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Monday, November 6, 2006 10:55 PM CST
EIU to host guest speaker on issue of diversity
By the JG/T-C
editorial@jg-tc.com
CHARLESTON -- Tim Wise, one of the most prominent anti-racist writers/activists in the United States, plans to make two presentations -- one pen to the public -- at Eastern Illinois University.
The open presentation -- “Beyond Diversity: Making Race Real” -- begins at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Lumpkin Hall Auditorium. There is no admission charge.
A second presentation will take place earlier in the day for EIU faculty, staff and graduate assistants.
Wise, director of the newly formed Association for White Anti-Racist Education in Nashville, Tenn., has lectured in 46 different states and on more than 300 college campuses. He has trained many teachers, corporate employees and law-enforcement officers in methods for eliminating racism in their institutions, and has served as a consultant for plaintiffs’ attorneys in federal discrimination cases in New York and Washington State.
Wise’s objectives for the open session are five-fold:
-- To help individuals understand the way in which race and racism continue to affect opportunity in higher education and American society more generally.
-- To provide a critique of diversity efforts, which can inspire greater efforts to produce equity in every aspect of campus life.
-- To explore how subtle forms of racial bias and institutionalized racial privilege can distort the goals of equal opportunity.
-- To develop methods for minimizing racial inequity in the college setting.
-- To develop solidarity between those who receive racial privilege and those who face racial discrimination, based on a common understanding of the benefits to be gained from more equitable institutional structures.
Both presentations are being sponsored by the EIU Office of Faculty Development, which has worked to remain current in the topics and trends in higher education.
According to Mildred Pearson, the office’s director, “Diversity is one of the leading topics facing institutions across colleges and universities today.
“Faculty development-conducted surveys in the past to gauge which topics are most important to the EIU learning community.
“Diversity was one of the topics that rose to the surface; it quickly became clear that faculty felt the need to open up the dialogue surrounding diversity issues.
“Tim Wise is a nationally renowned speaker on the topic of diversity, and while our campus has been offering workshops on this critical issue, Wise’s visit will facilitate a healthy dialogue, with both the campus and the broader community. He will lead us on the critical issues of diversity.”
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Laura Williams wrote on May 29, 2007 1:35 PM: