Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Lawrence University

12/10/2021

02/15/2021

The Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, Dr. Kimberly Barrett, will continue to provide opportunities for students to meet with her via Zoom. Dates and times are listed below:

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

WINTER TERM SPRING TERM
Feb. 26 Mar. 25
Apr. 22
May 27 (CANCELLED)

Please, contact Cindy Pickart, [email protected] for an appointment and zoom link information. Individual meetings will occur on a first come, first served basis.

11/11/2020

Loving Large at Lawrence Month
November 2020

Earn a free t-shirt
Let us know how you are Loving Large at Lawrence and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion will give you a free blue and white tie dye Loving Large at Lawrence t-shirt. Here is how: Tag the Diversity and Inclusion page with the hashtag .
Check out the Loving Large at Lawrence Month Calendar of Events and Practices.

Loving Large at Lawrence CalendarDate Event/Activity Nov 1 Vietnamese Teacher Appreciation Day: Nov. 1 - Nov. 20, 2020 Nov 2 Self Compassion Break Nov 2 Everyday Antiracism Nov 3 Nov 4 Active ListeningThe Vigil For Our Lives Nov 4 Campus-Wide Deep Listening Gathering Nov 5 Three Good Things Nov 5 Re...

10/27/2020

Please join us for a community book read of Kiese Laymon’s book Heavy: An American Memoir on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan 18th 2021 from 10-11 AM.
Students, staff, and faculty volunteers will lead a discussion on this compelling work. Kiese Laymon will join us virtually for the Winter Convocation on January 28th entitled: “The Radical Possibility and Democratic Necessity of Navel Gazing,” Kiese Laymon, author and Hubert H. McAlexander Professor of English and Creative Writing, University of Mississippi”.
To register and request your free copy of Heavy: An American Memoir, please fill out the information at the following link by Oct 30th:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHP_IH5R5jS8R1po4zVTrqC6_lCzvsnVvvt7r4GCfWpbup4w/viewform?usp=sf_link
Contact [email protected] or [email protected] with questions.
Thank you,
Public Events Committee and the Diversity and Intercultural Center

Join us for a virtual book discussion led by faculty, staff, and student volunteers that compliments the Winter Convocation by Kiese Laymon on Jan 28th entitled: "The Radical Possibility and Democratic Necessity of Navel Gazing." In Heavy, Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about growing up a har...

09/23/2020

The Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, Dr. Kimberly Barrett, will continue to provide opportunities for students to meet with her via Zoom. Dates and times are listed below:

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

FALL TERM WINTER TERM SPRING TERM
Sept. 25 Jan. 22 Mar. 26
Oct. 23 Feb. 26 Apr. 23
Nov 20 May 21

09/21/2020

Upcoming Webinar - Understanding Polarization

Please, join us for the upcoming webinar, Understanding Polarization, on September 29.
Ideological polarization is a central feature of politics today. In fact, according to the Pew Research Center, those who support Donald Trump and those who plan to vote for Joe Biden for President of the United States are more divided today than they were in 2016 particularly on issues related to race and gender. Our webinar panel will discuss the causes of polarization in a society and what we can do to diminish this divisiveness in the Lawrence community.

The panelists for this lecture are:
Ameya S. Balsekar, Associate Professor of Government
Peter Glick, Henry Merritt Wriston Professor of the Social Sciences, Psychology
Arnold Shober, Professor of Government
Terra R. Winston, Associate Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life

This live webinar will take place on Tuesday, September 29 at 6:00 pm. Although we will take questions during the event, please feel free to submit them ahead of time. To receive information about how to join and submit questions, contact Cindy Pickart [email protected].

We hope to see you there.

Kimberly Barrett, Ph.D.
Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion
and Associate Dean of the Faculty
Lawrence University

07/28/2020

Upstander Training prepares participants to intervene safely and appropriately when witnessing incidents of discrimination, harassment, or harm. You’ll engage with real-life scenarios to learn how to effectively identify and challenge negative narratives and behaviors.
Facilitators from Common Talks will provide an interactive training via Zoom on Friday August 7, 2020 from 1-4 p.m.
This free training is open to the public. Space is limited, though, so please RSVP:
[email protected]

06/04/2020

A Special Hug for the Lawrence Class of 2020

Dear 2020 Graduates,

We began our journey at Lawrence together. It is hard to believe, but many of the circumstances that characterized that time four years ago are with us today. I started my work here in the wake of student protests around the country, and on our campus, calling for more diversity, equity and inclusion at colleges and universities and for the end of racist policing practices. The nation was also in the midst of a divisive presidential campaign. Today, as you mark this significant milestone of college graduation, people are once again in the streets voicing their protests while we prepare to elect the next president of the United States.

As you begin the next phase of your lives, these circumstances have only intensified. Struggles to reform policing continue and have come to a boiling point. President Trump has taken divisiveness in office to a level that I have not known in my lifetime. And a pandemic for which we have no effective treatment or vaccine is ravaging communities around the world. Something must change.

Equipped with your Lawrence education, ushered into adulthood in a time of unprecedented social and economic disruption, you are uniquely qualified to make the changes we need. I have witnessed your ability to learn and create new knowledge, to serve others and yes, to share your grievances. More than anything else I have seen your ability to respond to the suffering of others with both caring and strategic action. This is what it will take to transform our workplaces and communities into the just society most of us desire. So congratulations on this monumental accomplishment. Enjoy it and be proud. Then set about being the change the world needs. I am counting on it.

Kimberly Barrett, Ph.D.
Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion
and Associate Dean of the Faculty