DEIS Impact 2025
DEIS Impact is Brandeis University’s festival of social justice. This multi-day program empowers students, academic departments, clubs, faculty, staff, and organizations to dive deeper into themes and values of social justice. Our motto
"Find Your A" encourages participants to connect to these themes and values on a personal level.
DEIS Impact is hosted by the Division of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DDEIB) and made possible by a generous grant from the Louis D. Brandeis Legacy Fund for Social Justice.
Our Keynote Speaker: The Rev. Dr. William Joseph Barber II
“William Barber is the closest person we have to Martin Luther King, Jr. in our midst."
— Dr. Cornel West
Read The Rev. Dr. William Joseph Barber II's full biography.
Schedule at a Glance
View a detailed schedule of each day's programming.
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Day 1 at a Glance
- 3pm - Welcome & Opening Remarks - Sherman Function Hall, Hassenfeld Conference Center
- 5:00pm - Documentary Screening: Shared Legacies - Sherman Function Hall, Hassenfeld Conference Center
- 6:45pm - Keynote: The Rev. Dr. William Joseph Barber II - Sherman Function Hall, Hassenfeld Conference Center
- 7:30pm - Q&A with The Rev. Dr. William Joseph Barber II - Sherman Function Hall, Hassenfeld Conference Center
Day 2 at a Glance
- 3pm-3:45pm - Workshops Group 1 - Hassenfeld Conference Center
- 4pm-4:45pm - Workshops Group 2 - Hassenfeld Conference Center
- 5pm-5:45pm - Workshops Group 3 - Hassenfeld Conference Center
- 6pm-6:45pm - Workshops Group 4 - Hassenfeld Conference Center
- 7pm-8pm - Alumni Social Justice Panel - Sherman Function Hall, Hassenfeld Conference Center
From our Campus Partners
COMPACT <> BEJI Collaboration - Rap and Redemption on Death Row: Seeking Justice and Finding Purpose Behind Bars - A Conversation with Alim Braxton and Mark Katz
- 3pm - Lyric Workshop with Muslim Chaplin, Harun Spevack - Rapaporte Treasure Hall
- 4pm-5:30pm - Keynote with Mark Katz and Alim Braxton - Rapaporte Treasure Hall
Day 3 at a Glance
From our Campus Partners
- 12pm - 2pm - Lurias, Hassenfeld Conference Center - Brandeis Congress: Student-led Policymaking 101
- The Brandeis Congress is a workshop designed to empower Brandeis students by introducing them to grassroots legislation and policymaking. Recognizing the gap in accessible policymaking education for students, this initiative addresses a critical need for democratic engagement on campus and in the broader community. The Brandeis Congress strives to enhance democratic participation in student governance and promote a student-led culture of participatory democracy. This program not only prepares students for active roles within Brandeis but also seeks to inspire sustained community involvement beyond Brandeis—shaping informed, engaged, and critical citizens.
- 1pm - Rose Art Museum -Join us at the Rose Art Museum for a tour highlighting works in Leonora Carrington: Dream Weaver and Hugh Hayden: Home Work which touch on themes of allyship, advocacy, activism, and action. Each exhibition engages with the Surrealist concept of the "uncanny" - how can we look at an off-kilter or broken world, and work together to make something perhaps unfamiliar, but new and hopeful? Learn more about the current exhibitions.
