2020 Diversity Symposium Workshop

The workshop portion of the 2020 Diversity Symposium is led by Dr. David Brown, Assistant Professor at Klein College, and Dr. Valerie Dudley, Director of IDEAL. This last session in the Symposium examines how we bring our authentic selves to the work that we do in the classroom and outside the classroom. Being authentic in the classroom starts with building trust, demonstrating interest and concern, sharing interests and experiences, making time to converse with students, and displaying elements of your humanity. It is crucial that authenticity shines through in the classroom as it leads to brighter futures for both professors and students. 

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Celebrate Black History Month with TUTV

Happy Black History Month

TUTV will honor Black History Month by airing programming highlight African American history, culture or achievement.

Click on the title of the program below for more information. Visit this page again for an expanded schedule later in the month.

Black History Month Programming Schedule

Program Day Time
Black America Every Mon. 11:30 am, 7:30 pm
CaribNation Every Wed. 10:30 am, 6:30 pm
A History of Black Achievement in America Every Sun. 12:30 & 8:30 pm
Temple University Diversity Symposium Wed. 3 1 & 9 pm
Detroit Civil Rights Trilogy Thurs. 4 1:30 & 9:30 pm
759: Boy Scouts of Harlem Wed. 10 1 & 9 pm
I am a Man from Memphis Thurs. 11 1 & 9 pm
Black Lives Always Mattered! Panel Wed. 17  1 & 9 pm
A Conversation with Charles Barkley Thurs. 18 1:30 & 9:30 pm
Library Lecture: Race in the Race 2020 Wed. 24  1 & 9 pm
Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson’s American Journey Tues. 23  1 & 9 pm
Sheer Good Fortune: Toni Morrison Thurs. 25 1:30 & 9:30 pm
Temple People: David Brown Thurs. 25 2:30 & 10:30 pm
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2020 Diversity Symposium Discussion

A discussion is led by Dr. Elizabeth L. Sweet as a part of Temple’s 2020 Diversity Symposium. Dr. Sweet engages in collaborative community economic development by using feminist and anti-racist frameworks. Her projects push the boundaries of planning, theory, and methods. In her field, she has proposed the use of body map storytelling as an innovative way to co-create data. In her discussion, she references authors, presents ideas and theories, discusses her Afro-Mexican project, all to bring light to the topic of diversity and community. 

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2020 Diversity Symposium Keynote Address

As a part of the 2020 Diversity Symposium, Keynote Speaker Dr. Yaba Blay presents her thoughts on the way racial justice and issues of diversity have loomed large in the year 2020. Dr. Blay is a scholar-activist, a public speaker, a cultural consultant, and a Temple alum. Her work is centered around the lived experience of black women, identity, body politics, and beauty politics. Her clients range from global companies to global campaigns such as #MeToo. She is also the author of the award-winning one-drop, “Shifting the Lens on Race”.

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2020 Diversity Symposium

Dr. Sonja Peterson-Lewis presents an informational session on essential workers and screens the short film, “Keepers of the House” by Rhonda Klenansky, Neil Prose, and Francesca Talenti. The film provides a look at the lives of housekeepers who work in hospitals. This session discusses the importance of essential works during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

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