Envisioning an Equitable Future: UIS and Beyond

This event is called "Envisioning an Equitable Future: UIS and Beyond" and will run from 9 am-3 pm on Friday, April 26 in the Lincoln Residence Hall (LRH) Great Room. Full-day attendance is welcome but not required. Morning and afternoon coffee/tea will be provided as well as lunch for registered attendees. All members of the UIS community (students, staff, faculty, and administrators) are encouraged to attend this campus-wide conference centering our collective efforts toward an equitable future.

Register on UIS Connection for the Envisioning Equitable Futures: UIS and Beyond Conference.

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9:00 - 9:15 - Coffee and Welcome

9:15 - 10:45 - Where are we now? - State of DEIJ Flash Presentations from across our campus communities

10:45 -11:00 – Break

11:00 - noon - Where do we want to be? - A Vision-building session Mapping DEIJ On-Campus

Noon -1pm - Lunch break (pizza provided!)

1:00 - 2:45pm - How do we get there? Word Cloud Toward a Report on Community-based Ideas for fostering DEIJ On-campus

Planned by members of Inclusive Community Book Club, including Akash Belsare, Kyle Blount, Brooke Depenbusch, Jessica Flynn, Elise Lobue, Layne Morsch, Kristin Nisbet-White, and Livia Arndal Woods