adia Story will present “The Fight for our Freedom Starts with Ourselves: How Black and Latinx Queer and Trans Folks have Changed the Ideological and Sociopolitical Contours of America” in the Auditorium.

Dr. Story’s multimedia and interactive discussion will focus on the works and activism of Miss Major, Audre Lorde, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Shane Ortega. All of whom have worked and continue to work to foreground their intersectional identities and experiences within their works and activism to reiterate how the fight for our freedom starts with ourselves.


 
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WTYoung Library Auditorium

Behind the Blue: Improving Health Equity in Kentucky Through Research

 

By Olivia Ramirez and Kody KiserBy Olivia Ramirez and Kody Kiser

As the university for Kentucky, understanding and addressing the health needs of the people of the Commonwealth is the goal of many faculty, staff, clinicians and researchers. As a step toward improving health equity in the Commonwealth, the University of Kentucky Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) was established during the 2018 Board of Trustees meeting. 

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