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When Where Audience Description During this informal window, staff from the offices of Access and Disability Services and SOAR (Strategies, Organization, and Achievement Resources) will be available to answer questions and offer insights on how to maximize inclusion and success for students contending with a variety of barriers. Typically between 15-18% of Dickinson students are…

When Where Audience Description How do we teach the important but emotionally-loaded content of social justice?  And if we don’t teach that content, what do we do when questions of social justice inevitably arise in our classroom?  This is your chance to talk through your specific questions and challenges with Katie Schweighofer, Director of the…

When Where Audience Description Explore your values of equity and inclusion and their influence on your teaching through a reflective exercise. Attendess will be inspired to reflect on their pedagogical values and create an action plan for fostering an inclusive classroom that considers both their and their students’ lived experiences. We will provide the prompts,…

When Where Audience Description Every now and then the world outside encroaches on our classrooms and demands our attention. It is daunting to feel the responsibility of caring for our students’ well-being in response to isolated world events, especially when those events don’t fit easily into the framework of our classes, but it is equally…

When Where Audience Description In this session, you’ll learn about how dialogue can benefit your classroom and some of the different dialogic tools that you can integrate into your curriculum. Some of the tools and dialogic strategies we’ll discuss are understanding vs. agreement, how to respond to disruptions in a dialogue, and what you can…

When Tuesday 12:00 – 1:00 Where Audience Description This service project, led by Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Tony Boston, will entail the assembly of welcome kits that include much-needed supplies for new refugees to be donated to CWS Harrisburg. This organization provides critical assistance to our region’s refugees as they resettle, integrate, and thrive through programs and…

When Where HUB Social Hall Audience Description Members of local service organizations will have tables with information about the work they do and ways to get involved. Representatives from the following organizations will be present: We know many community organizations would like to be present but are unable to join due to scheduling conflicts –…

When Where Audience Description Visitors will find information about the week’s events, community service opportunities, and activism on campus. DEI Center Directors will be available to share information about the DEI Division and their respective centers. Monday: Women’s and Gender Resource Center Tuesday: LGBTQ+ Center Wednesday: Access and Disability Services Thursday: Popel Shaw Center for…

When Where Audience Description The Center for Civic Learning and Action will be providing the tools for participants to write postcards and letters to elected officials. The DEI Division and the Library are partnering to create space for the creation of DIY zines. Both activities will be presented in the Social Hall on Tuesday between…

When Where Audience Description Dickinson would like for all employees to be able to take part in one or more MLK Day activities, and perhaps engage in volunteer activities. To make this possible for the parents of kids in grades K – 6 who attend public schools (which will be closed), Dickinson Athletics and the…