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Race and Equity Conversation with Students – Dinner provided – Jan 14th

Race and Equity Conversation for Students
Thursday, Jan. 14 | 5:30–7 p.m. | wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual HouseRegister Online

Dinner will be served. Students will participate in small group discussions with faculty and staff facilitators.

What’s the difference with ‘difference’?
A lecture by Ralina Joseph
Associate professor, UW Department of Communication
Director, UW Center for Communication, Difference and Equity

Thursday, Jan. 14 | 7:30–9 p.m. | Kane Hall | Register Online

President Ana Mari Cauce invites UW students to join her for an evening focused on themes of race, equity and difference as part of the Race & Equity Initiative. This roundtable discussion will focus on the message of the accompanying Graduate School lecture “What’s the difference with ‘difference’?” by Ralina Joseph, associate professor, UW Department of Communication, and director of the Center for Communication, Difference and Equity. You are encouraged to attend the discussion with your friends and fellow students, with support from faculty and staff, and attend the full lecture directly afterward in Kane Hall.

Race and Equity Conversation for Students
Thursday, Jan. 14 | 5:30–7 p.m. | wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual HouseRegister Online

Dinner will be served. Students will participate in small group discussions with faculty and staff facilitators.

Dr. Joseph’s lecture will discuss how we can use “difference” to combat microaggression and structural racism, why words matter and how identity can change over time.

Please let us know you will attend by clicking the registration links above. To learn more about other upcoming events, please visit the UW’s Race and Equity Initiative website.

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