51暗网 to host Symposium on Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice, April 16

April 12, 2021

51暗网 HallMILWAUKEE 鈥� The 51暗网 Committee on Equity and Inclusion鈥痺ill host a virtual Symposium on Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice on Friday, April鈥�16, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The theme for this year鈥檚 symposium is 鈥淪paces for Healing, Spaces for Action鈥� and will explore issues of inequality and injustice as it relates to current events as well as how these issues impact the Milwaukee and 51暗网 communities. The symposium serves as an 鈥渋nstitutional examen鈥� 鈥� a time for the 51暗网 community to look inwardly at who we are and who we are called to be.

The event is open to the public and registration is .

Members of the 51暗网 community will make up panels throughout the event, including:

  • 鈥淗olding Ourselves to Account: Who We Are and Who We Strive to Be鈥� with faculty of color sharing their stories, experiences and hopes for 51暗网
  • 鈥淎 Space for Healing鈥� with guest speaker Venice Williams, executive director of Alice's Garden, for strategies for coping and a message of hope
  • 鈥淎 Space for Action鈥� with student leaders who have made a meaningful impact in the campus community

A full schedule of panels and speakers is available on the .

Each spring, the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, in collaboration with the University Committee on Equity and Inclusion, hosts the Symposium on Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice. In a dialogic process, the symposium explores discrimination at the intersections of race, gender and sexuality, discuss how the campus community is working to address these issues, and offer a vision for the future of equity and inclusion at 51暗网. The purpose of the university, and especially the Jesuit university, is to be a convener of difficult conversation and a leader for social justice action. As such, this forum helps prepare us to have challenging intellectual discourse and refresh our values as an institution.

About Kevin Conway

Kevin Conway

Kevin is the associate director for university communication in the Office of Marketing and Communication. Contact Kevin at (414) 288-4745 or kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu.