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23rd Annual Victims’ Rights Run/Walk

Posted on April 9, 2019April 18, 2019

Every April, University Life departments, Mason Athletics, Mason Police, and community sponsors have honored the life and legacy of former student Read More

Mason’s Office of the President and the Leadership Education and Development office invite undergraduate and graduate students to join Young Global Leaders alumni in the latest session of President Ángel Cabrera’s Freedom and Learning Forum. Photo by Evan Cantwell/George Mason University

Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) opportunities for your student

Posted on April 4, 2019April 4, 2019

At the Leadership Education and Development Office (LEAD), we believe that everyone has the potential to be a leader. We’d like Read More

Freedom and Learning Forum, Dr. Gail Christopher

Freedom and Learning Forum: Racism in Virginia and Opportunities for Change

Posted on March 18, 2019March 18, 2019

RSVP today for the next Freedom and Learning Forum featuring Dr. Gail Christopher, visionary and architect of the Kellogg Foundation-led Truth, Read More

Photo of the latest Leadership Legacy graduates with President Cabrera.

Leadership Legacy Program: Deadline Extended to Mar. 18

Posted on March 12, 2019March 12, 2019

The Leadership Legacy Program, a partnership program sponsored by MasonLeads and Human Resources and Payroll, is designed for Mason full-time Read More

Michelle Allen (left), assistant director of the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Multicultural Education + LGBTQ Resources, moderates a talk with Robin Boylorn (center) and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (right) during the 2019 Sojourner Truth Lecture. Photo by Lathan Goumas.

Sojourner Truth speakers examine black feminism throughout history

Posted on March 7, 2019March 7, 2019

Sojourner Truth was both an abolitionist and women’s rights activist. In her honor, the Women and Gender Studies and the African and African Read More

Women’s History Month

Posted on March 4, 2019March 4, 2019

March is Women’s History Month. Women and Gender Studies and various campus departments and student organizations have planned a whole Read More

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (left) and Robin M. Boylorn (right)

2019 Sojourner Truth Lecture features two award-winning scholars and activists

Posted on March 1, 2019March 1, 2019

Each year, the Women and Gender Studies and the African and African American Studies Programs at George Mason University sponsor the Sojourner Truth Lecture Read More

Freedom and Learning welcomes March for Our Lives activist Cameron Kasky

Posted on February 22, 2019February 22, 2019

Tragedy didn’t have the last word when Cameron Kasky and his classmates from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Read More

GMU Visiting Filmmakers Series: The Unafraid with Heather Courtney

Posted on February 22, 2019February 22, 2019

The Unafraid Thursday, February 28, 7:30pm Johnson Center Cinema Documentary screening and discussion with co-director Heather Courtney Featuring GMU President Ángel Read More

Diverse students in the English Language Institute

‘Candid Conversations’ offers respectful dialogue and listening

Posted on February 14, 2019February 14, 2019

George Mason University’s Office of Strategic Diversity Initiatives, a unit of University Life, invites Mason students, faculty and staff to Read More