Welcome to Spring Conference 2016 -
Are we walking our talk? Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
The 2016 Spring Conference challenges us to examine how we meet our commitment to Lane's core value of diversity. Are we incorporating best practices for creating and sustaining an institution that welcomes and embraces diversity, equity and inclusion for students, staff and the broader community? Facilitators and panelist will provide a day filled with information and tools to integrate, improve and enhance Lane services with regard to diversity, inclusion and equity.
The Keynote Speaker for the Spring Conference 2016 is Dr. Julianne Malveaux. Please visit her website and scroll down for more information about Dr. Malveaux.
Schedule of Events
Conference - May 6th from 7:30 AM to 3:00 PM
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM: Morning Social
Location: Bldg. 19, Rm. 102-104
Description: Gather together with beverages and light snacks - bring your own cup.
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM: Opening Plenary Session
Location: Bldg. 19, Rm. 102-104
Description: Welcome and introduction of Keynote Speaker by Mary Spilde
8:45 AM -10:00 AM: Keynote: Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Location: Bldg. 19, Rm. 102-104
Description: Dr. Julianne Malveaux has long been recognized for her progressive and insightful observations. She is a labor economist, noted author and colorful commentator. Cornel West has described Dr. Malveaux as “the most iconoclastic public intellectuals in the country”. Her contributions to the public dialogue on issues such as race, culture, gender and their economic impacts are shaping public opinion in 21st Century America. Dr. Malveaux’s latest book is “Are We Better Off: Race, Obama, and Public Policy.” Dr. Julianne Malveaux has been a contributor to academic life since receiving her Ph.D. in economics from MIT in 1980. She holds honorary degrees from Sojourner Douglas College (Baltimore, Maryland), Marygrove College (Detroit, Michigan), University of the District of Columbia, and Benedict College (Columbia, South Carolina). She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics at Boston College.
10:30 AM - Noon: CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
Age, Ability, Accessibility, Mental Health (A3M)
Location: CML 203
Description: This Introductory 90 minute workshop is intended to give an overview of some of the salient issues around age, people with hidden or perceivable disabilities, how they can access, or are barred from accessing educational support services, and the many mental health issues facing our Lane educational community.
Facilitator: Barbara Susman, Successful Aging Institute; Pamela McGilvray, Center for Accessible Resources; Mark Harris, The Recovery Center-Counseling Department
Engaging the Spectrum: Complexifying Our Understanding of Gender
Location: CML 220
Description: This interactive session will engage participants throughout in activities and discussions that will provide an introduction to important aspects of gender such as: defining key terms, developing familiarity of the gender spectrum, understanding the differences between gender, sex, and sexual orientation, and examining the connections between gender and power. During the session, we will work together to examine the ways in which societal ideas about gender frame and inform our own understanding of the aspects of gender, as well as to complexify our personal understanding of various aspects of this topic.
Facilitator: Sarah Lushia and Gina Szabady, both from the English Department
Homelessness and the State of the Unhoused
Location: CML 226
Description: This workshop offers an opportunity to hear from a panel of people who are homeless or have experienced homelessness in Eugene, as well as community members who are engaged in providing support to and advocating for those who are unhoused. The information the panelists will provide will 1) help break down myths and stereotypes about those who are homeless; 2) illustrate the mistreatment and the discrimination which they experience in the community; 3) address the needs they have as they strive for survival; and, 4) indicate the measures Eugene has taken toward solutions to homelessness as well as the work that remains to be done. We want people to feel welcome to ask any questions they may have and to express their own views during the Q and A period.
Facilitator: Ken Neubeck, Eugene Human Rights Commission and Guests: Nathan "Red" Showers Of Nightingale Health Sanctuary (NHS), Tracy Forrest of NHS, Michael Weed former Lane Student Body President, Kristen Brandt of NHS and A Community Together, Wayne Martin of Opportunity Village Eugene, and Jennifer Frenzer-Knowlton of the Eugene Human Rights Commission
Making the Connection: Sexism, Heterosexism and Sexual Orientation
Location: CML 214
Description: We will explore the connection between sexism, heterosexism and sexual orientation through lecture, discussion, group interaction and personal self evaluation.
Facilitator: Susie Cousar, Health Education and Michael Samano, Ethnic Studies
Men in Transition: Student Panel
Location: CML 225
Description: The panel will discuss the essential need for programs like Men in Transition (MIT), a counterpart to the Women In Transition (WIT) program. Women in Transition has been a very successful gateway to entry or reentry into higher education and increased economic self-sufficiency. The panel of students will examine ways Lane can support the male community in times of enrollment decline, higher unemployment, increased incarceration rates of young men, toxic masculinity and the potential increased release of non-violent offenders.
Facilitator: Shawn Goddard, Student and Multicultural Center Coordinator
Noon - 1:30 PM:
Lunch - Upper and Lower Levels of the CML
Ice Cream Social Hosted by the CPDT (12:35 to 1:30 PM) - CML Patio
Dr. Malveaux Book Signing (12:50 to 1:30 PM) - CML Lobby
Walk/Run We Care Event "Give Us Your Best Mile for our Students” - outside the CML: Join us for a one-mile walk/run. Benefit ourstudents and your endurance. While the event is free, your donations will benefit the Shining Star Scholarship.
1:30 - 3:00 PM: CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
From Chalk to Handcuffs: Examining the School to Prison Pipeline
Location: CML 220
Description: This interactive, beginning level workshop will help participants understand and grapple with key elements of the school to prison pipeline. These elements include the defunding and failure of public schools, zero-tolerance policies, the policing of children in schools, disciplinary alternatives in schools/expulsion, and court involvement/juvenile detention. We will critically engage the creation of this pipeline, consider ways in which this pipeline affects our local community, especially our students at Lane, and consider ways we may be able to begin to work toward dismantling this pipeline in our own community and beyond. No prior knowledge of this topic will be necessary to fully participate in this workshop.
Facilitator: Sarah Lushia, English Department
Power, Privilage and Oppression in the U.S
Location: CML 225
Description: This workshop explores the dynamics and dimension of oppression, power and privilege in the U.S. Through this workshop, participants will be able to explore their identity and the idea of intersectionalities and how they play a role in Society. Furthermore, participants will be able to better understand oppression and micro-aggressions in the classroom and be introduced to strategies to deal with oppressive moments.
Facilitator: Judy Gates, Counseling and Advising and Tia M. Gomez Zeller, International Programs
Welcoming People of All Faith Traditions
Location: CML 214
Description: Reverend Bryant will lead a panel of local religious leaders from multiple faith traditions as they discuss how we can be a community that creates space for those of any or non faith traditions and the role played by Lane in promoting religious tolerance.
Facilitator: Reverend Dan Bryant, First Christian Church of Eugene
Social Class in Context
Location: CML 203
Description: Participants in this workshop will reflect on the role of systemic inequality as an important contributor to many of the issues facing the under-class and particularly communities of color within this economic group. We will begin by asking participants to reflect on social class and move on to invite them to add complexity to their personal understanding by engaging with formal definitions of economic status from the “Class Matters” project. Following a discussion of the various elements that contribute to individual experiences of social class, we will watch parts of the a video series entitled "Unnatural Causes: Is inequality Making us Sick?" This film presents research demonstrating that race and class are equally significant indicators of population health and raises important questions about social policy in relation to these complex and overlapping categories. In closing, we will discuss the issues raised by the film and our own experiences and discussion.
Facilitator: Gina Szabady, English Department
To request disability-related accommodations that will facilitate your full participation in this event (such as Sign Language interpreting, Braille, electronic text, visual describer), please contact Center for Accessible Resources at least one week in advance: (541) 463-5150 (voice); 711 (relay); Building 1, 218; or AccessibleResources@lanecc.edu.
Pre-Conference
The Cultural Competency Professional Development Committee is pleased to present pre-conference workshop offerings for all staff. These pre-conference workshops are designed to create more opportunities for Lane employees to engage in professional development focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM - CML 103 - Salgado Maranhão and Alexis Levitin, Poetry and Stories
Wednesday, April 27th from 3:00 to 5:00 PM - CML 102 - Storytelling for Social Justice: From Whose Story? - Jim Garcia
Thursday, April 28th and Friday, April 29th from 3:00 to 5:00 PM - Longhouse (Bldg. 31),Great Room - Race, Ethnicity, Nationality, Culture, Language (RENCL) Training - ESL, International, Counseling, Recovery Center, staff and faculty