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May 26, 2023
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VOL. 56 NO. 35
Three young Chicago filmmakers set off for Cannes Film Festival
Kristin Claes Mathews | May 26,2023
Isis Gullette, Unique Moore and Christal Westmoreland met during the Become a Filmmaker program, a six-week summer intensive in DePaul University's School of Cinematic Arts that is tailored for Chicago Housing Authority residents. Together, the trio recently completed the program's first narrative short film, "I Am Not Your Token."
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Freedom fighter Aspasia LeCompte honored in renaming ceremony
Jessica Peterson and Kristin Claes Mathews | May 26, 2023
Aspasia LeCompte and her family were held in bondage by Vincentian priests in Missouri in the early 19th century. Through determination, solidarity and use of the courts, LeCompte and five of her family members obtained their freedom. On May 18, DePaul University gathered for the renaming of two campus spaces in LeCompte’s honor.
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Elizabeth Ortiz, vice president of the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity, to retire
Jessica Peterson | May 26, 2023
Elizabeth Ortiz will retire from DePaul on June 30 after serving as a senior executive of institutional diversity and equity for moe than 20 years. Ortiz joined DePaul in 2002 and became the inaugural vice president of the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity in 2006. During her tenure, she has dedicated herself to promoting diversity and inclusion and building institutional capacity to address structural racism at DePaul.
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