Speaker Series

2022-2023 Speaker Series

Equity in Action 

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 Antiracism Initiative offered a year-long speaker series dedicated to racial equity.

Equity in Action highlighted projects and programs that demonstrate the many ways UD is collaborating in and 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: Antiracism and Social Justice

May 13, 2021: Student Presentations