Cindy Pickart

Upstander Training prepares participants to intervene safely and effectively when witnessing incidents of discrimination, harassment, or harm. You’ll engage with real-life scenarios to learn how to effectively identify and challenge negative narratives and behaviors.

Facilitators from Common Talks will provide an interactive training via Zoom on Friday April 16, 2021 from 1-5 p.m.

There is no charge to participate and training is open to the public. Space is limited, though, so please RSVP: marijke.commontalks@gmail.com.

The deadline for nominations is fast approaching for the D&I Champion Awards.
THE DEADLINE IS FRIDAY APRIL 2, 2021.

The Office of Diversity & Inclusion will again recognize the extraordinary individuals who serve as role models for our efforts to create a more inclusive Lawrence. These individuals use their personal power, talents, position, and influence to help the University achieve inclusive excellence in the execution of its mission. Annually five awards are given: one to a student, faculty, staff member, student organization and a community partner.

Criteria
Each award recipient has demonstrated exemplary achievement in one or more of the following areas:
• Promoting intergroup, cross cultural understanding,
• Fostering the academic and personal success of groups that have been
underserved and underrepresented in higher education,
• Creating a campus climate that encourages and supports the expression of
diverse perspectives and ways of being,
• Contributing to efforts that foster greater diversity among Lawrence students, faculty and staff.

Nominations
All Lawrence students and employees are eligible for the award and can make nominations. Community partner award nominees can be from any location or sector. Nominees can be groups or individuals in any of the categories (i.e., student, faculty, staff member and community partner). Nominations should include: (1) a letter of nomination not to exceed 2 pages addressing the aforementioned criteria, (2) an additional letter of support from someone other than the person making the nomination, and (3) a brief summary of the nominee’s educational background, work experience and accomplishments. In the case of a group nominee, provide the official mission/purpose and history of the group along with a description of its membership.
To submit a nomination please send the above-mentioned items to cindy.j.pickart@lawrence.edu.

Selection
An ad hoc committee made up of a subgroup of the President’s Committee on Diversity Affairs (PCDA) will choose the award recipients.

Again, the deadline to submit nominations is April 2, 2021.

The deadline for nominations for the D&I Champion Awards has been extended to Friday April 2, 2021. The Office of Diversity & Inclusion will again recognize the extraordinary individuals who serve as role models for our efforts to create a more inclusive Lawrence. These individuals use their personal power, talents, position, and influence to help the University achieve inclusive excellence in the execution of its mission. Annually five awards are given: one to a student, faculty, staff member, student organization and a community partner.

Criteria
Each award recipient has demonstrated exemplary achievement in one or more of the following areas:
• Promoting intergroup, cross cultural understanding,
• Fostering the academic and personal success of groups that have been
underserved and underrepresented in higher education,
• Creating a campus climate that encourages and supports the expression of
diverse perspectives and ways of being,
• Helping to prevent harassment, bullying and illegal discrimination,
• Contributing to efforts that foster greater diversity among Lawrence students,
faculty and staff.

Nominations
All Lawrence students and employees are eligible for the award and can make nominations. Community partner award nominees can be from any location or sector. Nominees can be groups or individuals in any of the categories (i.e., student, faculty, staff member and community partner). Nominations should include: (1) a letter of nomination not to exceed 2 pages addressing the aforementioned criteria, (2) an additional letter of support from someone other than the person making the nomination, and (3) a brief summary of the nominee’s educational background, work experience and accomplishments. In the case of a group nominee, provide the official mission/purpose and history of the group along with a description of its membership.
To submit a nomination please send the above-mentioned items to cindy.j.pickart@lawrence.edu.

Selection
An ad hoc committee made up of a subgroup of the President’s Committee on Diversity Affairs (PCDA) will choose the award recipients.

Deadline
Please submit nominations by April 2, 2021.

The Office of Diversity & Inclusion will again recognize the extraordinary individuals who serve as role models for our efforts to create a more inclusive Lawrence. These individuals use their personal power, talents, position, and influence to help the University achieve inclusive excellence in the execution of its mission. Annually five awards are given: one to a student, faculty, staff member, student organization and a community partner.

Criteria
Each award recipient has demonstrated exemplary achievement in one or more of the following areas:

• Promoting intergroup, cross cultural understanding,
• Fostering the academic and personal success of groups that have been
underserved and underrepresented in higher education,
• Creating a campus climate that encourages and supports the expression of
diverse perspectives and ways of being,
• Helping to prevent harassment, bullying and illegal discrimination,
• Contributing to efforts that foster greater diversity among Lawrence students,
faculty and staff.

Nominations
All Lawrence students and employees are eligible for the award and can make nominations. Community partner award nominees can be from any location or sector. Nominees can be groups or individuals in any of the categories (i.e., student, faculty, staff member and community partner). Nominations should include: (1) a letter of nomination not to exceed 2 pages addressing the aforementioned criteria, (2) an additional letter of support from someone other than the person making the nomination, and (3) a brief summary of the nominee’s educational background, work experience and accomplishments. In the case of a group nominee, provide the official mission/purpose and history of the group along with a description of its membership.

To submit a nomination please send the above mentioned items to cindy.j.pickart@lawrence.edu.

Selection
An ad hoc committee made up of a subgroup of the President’s Committee on Diversity Affairs (PCDA) will choose the award recipients.

Deadline
Please submit nominations by March 26, 2021. 

Upstander Training prepares participants to intervene safely and effectively when witnessing incidents of discrimination, harassment, or harm. You’ll engage with real-life scenarios to learn how to effectively identify and challenge negative narratives and behaviors.

Facilitators from Common Talks will provide an interactive training via Zoom on Friday April 16, 2021 from 1-5 p.m.

There is no charge to participate and training is open to the public. Space is limited, though, so please RSVP: marijke.commontalks@gmail.com.

The Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, Dr. Kimberly Barrett, will continue to provide opportunities for students to meet with her via Zoom. The next date is Thursday March 25 at 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm.

Please, contact Cindy Pickart, cindy.j.pickart@lawrence.edu for an appointment and zoom link information. Individual meetings will occur on a first come, first served basis.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the History Museum at the Castle would like to remind members of the Lawrence University community that they are invited to join us for the next Cultural Competency Lecture. This panel webinar “Stone of Hope: Black Experiences in the Fox Cities,” takes place on February 25, 2021, 11:30am-1:00pm CST via ZOOM.  The “Stone of Hope: Black Experiences in the Fox Cities” pop-up museum is a collaboration between African Heritage, Inc. and the History Museum at the Castle. It is available online and on display at the Warch Center during February 2021. The panelists will discuss bias, trust, inclusive history and highlight Appleton as a case moving through the 1700s to the present.  This panel will share essential research findings and lessons from the “Stone of Hope” regarding how to uncover erased histories of Black experiences, sundown towns, restrictive covenants, the struggle to keep from being re-marginalized, and more.

The following is a link to the Museum’s virtual exhibit offerings:  http://www.myhistorymuseum.org/virtual-exhibits.html.

The panelists for this lecture are:
• Sabrina W. Robins, Ph.D., – Director, Operations, ManpowerGroup, Inc. and
Board Member of African Heritage, Inc., 
• Nicholas Hoffman – Administrator of Museums and Historic Sites,
Wisconsin Historical Society
• Donna K. Sack – Vice President, and Chief Program Officer, Naper Settlement

To receive information about how to join the discussion, contact Cindy Pickart cindy.j.pickart@lawrence.edu.

Upstander Training prepares participants to intervene safely and effectively when witnessing incidents of discrimination, harassment, or harm. You’ll engage with real-life scenarios to learn how to effectively identify and challenge negative narratives and behaviors.

Facilitators from Common Talks will provide an interactive training via Zoom on Friday February 26, 2021 from 1-5 p.m.

There is no charge to participate and training is open to the public. Space is limited, though, so please RSVP: marijke.commontalks@gmail.com.

The Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, Dr. Kimberly Barrett, will continue to provide opportunities for students to meet with her via Zoom. Her revised dates and times are listed below:

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and the History Museum at the Castle invite members of the Lawrence University community to join us for the next Cultural Competency Lecture, The Black Experience in the Fox Cities.  It takes place on February 25, 2021, 11:30am-1:30pm via ZOOM.

This presentation is based on the History Museum at the Castle’s “Stone of Hope: Black Experiences in the Fox Cities” exhibit online and on display at the Warch Center during the month of February 2021. The moderator will be Dr. Sabrina Robins, Co-Chair of African Heritage, Inc. Dr. Robbins will discuss the Black experience from the 1700s to the present in the Appleton region. She will cover how the area went from being home to a thriving community of African Americans during the 1800s to a sundown town in the early 1900’s and the strides being made currently to enhance the Black experience in the region. The following is a link to the Museum’s virtual exhibit offerings: http://www.myhistorymuseum.org/virtual-exhibits.html.

To receive information about how to join the discussion, contact Cindy Pickart cindy.j.pickart@lawrence.edu.