Diversity Week 2026
Office of Compliance & Diversity And Center for Ethnic, Racial and Religious Understanding (CERRU)
Diversity Week: April 27 – May 1, 2026
(schedule is updated regularly)
Monday, April 27, 2026 — Culture
Monday Mile Walk with President Wu
Location: Flagpole by the WWII Memorial on the Quad behind Thomas Jefferson Hall
Time: 12:20 – 12:35PM
Join the Office of Student Development and Leadership and get your steps in by walking a mile (3–4 laps around the Quad) with Queens College President Frank H. Wu! This event gives students the opportunity to discuss their experiences at QC.
ARTsDay
Location: Outside of Dinning Hall and Outside of Aaron Copland School of Music
Time: 12:15 – 1:30PM
Celebrate the creativity and energy of the Queens College School of Arts at ARTsDay on Monday, April 27th, during free hour (rain date: May 4th). Taking place outdoors across campus, from outside the Music Building to the Dining Hall area, ARTsDay will transform the afternoon into a vibrant showcase of culture and performance. Experience jazz, hip hop dance, Balinese music, tap dance, and more, featuring participants from the Art Department, Dance Department, the Aaron Copland School of Music, and the Godwin-Ternbach Museum.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 — Climate
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 — Community
Q-UNITY Day – wear your QC pride
Show your QC pride! Celebrate Q-UNITY Day by wearing your favorite Queens College apparel. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to participate.
Interfaith Dialogue
Location: President’s Conference room 2 BD
Time: 12:15 – 1:30PM
Speakers: MJAC New York Co-Chairs Bahman Farahdel and Yawar Shah; Dr. Ari Gordon, AJC Director of Muslim-Jewish Relations; Natalia Mahmud, Program Director, Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council
The dialogue will answer the following questions:
(1) What are the principles of interfaith dialogue?
(2) What are ways different faith groups can come together?
(3) Why is interfaith dialogue important today?
CUNY Central Mandatory Understanding Title VI Training (Staff and Faculty)
Location: Muysken’s Conference Room
Time: 2:00 – 3:30PM
We are pleased to announce the launch of CUNY’s 2025–2026 Mandatory Understanding Title VI In-Person Training, presented by Kareem J. Peat, Executive Director of the Center for Inclusivity & Equal Opportunity at The City University of New York, and Lisa Khandhar, Esq., Deputy Director of Compliance and Policy. All full-time employees and full-time faculty are required to complete this training annually.
Thursday, April 30, 2026 — Change
Diversity Week Conference – Where do We Go from Here?
Location: LeFrak Concert Hall and the Atrium
Time: 9:00 – 3:00PM
This year’s Diversity Conference, “Where Do We Go From Here?”, guides the program and its objectives. Diversity Week at Queens College provides an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to reflect on our shared humanity, engage in community-building conversations and activities, and celebrate both our differences and similarities. The culminating event will be a daylong conference bringing together DEI practitioners, leaders, and stakeholders from Queens College, neighboring higher education institutions across the borough of Queens, as well as community and industry partners. The conference
will offer an in-depth exploration of the legal landscape surrounding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in higher education, highlight its significant achievements, and examine future directions for DEI initiatives on college campuses. Attendees will also participate in discussions on advancing DEI leadership as a research-driven community of practice, fostering collaboration, support, and sustained progress in this critical area.
CERRU – Fashion Show
Location: Lefrak Concert Hall
Time: 12:00 – 1:30PM (During Conference Lunch)
Presented by Center for Ethnic, Racial and Religious Understanding (CERRU) and the Office of Compliance & Diversity, the Social Identity Fashion Show will showcase the ways students powerfully rewrite narratives and creatively present social identities, culture, and heritage (i.e., race, religion, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, etc.) through fashion, combating perceived/stereotyped social identities
Friday, May 1, 2026 — Compliance
Online Event
Disability Justice and Bodily Autonomy
Location: Online
Time: 12:00 – 1:30PM
What is disability justice? Why is it important? What does bodily autonomy have to do with it? Join us for a discussion on disability, bodily autonomy, and consent. We’ll talk about disability models, care networks, and more. Presented by SAVI.
The Cultural Keepers: Tracing the Historical Footsteps of Vietnamese Dual Language Bilingual Education Programs in the U.S.
Location:
- Event can be attended in-person or online
- Register here: In-Person:RSVP | Online: Zoom
- In-Person Location: CUNY Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI), 25 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor, Suite 1000, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan
- For more information: https://aaari.info/26-05-01le-nguyen/
Time: 6:00 – 7:30PM
Prof. Khánh Lê (Queens College) and Prof. Alisha Nguyen (Lesley University) will present on their research exploring the history, development, and impact of Vietnamese dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs in five U.S. states with significant Vietnamese populations. Using a multiple-case study approach, this project examined how these programs support heritage language preservation and the raciolinguistic identity development of Vietnamese students, particularly in the context of refugee resettlement after the Vietnam War. The study also addresses the gap in scholarship on Vietnamese American education, language, and cultural integration in the U.S. education system. This project was funded by the 2025 AAARI CUNY Faculty Research Support Program.