The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) at Indiana Wesleyan University is hosting its first Diversity Leadership Summit today and tomorrow. The Summit answers a University action step designed to build institutional capacity to further cultural change.
The two-day event will feature one of the world’s foremost authorities on diversity, equity and inclusion: Dr. Damon A. Williams, chief catalyst for the Center for Strategic Diversity Leadership & Social Innovation, and a senior scholar & innovative fellow at Wisconsin’s Equity & Inclusion Laboratory at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Williams is an award-winning scholar and leader who is passionate about making organizations inclusive and empowering a new generation of diverse leaders for America. He has traveled extensively to work with more than 1,000 higher education institutions, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and nonprofit organizations.
Williams will deliver a keynote address—titled “From Awareness, to Action, to Innovation: Empowering Leaders Through Inclusive Excellence”—from 10:00-11:30 a.m. on Oct. 24 in the Barnes Student Center banquet rooms.
The Diversity Leadership Summit will also include workshops and breakout sessions for various groups across campus; including faculty, students and the IWU Cabinet; providing an audience with Williams to discuss inclusive excellence topics.
“We are all leaders in this work—it’s everchanging work,” said Diane McDaniel, vice president for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer. “That’s why we are so excited to hear from Dr. Williams. He is truly a brilliant mind in the field of change for diversity and inclusive excellence.”
For more information on diversity and inclusion at IWU, visit www.indwes.edu/about/diversity/.
