2025 Programs and Events

Spring 2025

January

CDI Book Club
Neurodivergent and Neurodiverse Student Mixer
Beyond the Plate featuring Tango Argentinian Food

February

Day Trip to Memphis – National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel
Taste of the African Diaspora with the Black Graduate Student Association
CDI Book Club Presents a Reading and Q&A with poet Danez Smith
Fierce Legacies Dance as Resistance Part One – Voguing and Whacking Workshop
Fierce Legacies Part Two – Paris is Burning Film Screening and Discussion
Black Student Athlete Panel
Blackout Double Header Basketball Games
Black History Month Food Truck Festival Block Party
CCxN and Kemper Art Museum Exhibit Collaboration

March

International Women’s Day Poetry Workshop
“Behind the Scenes: Narratives, Archives, and Notes on Black Fashioning” Lunch and Learn with Dr. Rikki Byrd
Beyond the Plate featuring Flavor 360
CDI Book Club
An Evening with Giiwedin in collaboration with Spectrum

April

APIDA Heritage Month Food Truck Festival with Asian Multicultural Council
APIDA Student Athlete Panel w/ WashU Athletics 
Botanical Bingo at the Missouri Botanical Gardens
CDI Book Club featuring “Fairest” by Meredith Talusan
Cross-Cultural Trivia Night
CDI Book Club

Fall 2025

September

Cross-Cultural Line Dance Night
Noche de Cultura
Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival in Soulard

October

October CDI Book Club
Beyond the Plate featuring Havana’s Cuisine
Latiné Heritage Games in Partnership with Athletics
Fiesta on the Forty with CS40
Craft Series: Swan Meadow Risography Workshop with Spectrum
Dutchtown Walking Tour with the Missouri History Museum
Identities Abroad Panel with Overseas Programs
Dia de los Muertos and Sugar Skull Decorating

November 

Pizza and a Podcast
Thanksgiving: Giving Thanks Through Many Voices
November CDI Book Club
Cahokia Mounds Trip
Beyond the Plate featuring Gourmet Soul
City-wide Bus Tour with the Missouri History Museum

December

December CDI Book Club
Fidget Fair
Bachata Dance Lesson