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Call for Proposals: UW–Madison Diversity Forum 2022

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The UW–Madison Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement is seeking proposals for breakout sessions for the annual Diversity Forum this fall.

The theme for the 2022 Diversity Forum will be The Power of Remembering: Reclaiming Our Legacies to Imagine New Futures, in an effort to understand and utilize the lessons learned from the past to inform current and future equity-minded policies, practices, and curriculum, and to create living and learning communities characterized by organizational and inclusive excellence.

The 2022 Diversity Forum will be held on Nov. 14 & 15 at Union South. Sessions will also be streamed online. The event will be free and open to the public. Breakout proposals are due by July 18.

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Breakout Session Proposals Due July 18

Davey Shlasko, director of Think Again Training and lecturer in Gender and Women’s Studies, presents “Trans/forming Allyship: Inclusive practices to support transgender people and gender diversity” at the UW–Madison Diversity Forum on Nov. 1, 2018. (Photo by Andy Manis)

The DDEEA is seeking proposals for 75-minute breakout sessions that will be facilitated in-person and streamed online for virtual attendees. Breakout sessions can take the form of workshops, panel discussions or lectures.

Successful proposals will meet some or all of the following criteria:

  • Align with the Forum’s mission to update, educate and activate attendees
  • Provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the latest research and best practices in diversity, equity and inclusion with practical applications for a broad audience
  • Respond to or build upon the conference theme
  • Help increase attendees’ understanding of matters of specific importance to people from historically marginalized or underrepresented groups
  • Provide a starting point for discussion, self-learning or interactive work among attendees

Note: if you would like to propose a workshop, please keep in mind that interaction with online attendees will be limited.

Submit your breakout session proposal by completing this form by July 18. Please email events@cdo.wisc.edu with any questions about this call for proposals.

Examples of past well-received breakout sessions:

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