Ram Inclusion Week

Every winter at Suffolk brings a week of celebration and dialogue about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
 
Care reading "Ram Inclusion Week means that everybody has a voice and it is VALUED as a unique contribution."
During Ram Inclusion Week, everyone belongs and every voice is valued.

Ram Inclusion Week Schedule

January 20-23, 2026

This year's theme: “Telling Our Stories, Building Our Future”

This year’s Ram Inclusion Week centers the power of storytelling as both reflection and action. By sharing our diverse journeys, we not only foster empathy and celebrate belonging in the present, but also shape a more inclusive and equitable future together. This theme underscores storytelling as a bridge between who we are, where we’ve been, and the community we aspire to build.

These events are sponsored by the Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion and the Division of Student Success, together with the Office of Diversity, Access & Inclusion, Suffolk in the Hub, and the Center for Restorative Justice.

Stock photo of a person holding a large red cutout of a heart in front of their face.Tenth Annual National Day of Racial Healing

10 - 11 a.m.
73 Tremont
Conference Room 1102

An opportunity to come together and reflect on how we can create a blueprint for how to heal from the effects of racism and build common ground for a more just and equitable world.
Register for National Day of Racial Healing

Suffolk Spirit Day!

Celebrate our shared identity as Rams by wearing your Suffolk gear—and receive a 20% discount at the University bookstore.

Restorative Justice Workshop

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Sargent Hall
Smith Commons, 5th Floor

Come learn about the principles of restorative justice; how it works for individuals, communities and organizations; and its connections to storytelling.
Register for Restorative Justice Workshop

Stock photo of a book open on a table surrounded by multiple stacked booksBook Swap

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Saywer Building
Stoll Room, 4th floor

Looking for a good book? This is the place to be. Hosted by the Long Story Short Book Club (Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion), this book swap will feature a variety of genres, both fiction and nonfiction, and plenty of informed recommendations.

Jennifer Blakely, assistant director of Sawyer Library, and Maria Junco, associate director of the Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion, have also put together a list of favorite stories for your reading pleasure:

  • A Snake Falls to Earth
  • The Bastard of Istanbul
  • The Island of Missing Trees
  • The Magic Fish
  • The Silence Between Us
  • Black on Both Sides
  • It’s Not About the Burqa
  • Little Fires Everywhere
  • Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
  • Bad Feminist
  • Decolonial Feminism
  • Hood Feminism: Notes From Women That a Movement Forgot
  • Reclaiming Our Space
  • The Best We Could Do
  • Children of War
  • Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
  • The Ungrateful Refugee
  • Anger Is a Gift
  • Emerging Lesbian
  • Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation
  • If You Knew Then What I Know Now

Portrait of Kim JaneyAnnual MLK Creating the Dream Awards Ceremony

12 - 2 p.m.
Sargent Hall
Keches Room, 1st Floor

This annual event honors students, faculty, and staff who have positively impacted BIPOC communities on campus. This year’s recipients are Jenkyn Attafah, Class of 2026; law student Jewel Crouch; Cherina Wright, assistant vice president for student affairs; student organizations the National Association of Black Accountants and Progress to Success; and Suffolk CARES. The keynote speaker is Kim Janey, who made history in 2021 when she was sworn in as Boston’s first woman and first Black mayor.
Register to attend

Suffolk Student Imani Chanka‘Let’s Go Clubbing’

5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Live Podcast
Sargent Hall
Keches Room, 1st Floor

Senior Imani Chanka, culture & community director for Suffolk in the Hub, hosts a roundtable discussion with Suffolk affinity club leaders.

"Suffolk University's Ram Inclusion Week"What’s Your Story? A Moth-Style Live Storytelling Zoom event

11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

This year’s theme, “Telling Our Stories, Building Our Future,” celebrates the small moments that shape who we are—moments of identity, inclusion, challenge, and change. Each storyteller will share a five-minute, real-life “micro-story” that offers a glimpse into the world as it was, the spark that shifted it, and the transformation that followed. For more information, contact Joyya Smith or Anita Sen.
Join us via Zoom