• Friday, April 17, 11am-1pm
• Kuumba Juice & Coffee, 274 E. Keefe Ave., Milwaukee
• Free & open to the public;

Overview

We welcome Dr. Stacie McCormick and Dr. Nessette Falu to a conversation around Black Feminist Resistance and the power of storytelling.

In conjunction with Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17), 51����’s C21 Reproductive Justice Collaboratory and La Revo Books are pleased to cohost this community conversation around the role of stories in our esteemed authors’ own work. The authors will join us virtually, and we invite the community to come in to the space at Kuumba to share in this important conversation.

Please RSVP by Monday, March 30th. Refreshments from Kuumba will be provided.

Books

You don’t need to read the books in order to participate in this event, but both are available through our partners at La Revo.

by Nessette Falu.

by Stacie McCormick.

About

is a Black queer feminist and cultural anthropologist with sub-disciplinary specializations in medical anthropology, Black queer studies, Black feminist studies, and reproductive justice studies. Her intellectual work analyzes the intersections of anti-Blackness, heteronormativity, medicine, trauma, resistance, and freedom. She intervenes, broadly, to understand forms of hidden, silenced power and the abuse of power in gynecology and medicine. Her past clinical practice of seventeen years as a Physician Assistant (neurosurgery, internal medicine, HIV care, hematology/oncology, and pain management) critically informs her research, publications, collaborations, and public phasing, and design work. The convergence of her clinical expertise with a social science, humanistic scholarly endeavors is an invaluable, unique asset for intellectual and public impact into the Austin community as well as with international and transnational far-reaching outcomes. Her research and professional trajectories inform her public engagement and creative work, which is steered toward social justice in medicine and raising public awareness. At UT Austin, she developed Gxnecologx Justice Lab��(), a Black feminist laboratory for research and design, publicly launched in December 2023.  

 is a Mississippi-raised Black feminist scholar and writer. She is an Associate Professor of English, Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies and Women and Gender Studies at Texas Christian University (TCU). Her work takes up a number of subjects such as: representations of the body, land, sexuality, and the ongoing resonance of slavery in contemporary Black writing and performance. She is the author of Staging Black Fugitivity and co-Editor of the Special Issue of College Literature, Toni Morrison and Adaptation. Central to her work is community. Whether it is in the classroom, in the organizing space, or in her scholarly work, McCormick sees community building as a key form of resistance and liberation. 

Operating since 2022, Reproductive Justice works to create a space where researchers at 51���� and reproductive justice community advocates in Milwaukee can work together to address systemic injustices disproportionately affecting Black, Latinx, and other women and trans people of color. As a collective, we have held a variety of events in both academic and community spaces, and seek to continue this important work in the face of uncertainty in the reproductive justice space. We work across various aspects of reproductive injustices, including issues of access across zip codes, early childhood education, birth justice, and physical environment — to name just a few. We have learned alongside our community partners how important it is to not silo this work, and aim to continue bringing attention to reproductive injustices in Milwaukee and act as a resource for making substantial changes to improve the conditions within which individuals can exercise their “human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities” (SisterSong).

offers new and used books for and by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), and Latinx readers.

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• Submission deadline: Monday, April 20, 11:59 PM
• View zine submission instructions here.

About

The En-Vision Zine is a part of C21’s inaugural graduate-led public humanities program, En-Vision: Toward a Queer Ethics of Slow Care, led by Isabella Fincher. En-Vision is about slowing down, radical self-care, and fostering networks of mutual support and caregiving. We welcome all members of the UW-Milwaukee student community to submit their creative work! 

This zine will explore creative practices and embodied experiences of slow care for individuals living with chronic illness and impairments. We’re seeking creative writing and visual art projects related to the themes of queerness and an ethic of slow care. Priority will be given to submissions related to chronic illness, disability, and related critical approaches. We welcome creative, inspired, and innovative projects that push the boundaries of this theme and foster a sense of community care and support.

This initiative will host an embodied writing workshop blending mindfulness and creative writing to explore themes of slowing down, radical self-care, critical disability studies, and fostering networks of mutual support and caregiving on April 7th, 2026. Workshop participants and the broader campus community will also be invited to submit artwork and creative writing pieces to the zine.

Questions?

Questions and inquiries are welcome!���ʱ��𲹲��� review submission details and contact Isabella Fincher at ifincher@uwm.edu with any inquiries.

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April 30 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Join us for a walk with the Human Club to explore the in our campus community!

We will start our journey at the 51���� Center for Student Experience and Talent in the Student Union. Then, we will head north through the campus neighborhoods, making stops at the Little Free Libraries we find along the way. We will hear from local Little Free Library volunteers about how they set up their libraries and what motivated them to start this project!

The Little Free Library motto is, “Take a Book, Leave a Book.” In the spirit of this motto, we ask that you bring a book (or two!) to donate to a library. Your donation will help keep these neighborhood libraries stocked with stories. 

We invite both pets and children to join us on this adventure. Please be prepared to walk at least a mile as we explore the neighborhood around 51���� and share the joy of books!

What are Little Free Libraries?

Little Free Library is a nonprofit organization based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Their mission is to be a catalyst for building community, inspiring readers, and expanding book access for all through a global network of volunteer-led Little Free Library book-exchange boxes.

Their vision is a Little Free Library in every community and a book for every reader. They believe all people are empowered when the opportunity to discover a personally relevant book to read is not limited by time, space, or privilege. Through Little Free Library book exchanges, millions of books are exchanged each year, profoundly increasing access to books for readers of all ages and backgrounds.

About Human Club

Human Club is the Center for 21st Century Studies’ newest initiative, which features free field trips around Milwaukee and humanities gatherings with your fellow humans. Comes with a membership punch-card!

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