We Need to Talk Diversity
Tufts gets more diverse each year. That gives us a lot to talk about.
On May 20, students, faculty, and staff are invited to come together for “Let’s Talk: Diversity, Inclusion, and Engagement,” an event to help learn how to have better conversations, collaborations, and relationships despite—or even because of—our differences.
The three-hour program, a part of Tufts’ Bridging Differences Initiative, will include a keynote presentation on choosing words that value diversity by Allyson Livingstone, director of diversity, equity, and inclusion training and development at Brandeis University. Following the keynote, students will lead breakout discussion sessions exploring race and ethnicity, religion and spirituality in the workplace, ESL students in the university classroom, and sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace.
The event will also mark the roll-out of the Diversity Inclusion Virtual Training Center (DIVICE) website, which will provide articles, videos, and other resources to help people examine their own thoughts, behaviors, and experiences around diversity.