Q & A with Executive Director Annita Lucchesi Annita Lucchesi, executive director, started the Soveriegn Bodies Institute database of Missing and Murdered Native American Women in 2015, after she realized that data was nonexistent or […]
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Student-athlete 5K raises awareness about sexual assault
First seen in The Montana Kaimin A two-year Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) initiative about sexual assault awareness came to a running close on April 12 when Griz student-athletes hosted the “Run a Mile in Her Shoes […]
Being Black: Establishing identity at UM for over half a century
First seen in The Montana Kaimin The University of Montana’s first two Black female students sat across from the dean of students in 1967. He told them that they were recruited to help integrate the University […]
It happened to #MeToo : Q&A with Denice Rice
First seen in Byline Magazine DENICE RICE endured sexual assault from a supervisor when she worked in California’s Eldorado National Forest as a United States Forest Service (USFS) firefighter in 2009. His abuse, which lasted […]
At the Crossroads: Violence behind the bars of Montana’s only private prison
First seen in Byline Magazine WHEN William Allen returned to the Crossroads Correctional Center (CCC) in 2009 from a California prison, he was shocked by what he found: religious restrictions on sweat lodges and retaliation […]
Q&A with DiverseU’s Sierra Pannell
First seen in Montana Kaimin / Illustration by Lindsey Sewell Sierra Pannell and Jazzie Johnson presented at DiverseU this past Thursday as part of two days of presentations focusing on diversity and social issues. Their talk, “The […]
Ex-white supremacist calls on white people to dismantle racism at UM
First seen in Montana Kaimin / Photo by Daniel Duensing The shooting of 11 people in a synagogue last week, pipe bombs delivered to others, and the shooting of a black couple in Kentucky – all acts […]
