Mosaic Moments 2025: Shared Threads
Honoring the Work of Pittsburgh Icon Charles “Teenie” Harris: Carnegie Museum of Art Exhibit Exploration & Curator Conversation
Thursday, March 13, 5 PM - 6:30 PM
Meet at The Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion to walk to Carnegie Museum of Art.
The Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion invites you to a conversation around intersections of race and class through Pittsburgh photos of Black urban life by the local legend “Teenie” Harris.
Exhibit curator Charlele Foggie-Barnett will lead parts of our conversation, walk us through the “Teenie” Harris Archive Gallery, and help us partake in our own shared Polaroid photo collage to be installed in the Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion.
We will meet at the Center at 4:30 PM and walk to the museum together. Register for Honoring Charles "Teenie" Harris. We hope you join us!
No Sweat: The Legacy of Title IX and Womxn in Sports
Friday, March 21, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Title 9 Sports Bar, 5997 Centre Ave., East Liberty, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Please join the Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion for a social hour honoring impactful womxn in the sports world and how their legacy has shaped and been shaped by Title IX legislation.
Our gathering will take place at Pittsburgh's new and first-ever sports bar that focuses on showing women’s sports – Title 9. Owner Sherree Goldstein will be present to discuss the legacy of Title IX and her inspiration for the Title 9 Bar. We will also get to sample Title 9’s delicious menu and enjoy some women’s basketball games for March Madness! We hope to see you there.
Register for No Sweat: The Legacy of Title IX and Womxn in Sports.
Breaking Barriers: Unsung Sports Heroes Lunch & Learn
Wednesday, March 26, 12 PM - 1 PM
Simmons Auditorium A, Tepper Building
Please join the Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion, CMU’s Sports Analytics Center, Queer Athlete and Ally Collective (QAAC), CMU’s Office for Institutional Equity & Title IX, and more for a lunch and learn on unsung sports heroes and data-driven sports equity work.
Register for the Breaking Barriers Lunch & Learn.
March Mosaic Events
Story Club Pittsburgh Presents: Story Slam!
Tuesday, March 4, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Alphabet City, 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Please join the Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion as part of your Spring Break plans! We will explore the North Shore and the powerful narratives of others at City of Asylum’s Alphabet City for Story Slam.
Story Slam asks:
What happens when we tell stories? What do we discover about ourselves—and each other—when we share? With these questions in mind, Story Club Pittsburgh (created by the former producers of The Moth Pittsburgh) organizes and hosts Story Slam, a monthly nonfiction storytelling series at City of Asylum. A charming mix of open mic nights and live theater, each month Story Club selects a theme and welcomes volunteer and spotlight storytellers to the stage. No matter the theme, strangers and friends always show up with a story to tell, each new perspective reminding us of all the ways we are connected and all the ways we make this life our own.
The Center will reserve 10-15 tickets in advance. Please let us know to hold a ticket for you by completing the Story Slam registration. We will confirm your attendance by email.
Pittsburgh Builds Bridges: Frick Art Museum Exhibit Exploration & Curator Conversation
Thursday, March 6, 1 PM - 2:30 PM
The Frick Pittsburgh Museum & Gardens, 7227 Reynolds Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15208
Please join the Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion as part of your Spring Break plans to explore the question: How do you build bridges between people?
Exhibit curator, community contributor, and TEDx speaker, Ebtehal Badawi, will join us as we explore her Pittsburgh Builds Bridges exhibit together at The Frick Pittsburgh. This exhibit shares the same name as Ebtehal’s community initiative that “encourages connection, inclusion, and compassion through community artmaking and conversation.” Community art pieces and murals, led by Ebtehal, will be on display as she discusses both her desires and actions to “bring people together, to plant seeds of love, acceptance, and compassion."
We will meet outside the museum at 1:00 PM. Entrance to the museum is free (along with the bus ride to the museum) with your CMU student ID. Register for Mosaic’s Frick Visit and Curator Conversation.
Mosaic Conference for Intersectionality Series: Intro to Gardening with Grow Pittsburgh
Wednesday, March 19, 12 PM - 1:30 PM
Connan Room, Cohon University Center First Floor
Please join the Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion, the Sustainability Initiative, Green Practices, and Grow Pittsburgh for an introductory gardening workshop geared towards apartment and small-space gardeners.
Workshop topics will include planning and caring for a garden from the ground up. We'll touch on seed starting, soil health, planting for each season, garden pests, and growing food. We will also have a selection of seeds to choose from and the opportunity to decorate your original seed envelope to hold them until you’re ready to plant! A light plant-based lunch will also be provided.
Threads of Joy: Quilting How-To & Service Project
Monday, March 24, 12 PM - 2 PM
Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion, Cohon University Center, Lower Level 75
Come partake in the shared, intergenerational ritual of sewing led by Christine Milcarek, an emeritus professor from the University of Pittsburgh. Christine will lead us in a discussion of the intersectional history of quilt making, perform a demo, and help us construct our original piece(s) for Pittsburgh’s The Linus Project. The Linus Project works to give hand-made blankets to local children in need.
Mosaic Equity Luncheon: Intersectional Hi(stories) & Lived Knowledge as a Roadmap for Resilience
Thursday April 10, 12 PM - 1:30 PM
Rangos Ballroom 3, Cohon University Center Second Floor
Her/story. His/story. Their/story. History is all about storytelling. This event acknowledges that history favors those who are given the power to recount events and tell the narrative from their perspective. With that in mind, The Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion and SLICE are hosting a student-alumni-staff-faculty mixer that centers the narratives of those with diverse backgrounds.
This mixer focuses on personal storytelling from those with rich lived experiences born out of their unique intersectional identities. Key storytellers will spend time with small groups formed so participants can engage in a more inviting and intimate Q&A session centered on experiential roadmaps to success. We will also feature two tables to engage with: an Archives table with materials on gender and sexuality activism at CMU through the decades and a Community Partners table to share resources and ways to get involved in equity work around Pittsburgh. Lunch will be provided.
Register for the Intersectional Hi(stories) Mosaic Equity Luncheon.
Pittsburgh and Campus Events
Women in Data Science Pittsburgh @CMU: Bringing Together the Region’s Data Science Community
Thursday, March 13 - Friday, March 14
Various Locations, Carnegie Mellon University
We are excited to welcome you to Women in Data Science (WiDS) Pittsburgh @ CMU, returning in March 2025 as a premier gathering for data scientists across the Pittsburgh region. This event brings together students, researchers, industry professionals, and organizations to explore the latest advancements in data science, foster connections, and highlight impactful work happening in our community. WiDS Pittsburgh @ CMU is part of the global WiDS initiative, which originated at Stanford University and has grown to include more than 150 satellite events worldwide.
This event is open to anyone who is interested in data science and its transformative potential. Students and junior professionals are also welcome to share their resumes with WiDS partners and sponsors.
Learn more about Women in Data Science at their website and register to attend the Women in Data Science conference.
When the Lights Come On: Queer Nightlife as Emergent Space
Saturday, March 15, 1 PM
Meet at Morewood Parking Lot
Exhibit Location: Brew House Arts, 711 S. 21st Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Join CMU community members and partnering organizations to visit When the Lights Come On: Queer Nightlife as Emergent Space curated by Hannah Turpin. We will meet at the Morewood Parking Lot at 1:00 p.m. and travel as a group (by car, bike, or van) to Brew House Arts.
Brew House Arts Executive Director Natalie Sweet and Exhibit Curator Hannah Turpin will meet us there to share a little about themselves and the space. The exhibit features local, national, and international artists reflecting on their experiences of queer nightlife.
Chatham Women & Politics Talk with Abby Phillips
Tuesday, March 18, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
(Doors open at 5:30 PM)
Chatham University, 210 Chapel Hill Road, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232
The 2024-2025 Elsie Hillman Chair in Women and Politics is Abby Phillip, Anchor of CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip. The Elsie Hillman Chair in Women and Politics was established by The Hillman Foundation Inc. in 1997 in order to honor Elsie Hillman as a Pittsburgh, PA native and longtime political leader. The Chair serves as an inspiration and role model for the university community and citizens of Pennsylvania. The Chair is a program of the Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics (PCWP). This free and public lecture will be held at Chatham University’s Shadyside campus.
The Center has secured tickets to this event. If you are interested in attending with us, register for the Chatham Women & Politics Talk with Abby Phillips here.
We Were Here: The Untold Story of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe
Friday, March 28, 5 PM - 7 PM
McConomy Auditorium, Cohon University Center
We are pleased to welcome Fred Kudjo Kuwornu, an Italian Afro- descendant filmmaker and activist, to Carnegie Mellon University on Friday, March 28, for a screening of his documentary “We Were Here: The Untold Story of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe.” The screening will be followed by a conversation between Kuwornu and CBESA Director, Dr. Mame-Fatou Niang and Dr. Giuseppina Gemboni, professor in the Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics. This event is free and open to the public.
"We Were Here" uncovers the hidden presence of African and Black individuals in Renaissance Europe, revealing their representation in masterpieces by iconic artists of the time. How did they come to Europe? Why were they portrayed? Were they all servants and slaves? The film challenges the conventional narrative that has long overlooked their significance in the works of these celebrated Renaissance masters, telling the unknown exceptional stories of African-Europeans who were princes, ambassadors, saints, artists, professors, and knights."
Sponsored by the Center for Black European Studies & the Atlantic (CBESA), the Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion, the Humanities Center, the Center for Print, Networks and Performance (CPNP) and the Center for Arts in Society (CAS).