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
Beyond Diversity: Building Racial Justice, Part III (Mitchell Community College faculty & staff only)
Friday, April 1. 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
Mooresville, MCA 217
Viewing of PBS Documentary Race: The Power of an Illusion, Part III
Thursday, April 19, 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Statesville
Outside Professional Development Opportunities
2022 Operationalizing Equity Webinar Series, from Every Learner Everywhere and Achieving the Dream – FREE
The 2022 Operationalizing Equity, Social Justice, and Inclusion to Transform Teaching and Learning Webinar Series will provide a four-pronged approach for advancing inclusive teaching as it relates to issues of equity in institutions of higher education (IHEs) and digital learning. Participants will engage in moderated panel discussions led by diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) experts. The webinars will focus on embedding inclusion, equity, and social justice in course content; the process of operationalizing equity; developing culturally responsive assessments; and creating inclusive environments.
Through this series, participants will develop and enhance their skills to transform institutions through leveraging digital learning tools and operationalizing equity, social justice, and inclusion in teaching and learning. In alignment with Achieving the Dream and Every Learner Everywhere’s vision, these webinars are founded on equity and access to inclusive classroom environments that advance the implementation of teaching and learning practices that address racial and economic inequities through an antiracist lens.
The topics include:
Designing Assessments through a Culturally Responsive Lens
Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 3:00pm – 4:00pm ET
Undisputed Truth For Black Male Achievement, provided by Pitt Community College – FREE
Retention and graduation rates for men of color, particularly those identified as Black males, remain the lowest within higher education. There are numerous, deep-rooted systemic barriers academia must strive to eliminate in order to support the academic and social success of this severely underserved population, especially amid a global pandemic and the ongoing fight for racial justice. All are highly encouraged to participate as these workshops are designed to help faculty and staff better understand their roles in the overall community college experience for Black males and to gain tools to improve their retention and student success strategies.
Please click the links below to register for the individual sessions.
Featuring General I. Barrett, II on April 7 from 1-2:00 PM. Register here.
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
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
