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ECCE Speaker Series

ECCE Speaker Series: Ethical Artificial Intelligence

Ethical Artificial Intelligence: An Industry Perspective | Doug Hamilton | Wednesday, April 12, 6:00 P.M. | Student Union Ballroom

Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents an enormous opportunity to advance human well-being.  It also, however, represents a sea-change in how decisions are made, who is making those decisions, and who is liable for outcomes.  Today this very topic is being tackled by an odd admixture of ethicists, attorneys, statisticians, computer scientists, and regulators. 

ECCE Speaker Series: Festival de Mujeres 1979: Window to Latina Activism in 1970s Chicago, A Pilsen Latina Histories Chicago Monuments Project Panel

Festival de Mujeres 1979: Window to Latina Actvism, in 1970s Chicago - A Pilsen Latina Histories Chicago Monuments Project Panel

Sarita Hernández, Hinda Seif, & Diana Solís | Wednesday, March 29, 6:00 P.M. |
Brookens Auditorium

ECCE Speaker Series: Free Speech for Engaged Citizenship: On Campus & Beyond, Lecture and Discussion

Free Speech for Engaged Citizenship: On Campus & Beyond | Alex Morey | Wednesday, March 1, 6:00 P.M. | Brookens Auditorium

Engaged citizens use their voices to express themselves, support causes they care about, and make positive societal change. But given today’s often volatile environment impacting speech around critically-important issues like race, COVID-19, abortion, and more, using this core right can seem — or even be — risky.

ECCE Speaker Series: Viewing Student Success on Campus Through a Historian's Lens, Lecture and Discussion

Viewing Student Success on Campus Through a Historian's Lens | Dr. Jessica Harris | Wednesday, February 15, 6:00 P.M. | Brookens Auditorium

Equity is a moral, social, and economic imperative. The democratic and economic future of the state of Illinois and the country rests in our collective ability to get a greater number of citizens with a post-secondary credential. The equity gaps that persist in student outcomes at colleges and universities are rooted in the past and have endured over time.

ECCE Speaker Series: Flamenco-Jazz Crosscurrents: A Musical Case Study of Intercultural Collaboration, Lecture & Performance

Flamenco-Jazz Crosscurrents: A Musical Case Study of Intercultural Collaboration | David Chiriboga, Wendy Clinard, & Dr. Brian Stark | Wendnesday, February 1, 6:00 P.M. | Brookens Auditorium

In this presentation, jazz saxophonist Dr. Brian Stark will outline the interaction of cultural forces during the evolution of the flamenco-jazz style, with a special emphasis on jazz musician Miles Davis’s perception of the similarities between his experience as a Black American and that of the Spanish Roma people who originated flamenco.

ECCE Speaker Series: Turning Adversity into Positive Career Traits

Turning Adversity into Positive Career Traits | Oscar Garcia | Wednesday, November 9, 12:00 PM | Student Union Ballroom

Each of us has our own story. Our own struggles. Our own victories. Our own purpose. Oscar takes you on a personal journey of belittlement, self-doubt, cultural reaffirmation, and embracing our uniqueness. You'll learn how to turn adversity into positive career traits.

ECCE Speaker Series: Written in Oya: Symbolic Patterns and Women's Work

Written in Oya: Symbolic Patterns and Women's Work | Hale Ekinci | Thursday, October 27, 5:30 PM | Brookens Auditorium

Contemporary artist Hale Ekinci will share and discuss images of her art practice, in which she relies on fiber techniques, found textiles, and images from family archives to explore phases of acculturation, immigrant identity, and ideas about gendered labor.

ECCE Speaker Series: What We Choose to Remember

What We Choose to Remember | Christy Coleman | Friday, October 21, 6:00 PM | Brookens Auditorium (Overflow Room in PAC C/D)

Throughout the United States people are steeped in conversations regarding what should be taught in schools, commemorated on the public landscape and preserved in cultural organizations. These conversations are far from new, nor are they any less thoughtful or virulent than in times past. What is vastly different is voices previously silenced are now engaged.

ECCE Speaker Series: Salt of the Earth, Film Screening & Discussion

Salt of the Earth | Daniel Aguilar, Hinda Seif, & Isabel Skinner | Thursday, October 13, 6:00 PM | Brookens Auditorium

Salt of the Earth presents the true story of Mexican-American zinc miners who strike to end unsafe work conditions and unequal wages with their white counterparts. The film explores themes regarding the role of organized labor, what it means to be American, race, and feminism.

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