REPRESENTATION MATTERS WITH KELLY & BECCA

How can we help others feel seen? Are we creating campus programs and educational campaigns with impact? Are our programs meaningful to our entire community or the leaders that create them? This session asks: are our good intentions, good enough?

Join us for a candid conversation with Kelly and Becca as they ask us to think critically about these issues. This session will include clips from interviews with three other thought leaders who address the issues of diversity, inclusion and representation through their art. These storytellers each challenge participants to think in new ways to further engage more diverse members of a community. They share the importance of offering space at the table for diverse points of view and how to achieve this level of engagement. This session illustrates how to create more effective campaigns and produce programs that engage and inspire communities. This candid conversation helps individuals identify where they and their organizations are and outlines how they can measure their efforts to foster diversity and inclusion. Lastly, the program challenges participants on where they can aspire to be: creating a truly representational community. Because, representation matters.

Session Goals:

• Define inclusive programming.

• Share examples of why diverse representation matters.

• Provide participants with the information to seek out new approaches to diversity and inclusion. Such as: the inclusion of diverse people in developing the campaigns and programs on campus. Use diverse (such as race, sex, gender, native origin, age, differently abled, sexual orientation and identity) members of your communities in social media campaigns, education, programs etc.