DEI Digest October 4-8, 2021: Doubtful Parents Agree to Learn About DEI, Atlanta Pride Provides Grants, and Latinx/Hispanic Execs Provide DEI Perspectives
DEI Digest October 4-8, 2021: Doubtful Parents Agree to Learn About DEI, Atlanta Pride Provides Grants, and Latinx/Hispanic Execs Provide DEI Perspectives
These parents questioned DEI programs in public schools. They interviewed experts and here's what they found: Two Atlanta parents concerned [...]
DEI Digest - September 27 - October 1, 2021: Energy Department Launches Prize for Climate and Energy Diversity, Mental Health Needs in the National Guard, and the Worker-Executive Dichotomy on DEI
DEI Digest - September 27 - October 1, 2021: Energy Department Launches Prize for Climate and Energy Diversity, Mental Health Needs in the National Guard, and the Worker-Executive Dichotomy on DEI
Department of Energy Launches $2.5 Million Prize to Support Diversity in Innovation: A new Inclusive Energy Innovation prize will award [...]
DEI Digest - September 20-24, 2021: Diversity (or the Lack of) at the Emmys, Film Schools Helping Diversify Hollywood, and Corporate Report On DEI In The Works
DEI Digest - September 20-24, 2021: Diversity (or the Lack of) at the Emmys, Film Schools Helping Diversify Hollywood, and Corporate Report On DEI In The Works
The Emmys: Despite a historically diverse nominee and presenter pool, only white performers won in the comedy, drama or limited [...]
DEI Digest - September 6-10, 2021: The "Great Reassessment," Combating Misinformation in Representative Clinical Trials, and Skepticism of PBS' Diversity Initiatives
DEI Digest - September 6-10, 2021: The "Great Reassessment," Combating Misinformation in Representative Clinical Trials, and Skepticism of PBS' Diversity Initiatives
Read more in this week's digest about the lack of diversity on corporate boards at enterprises supported by private equity firms, skepticism towards PBS' diversity initiatives, and more.
Diversity in Our Unity: Latinx Heritage Month at Georgia State
Diversity in Our Unity: Latinx Heritage Month at Georgia State
Join Georgia State for Latinx Heritage Month, celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of those whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.
Latinx Heritage Month, also known as National Hispanic Heritage Month, is celebrated in the U.S. each year from Sept. 15 to Oct.15.
The Latinx Heritage Month page at the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion website includes event listings and other resources Georgia State offers for students, faculty and staff to learn about and engage in the celebrations. You can read more at https://dei.gsu.edu/latinx-heritage-month/, and also submit your own departmental or unit events related to the month.
Georgia State University American Sign Language Program Teaches Fluency and Cultural Awareness
Georgia State University American Sign Language Program Teaches Fluency and Cultural Awareness
When considering world languages, for some, European languages might be the first the come to mind.
However, Perimeter College at Georgia State University also offers an associate’s degree in a pathway focusing on American Sign Language (ASL), providing an in-depth understanding and using those skills in allyship for the deaf community. Rick Robinson, the Associate Chair of Humanities who works with world languages which houses the ASL department.
“The deaf community has their own culture, and then they have their own language and they're underrepresented” said Rick Robinson, Associate Chair of the Humanities Department at Perimeter. “People are often afraid to approach deaf people because they are afraid of not knowing the culture.”
DEI Weekly Digest - Week of June 21 - 25
DEI Weekly Digest - Week of June 21 - 25
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Pride in Atlanta
Southern Fried Queer Pride 2021
The Extraordinary Life of Helen Keller
Media Must Stop Asking Youth Activists to ‘Save the World’
DEI Weekly Digest - Week of June 14 - 18
DEI Weekly Digest - Week of June 14 - 18
Check out featured diversity, equity, and inclusion related stories in the news:
Social Justice Summer 2021
The History of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade - June 13
Loving Day: A look at interracial marriage 54 years after Supreme Court decision
We Need a Reckoning: Clint Smith on Slavery and the Truth About America’s History
$4.5 Million Settlement in Police Killing of Alton Sterling, Lawyers Say
DEI Weekly Digest - Week of May 31 - June 4
DEI Weekly Digest - Week of May 31 - June 4
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100 Years Later: Tulsa and the Church that Survived the Massacre
World's 1st nonbinary mayor wants to use Pride Month as a 'platform to force change'
Navy’s highest ranking Black female officer celebrates strides in diversity and inclusion
New Mentoring Program Provides Student Support Beyond Academics
Businesses Must Be Accountable for Their Promises on Racial Justice