DEI&B Updates for November

Month-Long Observances:

  • National Native American Heritage Month


Religious or Cultural Observances:

  • Panama’s Independence Day, Separation Day (11/3)

  • Day of the Covenant (Baháʼí, 11/25)

  • Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha (Baháʼí, 11/27)

  • Thanksgiving Day (11/27)


Dates of Significance:

  • Marine Corps Birthday (11/10)

  • Veterans Day (11/11)

  • Transgender Awareness Week (11/13-11/19)

  • Transgender Day of Remembrance (11/20)

  • National Day of Mourning (11/27)


Library Resources: 

All are physical resources in our Behind the Eyes collection.


Native American Heritage Month:

  • An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

  • The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer

  • Notable Native People by Adrienne Keene

  • The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen by Sean Sherman & Beth Dooley

  • Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices edited by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth Leatherdale

  • There There by Tommy Orange

  • The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline


Transgender Awareness Week:

  • The Real Lives of Transgender and Nonbinary Humans by Publish your Purpose, edited by Brani Lai

Confidential Resource Provider 
As a reminder, Simone Jadczak is the Confidential Resource Provider on the Title IX team, offering students, faculty, and staff a safe and private environment to discuss concerns related to sexual misconduct. The CRP role ensures confidentiality while providing guidance, support, and information about available resources—without initiating formal investigations.