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OIA-Global Philadelphia Mural Unveiling
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Klein College Announces Claire Smith Center for Sports Media
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Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communication recently announced plans for the Claire Smith Center for Sports Media, named for alumna Claire Smith, the first woman sportswriter to be honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Smith will assist with the center's leadership and has also joined the Klein College faculty.
Klein College Dean David Boardman "said the vision for the center is to create a world-class academic enterprise focused on teaching, professional training and research in the areas of sports journalism, broadcasting, advertising, public relations, production and social influence." In addition, "a particular focus of the center will be breaking down barriers of gender and race in sports media, as Smith herself did as a journalist for ESPN, The New York Times and other newspapers."
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Local universities, including Temple, reevaluate police practices in response to murder of George Floyd
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After the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, police departments, including Temple's, began to reevaluate and modify existing policing practices.
"Charles Leone, who has served as executive director of Temple’s public safety for six years, overseeing the 115-officer department he has been a part of for 35 years, said it’s the first time he’s seen so many policy creations and alterations and new training added in such a short period."
New measures implemented at Temple include more explicitly outlining levels of acceptable force, a policy on officers who fail to address excessive force by a colleague, implementation of body cameras, and a review of officer tattoos for political extremism or bias.
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A new DEI group helps facilitate collaborative representation across Temple University
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The university's Office of Equal Opportunity Compliance has recently made a commitment to furthering university-wide diversity initiatives by establishing a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Collaborative on campus.
The group’s purpose is to bring representatives within the 17 colleges and administrative offices at Temple, including OIA, together to speak about DEI initiatives that might be happening in their respective fields, and to cross-promote DEI events that are open to the Temple community.
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| Check out our photos from OIA's table at NCOW Fest!
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Our 5th annual #YouAreWelcomeHere Week begins this Monday, November 1, and we're excited to celebrate the diversity of our international community with our students, faculty, and staff!
The week will be packed-full of internationally-focused events, and we'd especially encourage staff to attend Thursday's (11/4) Temple Lingo event for a chance to expand knowledge of world languages and Friday's (11/5) Global Gala to explore representation of world cultures and their corresponding organizations at Temple. To view the full event schedule and register for more events, visit isss.temple.edu/YAWH21.
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Urban Creators: Honoring North Philly Legacies & Envisioning New Futures - Wednesday, November 3, 12-1:30pm
Join Temple Libraries for a conversation with Alex Epstein and Tyler Ray of the Urban Creators, as they continue to explore the people, places, communities, and stories Made in North Philly. The Urban Creators is a platform for radical and collaborative imagination. Since 2010, they have used food, art, and education as tools to nurture resilience and self-determination in North Philadelphia. Now, they are supporting the emergence of a new generation of Urban Creators, organizers, artists, growers, and local businesses who are working to build equity and collective liberation in our communities.
Ile Ife in North Philadelphia Remembered: An Oral History Program with Karen Warrington - Tuesday, November 9, 2-3:30pm
Ile Ife is an ancient city in the Southwest of Nigeria dating back to 500 B.C, where the Yorubas believe their civilization began and the Yoruba Orisas descended to earth. Join this discussion with journalist, dancer, and choreographer Karen Warrington and those who were central to the creation of Ile Ife in an “African diasporan village” in North Philadelphia.
The Necropolitical Theater: Race and Immigration on the Contemporary Spanish Stage - Thursday, November 11, 12:30pm
Jeffrey K. Coleman specializes in Contemporary Peninsular Spanish and Catalan theatre & popular culture. His first book, The Necropolitical Theater: Race and Immigration on the Contemporary Spanish Stage (Northwestern University Press, 2020), explores how the intersections of race and immigration manifest in Spanish theatre from 1991-2016.
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If you have questions, suggestions or would like to get involved with the OIA Anti-Racism Taskforce, please contact Leah Hetzell, Director of International Student Affairs, at Leah.Hetzell@temple.edu.
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