Affinity Group Town Hall on Diversity and Inclusion

Date/Time: 
Monday, February 22, 2016 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Linsly Chittenden Hall, Room 102 See map
63 High Street

Description

FLY will be co-hosting a Town Hall with LGBTQ, WWN, and YLNG. You will have the opportunity to learn and ask questions about what is being done to improve diversity and inclusion in the context of working at Yale. You don’t want to miss this engaging and timely discussion! Refreshments will be provided.

Learn about the state of diversity and inclusion at Yale from key leaders. Questions and topics to be addressed include:

  • What is the current state of diversity and inclusion at Yale for its employees?Where is there still room for improvement?
  • Of the four areas of proposed change that resulted from student activism in the fall, which, if any, will impact employees?
  • What does diversity mean to the leadership of Yale?
  • What resources are available to staff, faculty, and postdocs?
  • Q&A with panelists and a reception will follow a moderated conversation.

Introduction from Mike Peel, Vice President for Human Resources and Administration. Panelists include Carl Baum (Provost Advisory Committee on Resources for Students & Employees with Disabilities and Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine), Marvin Chun (Professor of Psychology), Maria Trumpler (Director of the Office of LGBTQ Resources and Senior Lecturer of WGSS), Joan Channick (Deputy Title IX Coordinator and Associate Dean Yale School of Drama), Richard Bribiescas (Deputy Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity and Professor of Anthropology), and Valarie Stanley (Director of the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs).
 
Register by submitting your name and email at http://lgbtqaffinity.yale.edu/diversity-town-hall.

Admission: 
Free but register in advance
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