Internal Events:
Critical Conversations Series
Introducing the Critical Conversations Series - a monthly opportunityyto talk with your colleauges about cultivating more inclusive classrooms
Winter Quarter:
Conversations will be held on the 3rd Friday of the Month (January 18, February 15, & March 15), 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., in the Faculty Commons. Refreshments will be provided
For more information, please contact: Lori Saffin, Instuctional Pluralaism Chair, ext. 2161.
Save The Dates!
Please join the Office of Equity & Pluralism for the following Webinars:
Monday, January 14, 2013:
- Topic: SP/ELLing Out Institutional Barriers To Equity and Diversity with Luis Versalles and Deborah McKnight
- Date: Monday, January 14, 2013
- Time: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
- Location: D126P
- Webinar Host: Nancy Dome
In this interactive conversation we'll explore and hear more about interrogating the role of race and institutional racism in marginalizing groups of students and engage in a process of interrupting these damaging practices. The experience of students with disabilities (special education/"SPED") and English language learners ("ELL") represents both an indicator and an outcome of institutional inequities in many of our school systems across the country. In this interactive conversation, we will explore the role of race and institutional racism in marginalizing SPED and ELL students, and engage in a discussion about how to interrupt these damaging practices.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013:
- Topic: Occupying the Academy: Just How Important is Diversity Work in Higher Education?
- Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013
- Time: 12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
- Location: D126P
- Webinar Host: National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE)
This webinar will review the work in the recently published Occupying the Academy: Just How Important is Diversity Work in Higher Education? This work is organized as an edited volume of Critical Race Theory-informed institutional case studies written by U.S.-based public higher education "equity/diversity workers" at Chief Diversity Officer, Mid-Level Administrator, Faculty, and other institutional levels, working across student, academic, administrative, and other institutional locations. The cases attest that equity/diversity workers have learned to negotiate, survive, and even thrive in their work against great odds, but that they have done these three things in greatly varied measure, and that the weight of most equity/diversity work still remains survival in nature because equity/diversity workers are largely relegated to some form of "occupier status" in academia. Accordingly, the chapters in this volume take up the call to proactively, not passively, "occupy the academy" in the ultimate quest to weave equity/diversity work into the fabric of higher education. In doing so, these chapters recharge the efforts of equity/diversity workers, and re-affirm equity/diversity work. This webinar will particularly benefit equity/diversity workers (and related constituents/stakeholders) who have experienced challenges in their work and/or are concerned about their local or the national climate for diversity work in especially public higher education. The key objective of this webinar is to identify efficacious strategies for responding to common challenges faced by higher education equity/diversity workers that are supported by the kinds of empirical evidence purported to drive the academy
Monday, February 25, 2013:
- Topic: Examining Whiteness Without Judgment, Fear or Shame with Maureen Benson
- Date: Monday, February 25, 2013
- Time: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
- Location: D126P
How can examining whiteness help to interrupt systemic racism? PEG staff member Maureen Benson, a white female educator and former high school principal, will address these questions and more in this dynamic, interactive conversation.
Monday, March 25, 2013:
- Topic: Systemic Racism, A View From the Inside: Developing District and School Plans Through The Lens of Equity with David Davison
- Date: Monday, March 25, 2013
- Time: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
- Location: D126P
Monday, April 29, 2013:
- Topic: So Many Feelings, So Little Time…What To Do? Navigating the Feeling of the Compass with Leidene King
- Date: April 29, 2013
- Time: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
- Location: D126P
Monday, May 13, 2013:
- Topic: Getting Inside More Courageous Conversations About Race With Glenn Singleton
- Date: May 13, 2013
- Time: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
- Location: D126P
Monday, May 20, 2013:
- Topic: Culturally Relevant Learning Environments with Marlecia Autrey
- Date: Monday, May 20, 2013
- Time: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
- Location: D126P
Past Events:
Our past events page contains information on events previously held at the college.
External Events:
Seattle LGBT Commission celebrates New Year Pride & Joy
The Seattle Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Commission will host a free evening event to celebrate the Commission’s 2012 accomplishments and discuss its goals in 2013 on Wednesday, January 16, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Northwest African American Museum, 2300 S. Massachusetts Street in Seattle.
“A Year of Pride and Joy” is an opportunity for LGBTQ community members and the general public to meet Commissioners, City officials, and community leaders. The event is free and open to the public. Brief remarks will begin at 7:30 p.m.; snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided.
The event will celebrate the Seattle LGBT Commission’s 2012 accomplishments:
- Creation and distribution of the “Total Bull” youth anti-bullying resource card throughout Seattle Public Schools;
- A successful Hate Crimes Forum that brought together the community and Seattle Police Department, State and County attorneys to address community concerns;
- Advocacy for marriage equality, gender identity inclusive homeless shelters and an LGBTQ community center.
“A Year of Pride and Joy” is also an opportunity for community members to provide input on the LGBT Commission’s 2013 work plan. Based on issues identified in the 2011Seattle Snapshot survey, the Commission’s current work plan includes actions to:
- Address youth homelessness;
- Strengthen hate crime prevention and education;
- Increase understanding between Seattle’s LGBTQ community and the Seattle Police Department;
- Advocate for an economic empowerment initiative for Seattle’s transgender community;
- Promote the creation of an LGBTQ community center as part of the Capitol Hill light rail station.
The Seattle Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Commission advises the Mayor, City Council and City departments about LGBT issues, recommends policies and legislation, brings the LGBTQ communities and the larger Seattle community together through long-range projects, and ensures that City departments fairly and equitably address LGBTQ concerns as individuals and as a protected class. Click here for more information about the LGBT Commission.
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Elliott Bronstein, Public Information Coordinator
Seattle Office for Civil Rights
206-684-4507
TTY 206-684-4503
elliott.bronstein@seattle.gov
www.seattle.gov/civilrights
Fax 206-684-0332
Central Building, 810 3rd Ave., Suite 750
Seattle WA 98104-1627
This page was last revised on January 4, 2013