Focus on Bias: 3.26.19
The Office of Student Financial Aid distributes a weekly email focused on implicit bias with some videos to watch, articles to read, and other events around campus and the community that we encourage you to attend if your schedule allows.
Videos of the Week: Explosive Cheating Scandal Illuminates Hidden Inequities of College Admissions – https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/explosive-cheating-scandal-illuminates-hidden-inequities-of-college-admissions. This video is about 8.5 minutes long. We explored this topic a bit before the admissions scandal broke, but it’s worth continuing to look at since it’s so relevant to the work we do.
Article of the Week: Offensive Image During UW-Oshkosh Student Elections Leads to Deeper Look at Campus Climate by Devi Shastri – https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/education/2019/03/19/racist-homophobic-snapchat-sparks-frustration-anger-uw-oshkosh/3202560002/. Incidents like the one described in the article are unfortunately common place at campuses across the country and are not new to any of us, but it’s still important to see how they are addressed, particularly when they are so close.
Upcoming Trainings, Workshops, & Events
(Newly added events are bolded)
THIS MONTH
- Courage for Racial Justice, Courage for Collective Liberation – See Attached Flyer (March 27)
- Badger Café: Global Black Literature Experts Join the UW – https://www.uwalumni.com/event/badger-cafe-global-black-literatures-experts-join-the-uw/ (March 26)
- National Diversity Council Women in Leadership Symposium – https://diversity.wisc.edu/event/national-diversity-council-women-in-leadership-symposium-2/ (March 27)
- Closing Reception of Dear Mr. Good Exhibit – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/135042 (March 27)
- Thrive@UW–Madison: Creating Inclusive Work Environments – See https://talent.wisc.edu and click Thrive@UW–Madison (March 28)
- Social Justice Hub New Member Welcome – https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/event/social-justice-hub-new-member-welcome/ (March 28)
- Gender & Women’s Studies Colloquium Series (https://crgw.gws.wisc.edu/colloquium-series/)
- Listening for the Afro-Future: What Can’t Bodies Hold – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/127411(March 28)
- Supporting Refugee Students in Higher Education – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/134537 (March 29)
- Philippine Culture Night – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/135239 (March 31)
- Building Inclusion@UW: Disability Awareness and Ableism – See https://talent.wisc.edu and click Building Inclusion@UW–Madison (April 4)
- A Kiki with Steven Canals – https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/event/an-evening-with-steven-canals/ (April 4)
- Daniel Colon-Ramos Talk – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/134469 (April 9)
- 2019 J. Jobe and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Lecture – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/133543 (April 11)
- An Indigenous Critique of Whiteness in Children’s Literature – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-may-hill-arbuthnot-honor-lecture-with-dr-debbie-reese-registration-56438776901 (April 13)
- MSAN Institute – http://msan.wceruw.org/conferences/institute.html (April 15-16)
- Flavors of the World – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/132285 (April 17)
- Division of Continuing Studies – Honoring Our Common Differences Course: https://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/classes/honoring-common-differences/ (April 23)
- ETHEL and Robert Mirabal Concert – https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/event/ethel-and-robert-mirabal/ (April 25)
- Gender & Women’s Studies Colloquium Series (https://crgw.gws.wisc.edu/colloquium-series/)
- Black on the Midwestern Frontier: From Slavery to Suffrage in Wisconsin – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/127412(April 25)
- Building LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Workplace – See https://talent.wisc.edu and click Building Inclusion@UW–Madison (April 30)
- Deep Diversity Institute – https://www.ywcamadison.org/what-were-doing/race-gender-equity/deep-diversity-institute/ (May 21-23)
- Thrive@UW–Madison: Creating Inclusive Work Environments – See https://talent.wisc.edu and click Thrive@UW–Madison (June 11)
- UW–Madison Women & Leadership Symposium – https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx (July 2)
- YWCA Racial Justice Summit – https://www.ywcamadison.org/what-were-doing/race-gender-equity/racial-justice-summit/(October 15 & 16)
- Leveraging Science to Benefit Marginalized Populations – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/134600 (November 2)
- UW–Madison Diversity Forum – https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=64689 (November 5 & 6)