Diversity Forum 2014

This years 2014 Fall Diversity Forum, Pulse 2014: Diversity's Evolving Paradigm & Practical Approaches is fast approaching!

When: Monday, Nov. 10 9:00am - 4pm (registration beginning at 8:30)
            AND Tuesday, Nov. 11 9:00am-4pm
Where: Monday: Memorial Union Theater's Shannon Hall
             Tuesday: The Pyle Center (702 Langdon St)
                             after lunch--Wisconsin State Historical Society Auditorium
*Plan to come to either day, or whatever part of the event your schedule will allow. A continental style breakfast and lunch will be provided both days. 

Register HERE.

This year’s two-day conference for educators, students and community leaders across Wisconsin will feature keynote speakers and national thought-leaders Rebecca Ryan, entrepreneur, author, founder and co-owner of Next Generation Consulting, and Peter Aranda, Executive Director and CEO of The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, a non-profit alliance that includes some of the country’s best business schools, major corporations and sought-after MBA candidates.  We’ll also have another informative session on UW-Madison’s role in national and local history with our Faculty Panel from the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.

On our second day is a day of don'’t-miss breakout sessions and workshops on top diversity topics and our own campus-wide diversity efforts.  After lunch, we’ll move across the street to the Wisconsin State Historical Society Auditorium, where we’ll celebrate Veteran’s Day with a closing keynote from Major General Marcia Anderson, the highest ranking African-American woman in the U.S Army Reserves. 
Discussion topics will range broadly from a town hall on Race, Community and Law Enforcement, and the concept of a post-racial America to issues impacting women and Wisconsin Public Television’s Wounded Warriors documentary on Native American veterans.  We also will review and discuss implementation plans for Forward Together: A Diversity Framework for UW-Madison.

A sampling of our concurrent sessions includes:
• -Disability as Part of Diversity: Current Trends and Future Actions
•-Queer @ UW: Negotiating the evolving concepts of LGBT identity
• -Aprende=Aprecia=Acepta: A path to creating a culture that finds value in diversity
• -Leveling the playing field for women on UW-Madison’s campus
• -Delta's Academic Excellence Initiative: Addressing the Classroom Achievement/Equity Gap
• -The Business Case for Diversity
• -16 Years of Learning Together: An Exploration and Celebration of Learning Communities For Institutional Change and Excellence (LCICE)
• - Crossroads Queer Students of Color Panel

For more information visit: diversity.wisc.edu

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