During its first year, the LGBTQ & Ally Living-Learning community gave residents a chance to explore their own identities while creating a center for LGBTQ life on campus.

Dance, music and food are just some of the Asian Student Union and the South Asian Student Alliance’s plans to celebrate Asian Heritage Month.

The 2012 Black History Month celebration will break down the rich and varied histories of black culture throughout the world, while searching for points of connection among those at UR.

Antoine Waul, ’13, has always been struck by the words of Martin Luther King Jr. As part of UR’s 2012 MLK Day celebration, he hopes the dreams of past leaders will still prove inspiring in today’s battle for social justice.

Common Ground’s two-part social justice leadership retreat is an introduction to the types of inequality that exist today, and how to find the right first step in taking action for social change.

World AIDS Day commemoration on Dec. 1 appeals to the emotional and spiritual aspects of the issue, while offering opportunities for engagement and education.

Through the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship program, biology major Simrun Bal, ’13, spent the summer in Chandigarh, India, learning Punjabi and coming face-to-face with issues of health care and poverty.

When Kosh Kempter, '11, learned of the organization EMILY’s List, which works to elect pro-choice Democratic women to office, she thought it was the perfect combination of her interests.

Watching a model talk about how she always felt ugly inspired Kiara Lee, ’12, to teach others to redefine their ideas of beauty.

Rising senior Jon Henry was recognized this month as “Out.Spoken. Richmonder of the Year,” by local news website GayRVA.