Thank you to the more than 1,800 people who attended our Committed to Change: A Call to Action virtual event on July 8. To learn how you can get involved with the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement, please contact Tracy Williams-Maclin, senior director of external relations and development, at tracy.williamsmaclin@wisc.edu.
Watch the full recording
Thank you to our speakers
In order of appearance:
- Dr. Cheryl Gittens, Interim Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity & Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, UW–Madison
- Grady Crosby, VP Public Affairs, Chief Diversity Officer and President, Johnson Controls Foundation
- Dr. Pamela Newkirk, Professor of Journalism, NYU; Author of Diversity Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business
- Shawn Dove, Founder & CEO, Campaign for Black Male Achievement
- Darrell Hines II (’03), CEO, Hines Consulting
- Payton Wade (‘20), Founder, UW–Madison Student Inclusion Coalition
- Cavalier Johnson (‘09), 2nd District Alderman and Council President, Milwaukee Common Council
- Dr. Ruben Anthony, Jr. (MS ’92), President & CEO, Urban League of Greater Madison
- Claudia Marte, Mental Health Provider with Students of Color Focus, UW–Madison
- Dr. Eric Wilcots, Dean, College of Letters & Science, Mary C. Jacoby Professor of Astronomy, UW–Madison
- Dr. Corey Steele, Psychologist and Mental Health Provider with Students of Color Focus, UW–Madison
Resources
Diversity, Inc. The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business by Pamela Newkirk
https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/pamela-newkirk/diversity-inc/9781568588230/
Worst in U.S. for Racial Equality – Wisconsin Ranks #1
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/08/22/minnesota-racial-inequality/
Harvard Business Review Article – Academia Isn’t a Safe Haven for Conversations about Race
Forbes Article on Impacts of Racism on Health
https://fortune.com/2020/06/19/john-henryism-black-racism-workplace/
New York Times Article – Are You Willing to Give up Privilege?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/opinion/sunday/black-lives-matter-corporations.html
Wisconsin Ranks #50 for State Economic Racial Equality
https://wallethub.com/edu/state-economies-with-most-racial-equality/75810/
Race in America Video by Phil Vischer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGUwcs9qJXY
Race in Corporate America
https://marker-medium-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/marker.medium.com/amp/p/903f0403a4f5
About Negative Economic Policy Impacts
McKinsey & Company – The Color of Wealth facts regarding the wealth gap and proposed solutions
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/five-fifty-the-color-of-wealth
The Black Experience in the Workforce
Must See Testimony as Attorney Bryan Stevenson Explains A Personal Experience with Racism
Speaking Up Against Racist Jokes
Resources for Black Mental Health
https://apple.news/Ad9K6krZ4T3qryDZOpfz0Dg
College Campus Reopening Impacts on Students of Color in Wake of COVID 19
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/21303102/college-reopening-fall-coronavirus-students-faculty-worry
Truth of the Confederacy in the United States (Full Version)
Fox News Interview with Hawk Newsome, Leader of Black Lives Matter New York
https://www.foxnews.com/media/black-lives-matter-leader-burn-down-system
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Day of Racial Healing Dialogue
https://healourcommunities.org/day-of-racial-healing/
Virgil Abloh – UW Alumni that Returned to Campus in 2015 and led Red Shirt Effort as Diversity Project
UW-Madison Student Inclusion Coalition Demands
Proposed Solutions to Racial Injustice by Michael Johnson, CEO Boys and Girls Club of Dane County
https://wkow.com/amp/michael-johnson-10-solutions-to-racial-injustice