The Blazing Margins Hygiene Kit Packing:
The Blazing Margins is hosting a Hygiene Kit Packing event where we will be packing Hygiene Products to be donated to a Local Homeless shelter.
Collection bins for Hygiene products will be in SCE from Feb 7th - Feb 17th. The packing event will take place on Feb 17th, from 6-7 PM at Taft Hall Room: 304.
Come to the event to get to know members from The Blazing Margins while packing kits that will impact our community!
List of possible donation items:
- Soap
- Shampoo
- Deodorant
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- Tampons and Pads
- Menstrual cups
- Dental floss
- Wipes
- Lotion
Contact Alaa Mohamed (amoham81@uic.edu) for Questions, Comments, Concerns!
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Global Asian Studies Student Advisory Board (GSAB) and The Blazing Margins present: A Night of Civic Love
In the spirit of Valentine's Day, GSAB and The Blazing Margins invite any and all students that are interested in learning about an alternative form of love: civic love. This event will be an informative session in a casual space; various games and uplifting activities are planned that focus on the topic of civic love and h ow individuals can express the gratuity and closeness to their own communities, all on the basis of forming a sense of unity.
The meeting will take place from 6-7pm via Zoom on Wednesday, February 16, 2022.
Those interested in attending should register for the Zoom link via: https://bit.ly/GSABCivicLove
For more information, please send an email to sphara2@uic.edu
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The Blazing Margins Book Club:
This semester The Blazing Margins will be hosting a Book Club!
We will begin by reading passages from The New Jim Crow, a seminal book on the ways in which the justice system in general and prisons in specific uphold white supremacy and anti-Black racism.
If you'd like to have a greater understanding of one of the core issues in social justice today, please join us for this book club! This is a great opportunity to discuss and connect with peers! We plan on this occurring virtually with discussions in the evening.
Please fill this out if you are interested and feel free to reach out with any questions!
https://forms.gle/ZzrZ2QZGqCRcPQZ77
The Blazing Margins also has a rolling application open so if you are interested in getting involved in social justice work feel free to fill it out! It's a fun opportunity to meet new people with the same passion https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7nAC7c2PvY7jq7qGP-Ljh_4gASLIak5wZxy-xBFIugWp8bg/viewform