This year’s Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month theme, “Into the APIDA-Verse” – a play on the popular animated Spider-Man movies – took a close look at how the many universes that make up the APIDA community come together to create a strong and unique web of cultures and connection. The APIDA Heritage …
Writer, director and producer Ash Perez headlined this year’s Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month keynote event.
Each March, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, celebrates MENA Heritage Month – a time for the campus community to recognize the vibrant cultures of the Middle Eastern North African (MENA) region.
Lakota Native, actor, comedian and writer Jana Schmieding knows how to tell a good joke. As this year’s Native November speaker, she proved that laughter is a big part of how the Indigenous community connects with each other and their culture.
This year’s Latine Heritage Month centered educational and celebratory events around the arts – showcasing how diverse Latine experiences can help create a shared connection.
The event showcased a range of dance, musical, spoken-word, stepping and strolling talent by Multicultural Student Center-affiliated student organizations and individual performers.
Students, faculty members and others gathered at the Pride Picnic on Library Mall on June 26 to spin a wheel for pride-themed prizes, pose for photos in rainbow-colored Terrace chairs and enjoy tasty boxed lunches.
April at the University of Wisconsin-Madison marks the annual celebration of APIDA Heritage Month. This year’s theme, “Ingredients, Identities, and Intersectionality,” recognized the close connection between food and identity, particularly within the APIDA community.
The 2024 theme, “MENA in the Modern World,” explored how the collective cultures of the Middle Eastern North African region continue to evolve and influence contemporary society.
Take a look back at “Legacy X,” this year’s celebration of Black History Month and 10 years of student-organized, campus-wide celebrations at UW–Madison.
Indigenous students, faculty, staff and alumni from UW–Madison came together throughout Native November to celebrate, reflect, and laugh in their shared experiences.
This year’s Latinx Heritage Month reflected on the connected yet distinct Latinx customs and traditions that have been transplanted across multiple generations, through many spaces, and have found their way to UW–Madison.
Twenty-seven groups from different student organizations affiliated with the Multicultural Student Center performed a mix of stepping/strolling, dance routines and a capella singing for new students seeking to join student organizations.
Students enjoyed everything from a community weaving loom to trivia questions to making bookmarks at the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Festival on April 1, held at the Multicultural Student Center in the Red Gym.
Performers took to the stage with everything from Bollywood fusion to Punjabi folk dances to hip-hop at the 40th annual Multicultural Celebration of Organizations and Resources, known as MCOR.
Members of the Sikh Student Association stepped up to teach the technique of tying turbans during a special Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month event on April 22, 2022.
“Courage in Community” was the theme of the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month Art Show, held at the Multicultural Student Center lounge in the Red Gym on April 16.