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7.6.2026
Launching the National Table for Human Rights
Strategy
"We are the resources."
Those four words captured the spirit of a powerful workshop at SPHR 2026 that has since evolved into the National Table for Human Rights Strategy. In this blog, Joel R. Pruce reflects on the conversations that inspired the initiative and invites readers to join the July 20 launch as advocates across the country work together to build a renewed human rights movement.
7.1.2026
Queer and Disabled: Pride and
Visibility
Celebrate Disability Pride Month by learning more about the queer and disabled experience.
6.1.2026
Queer Fiction Through the
Decades
Recommended reading and LGBTQIA+ literary history for Pride Month.
5.7.2026
Running Back Looking
Forward
Sean Banks will be graduating on May 10 with experience in media production, credits on a documentary, involvement with advocacy and an award to his name — all things he credits to his football career.
5.6.2026
Giving
Hearts
An email recently landed in my inbox that made my day. Gayle Horton, director of Colin’s Lodge, a recreation and enrichment center for adults with cognitive differences, shared how UD students are bringing joy to their members through their MANY volunteer hours.
5.5.2026
The Strength to Start
Again
Nearly a decade after first arriving at UD, Joseph Hughton-Berko is finally crossing the graduation stage — a milestone that once felt out of reach after his academic dismissal in 2020.
4.29.2026
Why We Do This
Work
The University of Dayton and other American Talent Initiative institutions have opened the doors of education for more than 75,000 high-achieving, lower-income students. That’s an entire football stadium filled with talented young people.
3.31.2026
April Cultural Heritage Month
Celebrations
Recommended reading about the common struggles, unique achievements, rich and varied cultural backgrounds and shared experiences of Arab American communities, as well as Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
3.19.2026
Paul Laurence Dunbar Memorial: Then and
Now
A booklet published in 1909 for the dedication ceremony in Woodland Cemetery emphasizes the memory and importance of the acclaimed writer.
3.4.2026
Celebrate and Remember Toni
Morrison
Women’s History Month challenges us to expand our understanding of leadership, creativity, resistance and resilience. Toni Morrison embodies that challenge powerfully.