2022-2023 Speaker Series
Equity in Action
In 2022-2023, the Community Engagement Initiative, along with the Biden School of Public Policy & Administration, the Institute for Public Administration, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty Senate, African Heritage Caucus, and the University of Delaware Anti-Racism Initiative offered a year-long speaker series dedicated to racial equity.
Equity in Action highlighted projects and programs that demonstrate the many ways UD collaborates with community partners to create a more just and inclusive world.
November 10, 2022: Engaged Scholarship
With guest speaker: Andrew Furco, University of Minnesota, to discuss his publication
Faculty Engaged Scholarship: Setting Standards and Building Conceptual Clarity [External Link]
February 16, 2023: Workforce Development
March 16, 2023: Sussex County Community Partnership
April 2023: 4th Annual Provost’s Symposium
2021-2022 Speaker Series Recordings
September 30, 2021: Facilitating Social Justice Through Arts and Culture
October 21, 2021: Centering Students and Communities in Educational Equity
November 18, 2021: The Power of Unity: Join the Movement for Equity and Justice in Delaware
December 16, 2021: Getting to the Root of Poor Health: Addressing Systemic Racism to Create Conditions for Wellness
February 10, 2022: Talking African American History: a Student and Community project
April 14, 2022: Environmental Justice
May 19, 2022: Student Presentations
2020-2021 Speaker Series Recordings
September 16, 2020: Race and Racism at University of Delaware
October 8, 2020: Environmental and energy (in)justice in 2020
November 12, 2020: Structural Racism as a Fundamental Cause of Health Inequities in Delaware
December 10, 2020: The Power of the Arts to Educate, Heal and Facilitate Meaningful Conversations
February 11, 2021: The Newark NAACP and UD Partnership
April 15, 2021: Partnership for Public Education: Anti-racism and Social Justice
May 13, 2021: Student Presentations