It’s often said that people are more than a sum of their parts. This is especially true with regard to our identities. Did you know that we all possess multiple, layered identities, including race, gender, class, sexual orientation, ethnicity and ability, among others?
The campus community is invited to mark their calendars for the sixth annual CNY Inclusion and Equity Summit, to be hosted by SUNY Oswego this year from noon to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 29, in Hewitt ballroom, co-sponsored with Le Moyne College and Onondaga Community College. The summit will engage students, faculty and staff in learning experiences focusing on identity to help create a more conscious and inclusive campus culture.
The summit and lunch are free for all members of our college communities. Register at oswego.edu/inclusion-summit.
Program
Noon: Lunch and Registration
12:30 p.m.: Open Minds, Open Lives
Maria Malagisi, Assistant Director, Service Learning, Onondaga Community College
Bennie Williams, Director of Inclusive Excellence and Global Education, Le Moyne College
Co-facilitators
1:30 p.m.: Taking Ownership of Your Identity
Rodmon King, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, SUNY Oswego, Facilitator
2:45 p.m.: Keynote Speaker
Michael Corso, “Privilege, Oppression and Conflict”
3:30 p.m.: Identities in Action
Fairlie Firari, adjunct professor of communication, Onondaga Community College
Rodmon King
Co-facilitators
Participants will
• Define intersectionality
• Identify the intersectionality of one’s own life
• Appreciate that the intersection of these identities also reflects an intersection of overlapping oppressions
• Appreciate how their intersectional identity situates them within structures of privilege and marginalization
• Identify common struggles with others
• Construct an action plan that will foster understanding between individuals and communities as well as create affirmational and
transformational contexts