Topic: Life Interrupted by Covid-19 – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Diversity Relationship Goals
Date: November 19, 2020 12:00 Noon Central Time (US and Canada)
Rich A. Salas, Ph.D. serves as the Chief Diversity Officer at Des Moines University. In this important role, Dr. Salas is responsible for multicultural programming, and provides students/faculty/staff training in the area of cultural competency/cultural humility, as well as provides lectures across three colleges.
Reverend Eileen Gebbie is an ordained Christian priest in the United Church of Christ, currently serving a church in Ames. Her education includes degrees in sociology and divinity. Reverend Gebbie’s work has long emphasized structural racism. As a queer woman, her embodiment has been a challenge to homophobia and sexism.
Reyma McCoy McDeid is the executive director of Central Iowa Center for Independent Living and serves as treasurer and Anti-Racism and Equity Taskforce Co-Chair for the National Council on Independent Living. After a twenty year career in social services, her vocation has shifted from simply serving marginalized people to addressing how systems creates them in the first place.
FULL EVENT REPLAY – Life Interrupted by Covid-19 – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Rev. Eileen Gebbie touches on white privilege
Dr. Rich Salas discusses guilt and moving on
Reyma McCoy McDeid on how to respond when asked to be spokesperson for race
Rev. Eileen Gebbie on how to forge relationships with people of other faiths
Reyma McCoy McDeid touches on policing and mental health
