Diversity Dialogues: Can We Talk?

Creating a new pathway for an inclusive campus community.

Photo of Ursuline students participating in a group discussion

Join Ursuline's Diversity Dialogues

Ursuline College's Offices of Diversity and Mission invite you to join our new Diversity Dialogues initiative. Held over the course of the Spring 2024 semester, Ursuline students, alums, faculty, and staff will have opportunities for learning and discussion with the goal of creating an inclusive campus. Discussions will focus around the following groups of people who:

Jewish – January 17 - February 15
African American – February 15 - March 15
Asian American – March 15 - April 15
LGBTQIA – April 15 - May 15

You will gain

Increased knowledge and understanding around the four groups above
Improved skills in and comfort with difficult conversations
Increased understanding of and empathy for others’ lived experiences
Increased willingness to move from “bystander to upstander” creating a new pathway for an inclusive campus community

Three ways to participate

Awareness/Learn
Immersion/Experience
Conversation Partners/Share

Throughout the semester there are multiple opportunities to join the conversation and gain understanding and empathy for each of the four groups above. You can attend one or more awareness sessions, participate in immersion experiences, and/or share monthly with a conversation partner.

Interested? Here's how to get started

Attend the kick-off in-person or on Zoom (see details below) OR email Yolanda King (yolanda.king@ursuline.edu) or Sr. Virginia DeVinne (vdevinne@ursuline.edu) for further information.

Schedule

Details about the Diversity Dialogues schedule is listed below with more dates to be added. Additionally, the dates and locations for all education sessions and immersion activities will be announced electronically, and more information will be shared with details on how to sign up for a conversation partner.

Kickoff Meeting: January 17, 2024 from 12 -1 p.m.

In-person
Pilla 136

Zoom
Meeting ID: 856 1528 7434
Passcode: 008608

Conversation Partners Training: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 from 12 - 1 p.m.

In-person
PC 136

Zoom
Meeting ID: 81874502426
Passcode: 817345

Education Session with Rabbi Eddie Sukol: Wednesday, January 31 from 12 -1 p.m.

"Jew hatred in America: Where are we now"
Rabbi Eddie Sukol will speak about about antisemitism that is happening currently in the the U.S.

In-person
Pilla Dining Hall

Zoom
Meeting ID: 850 1665 6262
Passcode: 984588

Education Session with Teresa Stafford: Wednesday, March 6 from 12-1 p.m.

Teresa Stafford, CEO of Hope & Healing, will discuss: "My Lived Experience as a Black Woman in Northeast, Ohio"

In-person
Pilla Dining Hall

Zoom
Meeting ID: 881 9485 7810
Passcode: 767552