Intent vs. Impact: Improving Inclusive Interactions will open at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the University Memorial Center's Glenn Miller Ballroom with remarks by Alphonse Keasley, associate vice chancellor in the Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement, CU President Bruce Benson, Boulder City Manager Jane Brautigam and Chancellor Philip DiStefano. Featured will be speaker Beverly Daniel Tatum, the author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Events will continue in the UMC (in various locations) through Nov. 14 in what are sure to be engaging and powerful discussions at the CU system Diversity and Inclusion Summit.
Some of the sessions
- Do We Need Conservative Voices?
- Committed to Hiring Faculty More Inclusively?
- Rush Hour: (Race)ing Across CU
- Emotional Wellness and Generation Z
- Unpacking Gender-Provoked Safety Issues
- Own It: A Conversation about Women in the Workplace
- CU Leadership Unplugged
- La Competencia Intercultural
- Building a Healthy Religiously Diverse Democracy
- CU's New Personal Identity Values: Definitions, Uses, Access & Security
There will also be open town halls, allowing campus members to give feedback on the campus diversity plan, from 2 to 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13, and from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14. To cap off the summit, CUSG will host a free screening of Hidden Figures in the CASE Auditorium from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
