A photography exhibit titled “A Visual History of Latino Students at the University of Kentucky, 1865-2019” will be on display at WT Young Library at the University of Kentucky this fall. Curated by University of Kentucky undergraduate student Daniela Gamez Salgado, this collection of archival and contemporary photography presents visual evidence of important firsts in the history of Latino students at the university.  The photos chosen for this exhibit focus on individual student experiences and collective student action, while also celebrating the diversity of experiences and identities encompassed by students of Latin American descent at the university. Commenting on the exhibit, curator Daniela Gamez Salgado states: “As the first official collection of the history of Latino students at the University of Kentucky, this exhibit helps us better understand and analyze the changing needs of this historically underserved community and encourages us all to rethink what it means to be a Wildcat.”

The exhibit will be located in the Rose Street entrance to the WT Young Library and can be viewed during regular library hours between September 16^th and November 1^st, 2019. An online image gallery from the exhibit can be viewed at https://uknowledge.uky.edu/latino_student_history/

In honor of the exhibit, University of Kentucky alum and former Director of the UK Martin Luther King Center Ricardo Nazario y Colón will give a lecture titled “Beyond the Cosmic Race: Latinequis in the United States”. The lecture, with reception to follow, will be held on October 10^th from 4:00pm to 5:30pm at the Gatton Student Center, room 331.

The exhibit, lecture, and reception are sponsored by University of Kentucky Libraries, Department of Hispanic Studies, College of Arts & Sciences Year of Equity Program, UK Martin Luther King Center, and Latino Student Union.

Join us for free food, free t-shirts, and giveaways as we kick off a year that will feature a series of events looking at the history and the future of equity at the University of Kentucky and beyond. Our featured speaker Dr. George C. Wright, Distinguished Visiting Professor of HIstory, will explain why Lyman T. Johnson's successful desegregation lawsuit still matter today, 70 years later. 

Film Screening: The Edge of Heaven (Germany/Turkey, 2007, 122 min.), organized by the International Village LLP, supported by A&S "Year of Equity" and "Inclusion Fellows" programs, with introduction before screening and reception to fellow

Film Screening: Force Majeure (Sweden, 2014, 118 min.), organized by the International Village LLP, supported by A&S "Year of Equity" and "Inclusion Fellows" programs, with introduction before screening and reception to follow

Film screening: Shoplifters (Japan, 2018, 121 min.), organized by the International Village LLP, supported by A&S "Year of Equity" and "Inclusion Fellows" programs, with introduction before screening and reception to follow

    Part of diversity is linguistic diversity; part of equity is

    linguistic equity; and part of inclusion is linguistic inclusion.

 Yet, despite the many university initiatives around diversity,

    equity, inclusion and access, language and linguistic diversity

    are rarely part of the constellation of identity practices that

 are seen outside of linguistics as warranting efforts toward

    greater justice. Linguists can and should play an important

    role in advocating for the centrality of language within 

    inclusivity efforts, but many of our efforts to do so are less

    effective than we might hope.

    In this talk, I’ll explore some of the potential reasons why

    this has been the case and imagine (with your insight and help) 

    some ways that linguists could have more success in our efforts

    to enhance linguistic justice. By framing linguistic inclusion 

    in the context of standardized language privilege, I’ll present

    what we know about linguistic discrimination, pinpoint the

    linguistic stakes of DEI efforts, highlight some flashpoints

    that occur in public discussions about language such as with

    pronouns and political correctness, and finally offer some

    concrete steps that we as linguists can take to effectively

    advocate for the importance of language at all levels of

    intervention linked to greater inclusion and equity.

 
This talk is made possible by generous support from our friends in Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures; English; Gender and Women’s studies; Sociology; Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies; African American and Africana Studies; and the College of Arts and Sciences.