Strategic Horizon Network

Anti-Racism and Advancing Inclusive Excellence

Beyond the current COVID-19 pandemic, the year 2020 has brought racial and social unrest not seen in the country for nearly 50 years. It is a moment that the nine-member Strategic Horizon Network will not let pass. Undeterred by the constraints of the pandemic, the November colloquium provides a laser focus on anti-racism and inclusive excellence to expand our individual and collective perspectives and inspire a call for institutional action beyond our current efforts.

All SHN member colleges have made tremendous strides in our student success work and, through intentional efforts, have made early strides in creating more inclusive organizational cultures. However, we must continue to stretch our thinking and find ways to push the conversations about systemic racism and dimensions of inclusion to a place where deep personal and institutional change can occur. Community colleges pride ourselves on responding to the needs of our communities and the current social unrest is an opportunity of our institutions to step into this space and model the way for others and ourselves that moves our students, faculty, staff, and local communities toward a more anti-racist and systemically inclusive reality.

Learning Objectives

Upon Colloquium's end, participants will be able to:

  1. Understand the various elements that make social mobility important.
  2. Compare and contrast what it means to be non-racist versus anti-racist.
  3. Analyze behaviors that are informed by implicit bias and how to disrupt them.
  4. Understand the dimensions of equity and how to advance it on campus.

Agenda

Welcome session will be in the Auditorium! Welcome session will be in the Auditorium!

Monday, November 9, 2020

10:00 - 10:10 a.m. Welcome
Dr. Randy VanWagoner, President, MVCC, Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea, President & CEO, Mott Community College, and Dr. Leigh Goodson, President & CEO, Tulsa Community College
10:15 - 11:10 a.m. Affinity Groups - Reflections on Leading Through Crisis Discussion Prompt for all groups
How has the current state of multiple crises in our nation altered your work? What actions have you taken to manage yourself or others through these difficult times?
SEE AFFINITY GROUP LIST
11:15 - 12:15 p.m. KEYNOTE - Modernizing the Mobility Narrative
Michael Collins
12:15 - 12:55 p.m. Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. KEYNOTE - How to be an Anti-Racist
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
2:00 - 2:10 p.m. Break
2:15 - 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
SEE CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Affinity Groups - Engaging the College in Crucial Conversations Discussion prompt for all groups
As a College, where are you with equity work and what are the take-aways from this Colloquium that will continue to inform that work?
SEE AFFINITY GROUP LIST
11:00 - 11:10 p.m. Break
11:15 - 12:15 p.m. KEYNOTE - Biased: Uncover the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What We See, Think & Do
Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt
12:15 - 12:40 p.m. Lunch
12:45 - 2:00 p.m. KEYNOTE - Action Steps for Advancing Equity on Campus
Dr. Shaun Harper
2:00 - 2:10 p.m. Break
2:15 - 3:15 p.m. SHN Presidents Panel
Facilitated by Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea
GO TO AUDITORIUM
3:20 - 3:30 p.m. Wrap up and closing
Dr. Randy VanWagoner
GO TO AUDITORIUM

AFFINITY GROUP ZOOM ROOMS

CONCURRENT SESSION ZOOM ROOMS

  • Accelerated Learning as a Key Equity Tool Martin Luther King Jr
  • Developing Cultural Competency through Circles Malcom X
  • Road to The MCC Council Maya Angelou
  • Centering Racial Equity in Cultural Transformation: Elevating Dialogue and the Student Voice Rosa Parks
  • Equity and Inclusion Roadmap for Success John Lewis
  • Implicit Bias Shirley Chisholm
  • A Community College's Journey to Advancing an Equity Imperative: A Faculty, Dean, and Provost's Experience Angela Davis
  • Teaching Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in a Predominantly White Institution Thurgood Marshall
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