Diversity Week 2011

The first campus-wide Diversity Week will be held March 28–April 1 to provide opportunities to learn new ideas and to foster an understanding of diversity's impact.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion held its first campus-wide Diversity Week from March 28–April 1, 2011. The purpose was to provide the Emerson community with an opportunity to learn new ideas and develop an understanding on how diversity impacts everyone's lives.

An important aspect for achieving diversity is developing inclusion within one's institution, while celebrating the changes happening around us. Diversity Week is all about cultural acceptance, and promoting a campus community that takes pride in its inclusive environment. In terms of diversity, it's important to understand where we are and what we would like to see happen as we move forward. Below is the list of activities, workshops, and speakers planned for Diversity Week.

All Week

Diversity film display
Iwasaki Library

Diversity Week Food Menu
Little Building Dining Hall
Culturally themed lunches suggested by Aramark: Latin, Asian, Caribbean, African American, Native American

Monday, March 28

Diversity Week Kick-Off Luncheon
12:00–1:30 pm
Charles Beard Room
Faculty, staff, and students came together for an interactive luncheon discussing race roles prompted by student responses to question boards posted around campus.

Tuesday, March 29

Theatre Workshops
Bill Bordy Theater

• Workshop 1: 9:00–10:30 am
  Diversity and Inclusion Shouldn’t Feel like WORK! 
  An interactive theatre workshop for Emerson staff and faculty
• Workshop 2: 11:00 am–12:30 pm 
  From out of the silence 
  An interactive theatre workshop addressing domestic violence
• Workshop 3: 1:00–2:30 pm 
  (COLOR)ing (OUT)side of the (LINES) 
  An interactive theatre workshop addressing diversity and inclusion on our campus

Film Screening: People Like Us: Social Class in America
7:00–8:30 pm
Bright Family Screening Room

Wednesday, March 30

Film Screening: Souls of Black Girls
6:00–8:00 pm
Bill Bordy Theater
Q&A with filmmaker and alum Daphne Valerius to follow afterward.

Friday, April 1

Clothes Line Project
4:00–7:00 pm
Max Mutchnick Campus Center
Kappa Gamma Chi hosted a workshop to create T-shirts with written words or messages promoting awareness about violence against women.