EIC Events
All in-person College events are cancelled until further notice. For more information about how the College is prioritizing the health and safety of students and employees, please visit the COVID-19 Information page.
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.
Upcoming Events
Intersectionality Training (Mitchell Community College faculty & staff only)
Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 11 AM-12 PM. Click here to register.
Safe Zone Training 101 (Mitchell Community College faculty & staff only)
Monday, May 24, 2021, 10 AM-12 PM. Click here to register.
Outside Professional Development Opportunities
Thursday, May 13-Friday, May 14, 9:00 AM-12:15 PM
21-Day Equity Habit Building Challenge:, Focus on Women and the LGBTQ+ Community, June 7-July 6, 2021
Sponsored by TIAA, Segal, Fidelity Investments, PageUp, PeopleAdmin
"You are invited to be part of our next CUPA-HR 21-Day Equity Habit Building Challenge for higher education leaders. The concept of the 21-day challenge was introduced several years ago by diversity expert Eddie Moore, Jr. to create greater understanding of the intersections of race, power, privilege, supremacy, oppression and equity."
Past Events & 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
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
