12th Annual Diversity Symposium

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Wednesday September 9, 2020 - Thursday September 10, 2020
      9:00 am - 2:59 pm
  • Location: Online
  • Phone:
  • URL: 12th Annual Diversity Symposium
  • Email:
  • Fee(s):
    N/A
  • Extras:
Contact

If you have any questions, please contact Tamara Ballou at tamara.ballou@gatech.edu

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Join us virtually for the 2020 Georgia Tech Diversity Symposium, 'Understanding Accessibility as Inclusion: Georgia Tech's Pathway to Accessibility' on September 9.

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Join us virtually for the 2020 Georgia Tech Diversity Symposium, 'Understanding Accessibility as Inclusion: Georgia Tech's Pathway to Accessibility'
on September 9.

The 2020 Diversity Symposium will feature a keynote address from guest speaker Haben Girma. The first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Girma advocates for equal opportunities for people with disabilities and travels the world teaching the benefits purposeful inclusion. The day will also include panels featuring faculty, staff, and student voices and Georgia Tech accessibility-centered research. The event will also recognize Diversity Champion Awards and Faces of Inclusive Excellence honorees.

Learn more at: https://diversity.gatech.edu/12th-annual-diversity-symposium

Stay tuned to this website for further program updates. Registration will open in July.

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (IDEI)

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Postdoc, Public, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
Categories
Conference/Symposium, Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium
Keywords
2020 diversity symposium accessibility
Status
  • Created By: tjohnson372
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Jun 18, 2020 - 10:43am
  • Last Updated: Jun 18, 2020 - 10:53am