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First Spring Term Office Hours with Kimberly Barrett on April 12th

Dr. Kimberly Barrett, Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion is hosting open office hours. The first session of open office hours for Spring Term is being held on April 12th, 2018. Drop by Sampson House, 2nd floor and share ideas, concerns, comments, etc. Appointments are not required, people will be accommodated on a first come-first serve basis.

ARWAG Spring Term Meetings

The Anti-Racist White Affinity Group welcomes new members! ARWAG is a gathering of Lawrence staff and faculty seeking to understand and challenge racism. Recognizing that anti-racist work is disproportionately borne by people of color, ARWAG is a setting for white people to take responsibility for educating themselves about racism and for challenging white supremacy from the inside. Organized as a study group, ARWAG will read and discuss materials that help us understand how racism operates, especially in its insidious forms that are harder for white people to notice in action—white privilege, unconscious / implicit bias, and structural racism.

Not sure if ARWAG is for you? Want to join the ARWAG Moodle to get the readings and details about upcoming meetings? Contact Jenna Stone (jennifer.stone@lawrence.edu), executive director of budget and planning, or Becca Hollinger (Rebecca.a.hollinger@lawrence.edu), executive assistant in the office of diversity and inclusion, for more information.

Spring Term meetings:  April 3rd, April 17th, May 1st, and May 15th at 1:00 p.m.

Open Office Hours with Dr. Kimberly Barrett

April 12, 2018
Sampson House (2nd Floor), 1:30 pm – 4 pm
Dr. Kimberly Barrett, Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion is hosting open office hours. The first open office hours for Spring Term are being held on April 12th, 2018. Drop by Sampson House, 2nd floor and share ideas, concerns, comments, etc. Appointments are not required, people will be accommodated on a first come-first serve basis.

Final Winter Term Office Hours with Kimberly Barrett on March 8th

Dr. Kimberly Barrett, Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion is hosting open office hours. The final session of open office hours for Winter Term is being held on March 8th, 2018. Drop by Sampson House, 2nd floor and share ideas, concerns, comments, etc. Appointments are not required, people will be accommodated on a first come-first serve basis.

Cultural Competency – Supporting People Who Use Diverse Englishes

Location: Esch Hurvis Room (225), Warch Campus Center
Date & Time:
Thursday, March 1st; 11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Lavanya Murali Proctor, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Cecile Despres-Berry, Director of English as Second Language and the Waseda program present this workshop that aims to help us understand and negotiate the range of Englishes that people, particularly those born outside of the U.S., may use. We will discuss how these varieties of English are not more correct or incorrect but simply different. We will also discuss language attitudes and ideologies inherent in the idea of standard Englishes and how to recognize and avoid linguistic discrimination. Our aim is to offer practical guidance to inclusive interactions across the range of Englishes employed in our community. Please RSVP at div-inclusion@lawrence.edu by February 26th, 2018.

Final Winter Term Office Hours with Kimberly Barrett on March 8th

Dr. Kimberly Barrett, Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion is hosting open office hours. The final session of open office hours for Winter Term is being held on March 8th, 2018. Drop by Sampson House, 2nd floor and share ideas, concerns, comments, etc. Appointments are not required, people will be accommodated on a first come-first serve basis.

Cultural Competency – Supporting People Who Use Diverse Englishes

Location: Esch Hurvis Room (225), Warch Campus Center
Date & Time:
Thursday, March 1st; 11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Lavanya Murali Proctor, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Cecile Despres-Berry, Director of English as Second Language and the Waseda program present this workshop that aims to help us understand and negotiate the range of Englishes that people, particularly those born outside of the U.S., may use. We will discuss how these varieties of English are not more correct or incorrect but simply different. We will also discuss language attitudes and ideologies inherent in the idea of standard Englishes and how to recognize and avoid linguistic discrimination. Our aim is to offer practical guidance to inclusive interactions across the range of Englishes employed in our community. Please RSVP at div-inclusion@lawrence.edu by February 25th, 2018.