EIC Events
Diversity Awareness Calendar - A list of the widely recognized awareness months and day(s) for a specific group, culture or cause intended to help raise awareness, promote understanding, and celebrate achievements.
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Upcoming Events & Professional Development
The Equity and Inclusion Council invites you to participate in the following events. These events are open to all faculty and staff. Lunch will be provided at these events please sign up by June 7th in order for the lunch orders to be placed.
Beyond Diversity: Building Racial Justice Parts I-III
Topics include: Differing Identities, Empathy, Equity, Race, Why talk about race?, the Heat Index as it relates to racial literacy, privilege, Code Switching, Racial Justice, Racism, Bias, the Racial Wealth Gap, Proximity and the Racial Empathy Gap, Racial Inequity Data, Psychological Safety and Inclusion, and Racial Battle Fatigue.
Outcomes: Participants who attend these sessions will be able to:• Examine differing realities and lived experiences outside of their own. • Become comfortable with being uncomfortable in courageous conversations. • Consider racial inequities with empathy through a lens of equity. • Communicate an extended understanding of race and racial justice. • Extend their knowledge of barriers related to racial inequities that affect our student success and belonging.
Beyond Diversity: Building Racial Justice Part I
Date: Tuesday, June 14
Time: 10:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Location: Rotary Auditorium
Please register at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084eabac23a7f85-beyond4
Beyond Diversity: Building Racial Justice Part II
Date: Wednesday, June 15
Time: 10:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Location: Rotary Auditorium
Please register at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084eabac23a7f85-beyond5
Beyond Diversity: Building Racial Justice Part III
Date: Thursday, June 16
Time: 10:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Location: Rotary Auditorium
Please register at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084eabac23a7f85-beyond6
Outside Professional Development Opportunities
Past Events & Development
2022
January
- Virtual MLK Jr. Celebration, featuring guest speaker Dr. Pamela Senegal, President of Piedmont Community College.
February
- Black History Month display, Huskins Library
- Race: The Power of Illusion screenings
March
- Beyond Diversity Professional Development Series
May
-
Course Inclusivity Professional Development
2021
January
February
- Black History Month Workshop - Hannah Scott, Dr. Beverly Brown, presenters
- Women's History Month Discussion
April
- Passion versus Paycheck Webinar - Man2Man - Dr. Dale Rader, presenter; George Clark, facilitator
- The Importance of Networking Webinar - Man2Man - Gregory Cain, presenter
- From Maleness to Manhood Webinar - Man2Man - Skip McCall, presenter
- Holistic Advising: Aligning Students' Academic and Life Goals Workshop
May
- Intersectionality Training
- Safe Zone Training 101
2020
January
- Striving towards Cultural Competency through Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- MLK Jr. Celebration
February
- Toni Morrison Speaker Series
- Cultural Competency faculty & staff discussion group
- The Colorful Collage: A Celebration of African-American Literature and Music
March
- Let’s Talk: Microaggressions & Unconscious Bias faculty & staff roundtable
August
2019
March
- Doris Betts Literary Festival featuring North Carolina Poet Laureate Jackie Shelton Green
- Inclusive Advising professional development
May
- Safe Zone Project
- Women in Higher Education Conference at NC A&T
August
- Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) Panel Discussion
- Campus-Wide Read, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Cultural Competency presentation to Student Ambassadors
September
- NCCCS Equity Report emailed and reviewed by campus (Review of gender and race/ethnicity)
- Community Resource Fair- Main Campus Circle
October
- NCCCS Conference presentation, "Developing Diversity that Is Embedded into the Fabric of the College
- "Let’s Talk" Mentoring & Diversity & Inclusion faculty & staff roundtable
- EIC representatives attend “Deficit Minded to Equity Minded,” a NCCCS Equity Session, to better support underserved students
2018
- Unconscious Bias professional development
- EIC representatives attend Black Minds Matter webinar series
- Courageous Conversations, Communicating with the LGBTQ Community, facilitated by student SAFE Club members
January
- Equality or Equity? professional development
- Inclusion professional development
- MLK Jr. Celebration
February
- African American Literature Reading
March
- Inclusive Advising professional development
- Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Survey
- Equity, Part II professional development
- Unconscious Bias professional development
- Law Enforcement Open Forum
May
- I Am Not Your Negro film screening and Lunch & Learn
August
- Diversity, equity and inclusion slides/video included in new student orientation and new faculty/staff orientation
LGBTQIA+ workshop- SAFE Zone
Equity and Inclusion presentation with Student Government Association
2017
- Bimonthly educational e-mail "blasts" sent by EIC
January
- MLK Jr. Celebration
August
- Campus-Wide Read, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, followed by book club discussions
October
- Safe Zone workshop, facilitated by Kayla Lisenby
