Community Calendar

This community calendar is provided as a place for community members, businesses, and organizations to submit their diversity-related events. Event information is accurate to the best of our knowledge. However, changes can occur. We strongly encourage you to confirm details directly with the event host, or venue, before you travel to any event promoted on our Community Calendar.

Complete this form to submit your event. We will review your event, usually within 2-3 business days, and will decide whether it fits adequately with our mission. We encourage you to include information about disability accommodation on all your event announcements.

Repeating Events

First Thursdays 1pm—3pm
In the Pride Center with Pastor Kathryn, LuMin
Card Making, Beaded Identity Bracelets, Mandalas, Rock Painting and more.
Drop in, chat, and find support in both queer and spiritual identities!

Second Wednesdays 12pm—2pm
In the Pride Center with Planned Parenthood
Stop by for support, resources, and good conversations!!

  • La Crosse Area Chamber Golf Outing

    Join more than 225 business leaders from the La Crosse Area for a day of golf at the La Crosse Area Chamber’s annual golf outing on Monday, August 26 at the scenic La Crosse Country Club! You’ll have the opportunity to golf one of the region’s premier courses while strengthening business relationships and having fun. […]

  • Awareness Through Performance (ATP)

    Awareness Through Performance (ATP) is a student-led social justice performance art troupe. The mission of ATP is to promote greater consciousness around social justice, diversity, and climate issues. Using the stage as their forum, the students creatively challenge systems of privilege and oppression and strive to plant seeds of social responsibility, inspire critical thought, and […]

  • Business Breakfast Forum: From Handshake to #Hashtags

    Workforce Connections, Inc. welcomes Keynote Speaker – Scott Zimmer to speak about the ever changing workforce and how to get generations to successfully connect in the workplace. Leading up to the main speaker the 4th Annual Breakfast Forum will have a panel discussion made up of industry professionals discussing how to “Embrace the Changing Workforce”.nSponsorship options are available for more […]

  • The Invisible Man: Living Transgender with Unseen Disability

    Lunch and Learn SessionnNate Cannon, BA, MFA, is a nationally recognized speaker and author. He trains in the areas of diversity and inclusion, as well as crisis intervention, presenting regularly to consumers and professionals about his experiences being a transgender man living with both mental illness and an unseen physical disability. He has over ten […]

  • WPELRA Presents: Diversity & Inclusion – Gray Area Thinking

    We’ve all heard the phrase, “diversity and inclusion”, but what does it actually mean to make a workplace or organization or even our personal lives more diverse and inclusive? How can we get beyond grouping and labeling of other humans according to the color of their skin, the religion they practice, or the country in […]

  • SSP Locally-Grown Scholarship Breakfast

    The Breakfast recognizes the accomplishments of student-parents who attend area colleges. The featured speaker is Kemesha Harper, Parenting Consultant at the Parenting Place and a recent graduate of Western Technical College. The Breakfast is free and RSVP is required. Child-friendly space.

  • Creating a Healthier Multicultural Community Public Interactive Presentations

    In conjunction with the 2020 Waking Up White Regional Community Learning Collaborative, you are invited to:nCreating a Healthier Multicultural Community Public Interactive PresentationsnSaturday, Oct. 19, 2019 from 10:00am-12:00pm:Unconscious Bias: Can we see our own blind spots?nSaturday, Nov. 16, 2019 from 10:00am-12:00pm: How Did We Get Here? The Hidden Impacts of Racial Disparities on the Well-being […]

  • Sibshop

    Chileda in partnership with DSAW is excited to present Sibshops! A Sibshop is an opportunity for brothers and sisters (age 7-12) of kids with special needs to come together and receive support from each other. Through activities, games and discussion, the youth receive support from their peers who may be experiencing similar feelings of having […]

  • World Arts through K/Cultural Engagement (WAKE)

    The WAKE event 2019 consists of five distinct Asian cultural workshops led by Asian cultural experts representing Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Russian cultural backgrounds. The event is free and everyone is invited and welcome! K-12 students are encouraged to bring their writing piece and/or story projects to the event and share with the community. nTickets: […]

  • Global Friendships, A Global Initiatives Week Event

    Discover the world! Experience world cultures through dance, crafts, games, language and traditional attire with students from UW-L’s Office of International Education and Engagement. Kids can pick up a “passport” and have it stamped at each station! Join us for a special edition of family storytime. In celebration of Global Initiatives Week, we will be […]

  • Deepavali – Festival of Lights

    Cultural Heritage Association of India (CHAI) cordially invites you to celebrate Deepavali (Festival of Lights) on Sunday November 10th 2019. Authentic Indian food with vegetarian and non-vegetarian options and sweets (desserts) will be served. nVENUE: Onalaska Omni Center, 255 Riders Club Rd, Onalaska, WI 54650nDATE & TIME: November 10th (Sunday) 5:00 pm – 8:00 pmnDRESS […]

  • Chinese Culture and Cuisine: a Global Initiatives Week Event

    Enjoy authentic samples of Chinese cuisine made by Viterbo Chinese students while watching “Flavorful Origins,” an intriguing Netflix film on Chinese culinary traditions. All are welcome! Hosted by United Nations of Viterbo student organization.

Event Notice

UW-L Celebrates: Black History Month

Venue UWL – Student Union 521 East Avenue N La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601 Event Details Couch Conversations is a storytelling and dialogue series that brings campus and community voices together for honest, insightful conversations about identity, leadership, and belonging. Each event invites a special guest to join us on the couch for a candid discussion, […]

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Multi­cultural Resource Guide

This guide lists established and emerging resources that reflect and celebrate cultural diversity in our area.

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