The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Hudson Valley Community College recently offered a 10-week workshop to promote diversity, equity and inclusion on campus. A total of 16 volunteers including administrators, public safety, faculty, and staff took part.
The workshop was facilitated by Ainsley Thomas, chief diversity officer, and Zoë O’Brey, technical assistant to the CDO in conjunction with Kathleen McLean and Markeia Robinson from the McLean Consulting Group. Additional contributors to the workshop included Dr. Paul Calarco, Chrissy Smith, and Andy Roberts.
The “Embracing Diversity Workshop Cohort” seeks to promote awareness and respect by fostering opportunities to advance inclusion and engagement throughout our diverse college community. The group plans to work collaboratively with various departments, faculty, staff and students to promote a more inclusive campus climate.
Personal thoughts shared by the participants:
“I enjoyed getting to know more people at the college.”
“I learned things about different races that I never knew before.”
“Reinvigorating”
“This was a great workshop and I really enjoyed dedicating time each week to discuss these important topics.”
“Excellent workshop!”
“I thoroughly enjoyed the book that was chosen as it provided me with a tremendous amount of social justice knowledge I did not know.”
Please contact Zoë O’Brey in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at (518) 629-4599 to be placed on a list for upcoming workshops!
Back row: Zoë O’Brey, Nicole Hayden, Dashire Cortes, Leah Pronovost, Tara Maroney, Thomas Towsley, Ainsley Thomas; Front row: Catherine Willis, Carol Bosco; Not Pictured: Ann Petersen, Kate Teal, Jessica Pugliese, Alison Maddock, Fred Aliberti, Sean Maloney, Diana Pane, Clement Campana, Jill Barker
Published: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:05:00 +0000 by z.obrey