梅丽莎Harris-Perry

梅丽莎Harris-Perry, 教育家、作家, will present the keynote address January 16 during Grand Valley's celebration of the life and legacy of the 牧师. Dr. 马丁·路德·金. 

Harris-Perry will give a presentation on Tuesday, January 16, at 10 a.m. 在柯克霍夫中心大河室. 该活动免费向公众开放. It will also be offered virtually, a link to the Zoom webinar is pasted below.

She is also the keynote speaker for the 38th annual West Michigan community celebration, 定于1月15日, 6 p.m. 喷泉街教堂. That event is presented via a partnership among Grand Valley, 达文波特大学和大急流城社区学院. 点击这里观看虚拟视频.

Harris-Perry teaches and conducts research at Wake Forest University as the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair in the Department of Politics and International Affairs, 妇女和性别研究系, 非裔美国人研究项目, 以及环境与可持续发展项目. She is the founder and president of the Anna Julia Cooper Center, whose mission is to advance justice through intersectional scholarship and action. She is the author of the award-winning books "Barbershops, 圣经, BET:《博天堂官方网页》和《博天堂官方》,和“公民姐妹:耻辱。, 刻板印象, 以及美国的黑人妇女."

Harris-Perry earned a bachelor's degree Wake Forest University and a doctoral degree in political science from Duke University. She studied theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Harris-Perry previously taught at the University of Chicago, 普林斯顿大学和杜兰大学. 

Zoom网络研讨会，1月. 16个事件:
http://gvsu-edu.zoom.us/j/91486189118
网络研讨会ID: 914 8618 9118

由于天气原因，活动取消

由于天气原因，本次活动取消.

GVSU毕业生Dar Mayweather, 07年和09年, is the founder of an inclusive leadership consulting business, 做好工作, and a leadership studies faculty member at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

He will give a presentation to the campus community on Wednesday, January 17, at 4:30 p.m. 在柯克霍夫中心大河室. This event follows the silent march, which will begin at 4 p.m. 这两个活动都是免费向公众开放的. Mayweather's presentation will also be offered virtually, a Zoom webinar link is pasted below.

Mayweather teaches leaders inclusion strategies that allow colleges and university stakeholders to close the gap between their intention and action. He earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and a master's degree in higher education administration from GVSU, and a MBA certificate and a doctoral degree in education from Eastern Michigan University. He has received the King Chavez Parks Future Faculty Fellow Award from the State of Michigan, the American College Personnel Association Pan African Network Sawubona Award, 在其他荣誉中.

缩放研讨会:
http://gvsu-edu.zoom.us/j/95769781168
网络研讨会ID: 957 6978 1168

TaRita约翰逊

TaRita约翰逊, senior vice president of Talent and Diversity at The Right Place in Grand Rapids, will weave together her story with the legacy of the 牧师. Dr. 马丁·路德·金. in a presentation sponsored jointly by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies and the Division of Inclusion and Equity.

Johnson's presentation will be Thursday, January 18, beginning at 5 p.m. 在德沃斯中心，卢斯莫尔礼堂. 主题演讲结束后，酒会将于下午6点开始.m. 这个活动是免费向公众开放的. 需要回复. People attending virtually will be sent a Zoom webinar link after registering.

在2021年加入The Right Place之前, Johnson served as the director of the Career Center at Calvin University. 她负责监督该中心的职业培训, 员工关系, 事件和市场分析和评估. She was responsible for cross-divisionally creating and launching a career and life skills program, 卡尔文毕生的事业. 

Johnson served as a talent acquisition manager for corporate recruiting at Meijer. 在Meijer工作之前, she was the vice president of College and University Relations at KeyBank, 她在哪里发展, executed and oversaw the bank’s college recruitment program for all lines of business. 

团队的梦想

团队的梦想, the first documentary short from the 2022 Queen Collective program, was produced by Queen Latifah and directed and produced by Luchina Fisher.

The film will be screened followed by a panel discussion twice on January 18: 11:30 a.m. 在柯克霍夫中心，马奎特先生的房间，晚上7点.m. in the DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium (following TaRita约翰逊's presentation and reception). 

费希尔的电影讲述了安·史密斯和玛德琳·墨菲·拉布的故事, 谁是82岁和77岁, 分别, 揭示什么都没有——不是年龄, not race and certainly not Chicago’s notorious weather — will stop them from training for the 2022 National Senior Games, where they will likely be the two of the few Black women competing in the swim events. “你永远不会老到不能做梦.“加入梦之队已经十年了, a Chicago-based organization training women of color in swimming, 自行车和铁人三项, Smith and Rabb continue to reach goals they never thought possible.

Joining the panel discussion will be Ann Smith and Derrick Milligan, coach to Smith and Rabb. Milligan founded 团队的梦想, a triathlon training network for women of color. 小组成员将讨论水资源和种族问题, 特别是在早上的小组讨论中, 11:30 a.m. 在柯克霍夫中心，马奎特先生的房间.