The Community Diversity group holds a Community Diversity Conference with the help of our members, partners, and sponsors annually. Details for our next conference have not yet been released, so keep checking back for when we announce it.
SOME OF LAST YEAR’S TOPICS
Doing the Work: Understanding and Integrating DEI into Your Personal Leadership Practice
Michael Wade Smith, Senior Vice President/Chief of Staff, Office of President, The Pennsylvania State University
Racial Equity Advisory Commission [REAC]
Judge Donald M. Hahn, Magisterial District Court 49-1-01
Get a Seat at the Table: Why and How to be a Part of Local Government
Betsy Whitman, Township Supervisor, Patton Township
Building Toward Belonging: Developing a DEIB Community of Practice for Municipal Leaders
Lori McGarry & Virginia Squier, Co-Coordinators, Centre Region Anti-Bias Coalition
Panel on Restorative Justice in Centre County
Don Hahn, District Judge; Elizabeth Siegelman, Program Coordinator for Community Conferencing; Irvin Moore, Community Liaison for Restorative Justice Initiative at Penn State University
Building an Equitable Future Through Housing
Morgan Wasikonis, Executive Director, Housing Transitions/The HOME Foundation & Colleen Ritter, Executive Director, State College Community Land Trust
Panel on Black Maternal Mortality
Dr. Carline Crevecoer, MD. FACOG; Dr. Abike James, MD, MPH; SeriaShia Chatters, PhD
Understanding Transgender and Gender Diverse Identities - Support and Advocacy
Sonya Wilmoth, Director, Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, Penn State University
Work Culture: Practices in Development Inclusive Culture
Katie Marshall, Senior DEIB Specialist, Office of Inclusion, Equity & Diversity, Outreach & Online Education, Penn State University; Baron Rogers, Penn State Psychologist, Coordinator of Black and African American Student Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, Penn State University
BUILD [Broadening Understanding and Inclusion through Learning and Dialogue] @ Penn State - Lessons Learned from this Multi-Year, University-Wide, Voluntary Learning Initiative
Nalini Krishnankutty, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Program Manager, Human Resources Office, Penn State University
The Business Case for Diversity in a Time of Opposition
Jamie Campbell, Associate Dean, Penn State Smeal College of Business
State College’s National Day of Racial Healing
Sophie Penney; Naana Nti, Vice Chair, Community Diversity Group and Diversity & Inclusion Chair, AAUW State College; Sandra del Pilar, Communications Manager, Office of the Bursar, Penn State University
“THE QUESTIONS WE KEEP ASKING:” What leads to harm and what leads to healing when discussing race during times of division?
Terry Watson, Founder, Strategies for Justice, BWMP LLC
Reimagining Discomfort
Leslie Laing, Director Adult Learner Programs and Founder of Spheres of Influence; Marvin Worthy, President and CEO of Worthy Consulting & Training
Allyship and Advocacy for the LGBTQ+ Community
Kate Rawson, Assistant Director, Penn State Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
Real Work in the Real World
Dale Verchick, PABSS [Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security] Coordinator; Jeneé Oliver, Staff Attorney
Possibilities of Privilege
Jason Browne, Keynote Speaker, Author, Social Media Consultant
PanAPIDA Circle: Creating Community in Centre County
Nalini Krishnankutty, PhD: Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Program Manager, Penn State Human Resources, The Pennsylvania State University
