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10 Oct 2016

Tiffin-Seneca Public Library features Vernā Myers Ted Talk

TED Talk featuring Vernā Myers: How to overcome our biases? Tiffin-Seneca Public library Wed 18:30 – 19:30, 2016-10-19 Event description: Tiffin-Seneca Public Library is to host the next event in the TED TALK series on Wednesday, October 19 at 6:30 pm in the Frost Kalnow Room. The talk will feature “Verna Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them.” TED Talks are...

21 Sep 2016

Law School Aims to Level Playing Field with New Orientation

By Claire E. Parker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER. Following a year of of tension and discussion related to diversity at Harvard Law School, administrators unveiled a total overhaul of first-year orientation this year to acclimate students from varying backgrounds. The revamped week-long program included sessions run by second-and third-year Law students, discussions on “Community Engageme...

08 Jul 2016

Talk Boldly – Today We Have To Talk to Each Other

I know that many of us are feeling devastated by the police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castille this week and now today the painful murders of the Dallas police officers gunned down at a peaceful protest. We had only begun to recover from the grief of those lost in Orlando weeks before or manage the anguish we feel as we see the death tolls reported on evening news every nig...

21 Jun 2016

How Do You End Racism? Start With a Conversation

Liz Dwyer, culture and education editor at TakePart magazine writes about race, parenting and social justice. ‘Circles of Voices’ workshops facilitate dialogue that participants say breaks down bias. Nine people shot and killed by a white supremacist in a church in Charleston, South Carolina. The deaths of Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Jordan Davis, Rekia Boyd...

09 Jun 2016

Diversity Without Inclusion Misses the Point

Maya Salah quotes Vernā Myers in her article on Diversity and Inclusion: How does an organization that is invested in diversity of gender, race, age and sexuality make its mark? June 8, 2016 Minnesota ranks as one of the best places to live in the U.S. for quality of life, with a strong economy and a thriving job market. Historically, it has been a racially homogenous state. The influ...

02 Jun 2016

We can overcome barriers and have a truly diverse workplace

JANET CHO, The Plain Dealer writes about Verna for the Cleveland.com Business Section on May 27, 2016 CLEVELAND, Ohio — Diversity and inclusion consultant Verna Myers recently told the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association that she’s more than qualified to teach others to think about their unconscious biases, “because I’ve been dealing with diversity my whole life,” she said. “I’ve b...

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