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Month: April 2023

MANNRS Information Meeting for StudentsMANNRS

MANNRS Information Meeting for Students

Published April 14, 2023 by cmanneri

MANRRS is a national organization that promotes academic and professional advancement for minorities in agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences.

Why join MANRRS?

  • MANRRS-exclusive scholarship, internship, networking, and professional development opportunities
  • Organization that is nationally recognized by job recruiters
  • Leadership, fellowship, and professional development opportunities
  • Membership in an inclusive organization that welcomes all people from all backgrounds

Learn more on Tuesday, April 25 at 6 p.m. in Memorial Hall.

MANNRS Interest Meeting Flyer
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Celebrating Diversity Month in AprilCelebrate Diversity Month

Celebrating Diversity Month in April

Published April 6, 2023 by cmanneri

Since 2004, April has been considered Celebrate Diversity Month. It is a time to recognize and understand our differences, be it gender, race, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, and other factors while honoring the common essence of humanity. 

The White House released a proclamation earlier this month in recognition of National Arab American Heritage Month.

The Arab American story is the American story — one of diverse backgrounds and faiths, vibrant tradition, bold innovation, hard work, commitment to community, and stalwart patriotism, all coming together to accomplish something greater than any one of us.  This month, we join together to celebrate the immeasurable contributions of Arab Americans to our Nation and recommit ourselves to the timeless work of making sure that all people have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream.

                             President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Some major religious holidays are happening during April, including Easter, Passover, and Eid al-Fitr!

  • Passover, which began at sunset on April 5,  is an eight-day Jewish holiday celebrating the freeing of Israeli slaves.
  • Easter will be celebrated on April 9. Easter is the day on which Christians celebrate Jesus’ resurrection.
  • Eid al-Fitr is one of two major holidays on the Islamic calendar. It’s an Arabic term that means “Festival of Breaking Fast,” because it’s celebrated at the conclusion of Ramadan on April 21.
71% of students reported that their classrooms did not include any LGBTQ+ topics

April 14 is the GLSEN Day of Silence, a national student-led demonstration where LGBTQ students and allies all around the country—and the world—take a vow of silence to protest the harmful effects of harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people in schools. Students go through the school day without speaking, ending it with Breaking the Silence rallies and events to share their experiences and bring attention to how their schools and communities can become more inclusive.

April 22 is the day to celebrate the environmental diversity of Earth and highlight ways of protecting our planet. Earth Day is a day observed by more than 192 nations. It honors the environmental movement that protects the Earth for future generations. CANR continues the celebration of Earth until the end of the month with our biggest college-wide annual event Ag Day! This year’s theme is “Ag Around the Corner.”

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CANR DEI Special Presentation: Karelle HallKarelle Hall event image with headshot

CANR DEI Special Presentation: Karelle Hall

Published April 5, 2023 by cmanneri

On Tuesday, April 4, the CANR DEI Committee hosted guest speaker Karelle Hall as she presented her research, “Sovereignty and Race: Intersections of Nanticoke and Lenape Identities.”

Karelle is a Ph.D. student in the Critical Interventions in Theory and Ethnography program in the anthropology department at Rutgers University. She received her bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College in Anthropology with a minor in Native American Studies. Her dissertation research explores embodied and distributed Indigenous sovereignty in public and performative spaces. 

“My presentation explores how racial identities and categories particularly impact the Nanticoke and Lenape people of Delaware and New Jersey.  Their ongoing efforts to maintain and assert tribal sovereignties are continuously intersected with the politics of race and ever shifting racial categories.” 

Karelle Hall

She has taught cultural and linguistic anthropology classes at Rutgers University and presented her preliminary research at conferences. As a member of the Nanticoke Indian Tribe, she has represented her nation at numerous events as a speaker and dancer. 

She is actively working on Nanticoke language revitalization, including writing a children’s book and developing lessons for community classes. Using her experience and connections in the legal field, she assisted the Nanticoke Tribe with ratifying their recognition in the state of Delaware. She continues to work as an activist and representative for her community, promoting visibility, decolonization and education.

We would like to again extend our sincere thanks to Karelle for coming to campus and sharing her knowledge of Nanticoke and Lenape communities.

We would also like to thank Dr. Pascha Bueno-Hansen and Jon Cox for attending. They shared information about what the UD Anti-Racism Initiative (UDARI) American Indian and Indigenous Relations committee is doing at a university level to help educate the UD community about our history.

Please find more information about the Living Land Acknowledgement at the following website: https://sites.udel.edu/antiracism-initiative/committees/indigenous-programming/living-land-acknowledgement/

A recording of the event can be viewed below.

Additional resources courtesy of Ms. Sarah L. Dobe-Hund, Assistant Director, Academic & Career Integration at UD.

Throughline and Code Switch are two of her favorite regular podcast listens. Code Switch especially has given a lot of book recommendations by minoritized authors, including these:

  • The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (native YA science fiction)
  • Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson (Cherokee)
  • There There by Tommy Orange (urban Native Americans)
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