diversity events

AfroAm, in collaboration with the LGBT Center, invites the Case Western Reserve University Black community to learn about the Black queer experience. "Queer Blackness: An Intersectional Conversation" will be held Friday, Feb. 26, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The purpose of this event is to open an education...

Today (Feb. 16) at noon, the Office of the Provost and the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence will host the second installment in the North Star Seminar series. The event will feature Reuben E. Brigety II, the 17th vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South and ...

The Diversity and Inclusion Committee at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing invites members of the Case Western Reserve University community to “Redlining, Racism, Communities and Health: An Academic Evaluation on Education and Health Disparities Caused by Systemic Racism.” The event, part o...

The African American Alumni Association invites members of the community to a special conversation with Civil Rights Lecturer and Cleveland native Clarence Bozeman. During his college days at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Bozeman became the first full-time transportation employee for Dexte...

The over-representation of Black children in today's juvenile justice system has its roots in the very invention of “delinquency” and establishment of a separate juvenile court in 1899. “Children were different,” argued the reformers, “and in need of protection.” Black children were excluded from pr...

The Department of Sociology will host a talk titled “Examining the Health Consequences of Race, Skin Color, and School Context” Friday, Feb. 26, at 12:30 p.m. Taylor Hargrove, professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will give the presentation. Hargrove’s research ...

With today’s calls for increased social equality, racial justice and gender equity, what should we pay attention to and truly understand about diversity and inclusion in the workplace? Weatherhead School of Management will host an engaging talk titled “The Top 5 Things to Understand about Diversity ...

“Closing the Divide: Building Communities of Support, Belonging and Togetherness” is the theme of this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Case Western Reserve University. The celebration will feature a number of virtual events, including the MLK Convocation, the national speaker for the Po...

Clockwise from top-left: Michael Gerhardt, Joy R. Bostic, Justin Buchler and Bryan Adamson Members of the university community are invited to “A Less Perfect Union,” a panel discussion on insurrection, impeachment, race and the future of America, Monday, Jan. 25, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Case Wes...

Political strategist, professor and author Donna Brazile is this spring's national speaker for the Power of Diversity Lecture Series, sponsored by the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity. Brazile will present a virtual lecture titled "Women in Congress and their Impact on U.S. Poli...