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Black Student Persistence & Success: Create Long-Term, Institution-Wide & Systemic Change – February 24, 2021
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| Date & Time |
| Wednesday, February 24, 2021 • 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET |
| Overview |
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Many institutions are grappling with institutionalized policies and practices being unintentionally harmful or disproportionately impactful to Black students. The challenges of COVID-19 and current racial unrest in communities have brought this reality to the forefront of professionals’ minds. Building a robust culture of equity and inclusion not only improves a sense of belonging and engagement, but also recruitment and retention.
How can you put long-term, institution-wide and systemic changes in place to best support Black student persistence and success on your campus?
Get actionable takeaways and join this critical conversation with your peers on February 24, 2021 so you can best support Black students in an authentic and culture-changing way by working intentionally to dismantle the systemic racism that has plagued us for over 400 years.
This is a critical time for institutions to take inventory of their institutionalized policies and practices, which are harmful and/or disproportionately impactful to Black students. You’ll be better able to ensure equity and equality are at the center of all decisions, processes and systems in place.
Registration: $399*
*You can have your team participate remotely for this price. After you place your order, you will receive instructions for additional log ins for your remote team members. In addition, 24 hours following the live webinar we will email you a digital link and instructions to access the on-demand recording and materials that you may share with any staff members that were unable to attend the live event. Feel free to email us with any questions at info@paper-clip.com.
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| Topics Covered |
| We will offer crucial, actionable takeaways that will help you: |
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Use current events as a checkpoint to review your campus strategic plan for dismantling racism, campus culture shift, and the effectiveness of the diversity, equity and inclusion work currently in place.
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Create objective action items for developing a campus strategic plan for dismantling racism — ensure institutional policies and practices are authentic and culture-changing.
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Evaluate current policies, processes and procedures that are a hindrance to Black students’ success — support Black students as they navigate their academic and social experience through inclusive and equitable practices.
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Implement small, incremental changes that over time will begin to shift the culture on your campus — take a layered approach to addressing issues and acknowledge the need to make systemic and sustainable change.
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Ensure that your diversity, equity and inclusion work is not done at the expense of your Black students — prevent the risk of potential mental health, physical wellbeing and academic/social experiences from being negatively impacted.
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| Presenter |
Bonnie Taylor serves as the Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. The Dean of Students Office oversees Student Conduct, Student Life and Engagement, and Civic Engagement. Prior to joining the Spelman community in 2020, Bonnie worked at Georgia Tech and Georgia State University as the Associate Dean of Students and Director of Student Integrity and Coordinator for Student Conduct, respectively.
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Tamara L. Greenfield King was named Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs in the Division of the Vice Provost for University Life at the University of Pennsylvania in January 2019. In her role, Ms. King supervises six departments: Career Services, Civic House, NROTC, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, the Office of Student Affairs and Platt Student Performing Arts House.
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| What’s Included |
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Live 90-minute online session with carefully selected experts
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Link to view webinar on demand for one year (24/7 access)
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Materials for your team (handouts, discussion questions, etc.)
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Certificate of completion for each participant
- Remote team training
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Weekly newsletter – What's Working on Campus
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| For information about licensing this webinar for unlimited distribution on your institution’s internal network/server, please email info@paper-clip.com.
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