![]() ![]() The Global Engagement Office, which serves underrepresented minority, low-income,Īnd Pell-Grant eligible students in study abroad the engagement of undergraduate ![]() Intentional actions are the following: the launch of the Golden Rams Initiative, through colleges and universities thatĭemonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion, and that weave theĮssential principals into the everyday work being done on some campuses.Īmong WCU’s many innovative projects that celebrate diversity and inclusion through The HEED Award is a prestigious honor recognizing U.S. The 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. Nationally recognized for its continuing efforts. West Chester University stands aligned in its fight for equality for all and has been Ph.D., feminist sociologist of gender and Resident Director of Allegheny Hall, Justin WCU Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies Lisa C. Also joining in the coordinatingĪnd moderating of the September 26 event are WCU’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Project that continues to prompt very honest discussions about race following theįive years later, Foeman and Croft have found an immediate need to link arms onceĪgain and launch Courageous Conversations, part two. Ph.D., the lead researcher of the DNA Discussion Project, a nationally renowned campus-wide Croft, Sr., and WCU Professor of Communication Studies Anita Foeman, It is the right thing to do.”Ĭourageous Conversations was a public discussion originally coordinated in ChesterĬounty in 2015 by Lisa Croft, M.D., family physician and wife of St. The time is more than rightįor us to foster meaningful conversations about guaranteeing, protecting, and practicingĬivil rights. Problem solving to address systemic racism and inequities. ![]() It is a movement that requires engagement in critical thinking and “Our nation has reached its tipping point and an exhausted generation has evoked aĬall to action,” said WCU President Chris Fiorentino, Ph.D. Have learned, and develop action steps that each will “own” to activate social change.Ī second conversation is expected to be coordinated following the 2020 presidential Of the group discussions, participants will rejoin the larger group, share what they ![]() Will be asked to engage openly and honestly with each another. As each group reflects on material assigned at the time of registration, participants Paul’s Baptist Church inĭuring the discussion, participants will be divided into one of five groups led byĪ moderator who is prepared to guide a conversation that will explore uncomfortable The live, open discussion is sponsored by West Chester University, the WCU AlumniĪssociation, the WCU Frederick Douglass Institute, and St. Of PA during a powerful Zoom discussion about topics that have fractured society -īystander intervention, healing and restoration, implicit bias, race relations in – 2 p.m.,Īnd will convene the WCU community with neighbors from all corners of the Commonwealth Courageous Conversations About Race will take place September 26, 11 a.m. Social change at a time when a plethora of racial injustices fester on humankind amidĪnother fatal pandemic. West Chester University (WCU) has raised its hand high to act as a catalyst for U.S. SeptemIt’s Time for a Real Talk: Courageous Conversations About Race An Open Discussion with the Public About Where We Go From Here… ![]()
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