Diversity Podcasts Season 3 – Episode 1 – Disability Awareness Month 2020

“Create Change”

Dr. Thomas Dirth (Assistant Professor of Psychology), Sabrina Erickson (Executive Assistant of the Office of Academic Affairs), and Jenna Trisko (Grant Specialist) shared their insights and experiences, as we recognize the Disability Awareness Month.

Disability Awareness Month Events

This October marks 75 years since the U.S. Department of Labor established National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and 30 years since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

During this month, the Center collaborates with the Psychology Department and the library to set up the BSU Virtual BookShelf for Disability Awareness Month –https://libguides.bemidjistate.edu/c.php?g=1090402

The Diversity Podcast episode will be released soon –  Dr. Ye (Solar) Hong with members of the Accessibility Employee Resource Group at BSU. Click here for previous episodes: https://www.bemidjistate.edu/services/cdei/category/podcast/

In addition, don’t miss the following events and programs at BSU this month for engagement, education, and dialogue:

  • October 26th 1:00-2:30pm– Celebrate ADA30
    • A free, 90-minute, online event hosted by Metropolitan State University will feature informative presentations, artistic performances, and more celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the ADA and National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM).– October 26that 1pm. Register for the event https://ada30mn.com/
  • October 29th – 6:30-8:00pm Disability and Ableism in the Age of Covid-19 – with Dr. Michelle Nario-Redmond – Hiram College (facilitated by Dr. Thomas Dirth, Assistant Professor of Multicultural Psychology at BSU).
    • In this webinar lecture and dialogue, Dr. Nario-Redmond, Professor of Psychology and Biomedical Humanities and specializing in stereotyping, prejudice, and disability studies,  will discuss why now it is more important than ever to understand and appreciate how disability is being experienced in the 21st Century. She will review her research into the significance of ableism in influencing the identities and well-being of people with disabilities. Dr. Nario-Redmond will also discuss disability culture and its creative and innovative pathways that people with disabilities have taken to reclaim and redefine disability experiences. Finally, she will connect the present to the past in the ways people with disabilities have a long history of instigating social change through collective action. This webinar will include a 50-minute presentation by Dr. Nario-Redmond, followed by a 30-minute dialogue moderated by Dr. Thomas Dirth. Dr. Dirth will have prepared questions and audience questions will also accepted during the question and answer session.
    • Registration Link  https://bit.ly/35bRF45
    • This event is co-sponsored by the BSU Psychology Department and the Student Center for Diversity Equity and Inclusion.
  • November 6th – 3-5pm– Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution film watch party and discussion. 
    • Just down the road from Woodstock, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a parallel revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers. Steeped in the humor and music of the era, Crip Camp explores the universal experience of summer camp awakenings that would transform lives and shape the future of the disability rights movement. Told from the point of view of former camper Jim LeBrecht, the film traces the journeys of campers up to the present day, in this compelling and untold story of a powerful journey towards inclusion. Crip Camp will take viewers deep inside a revolutionary era and on a wild trip; a ride from oppression to empowerment, from infantilization to freedom – the trip of a lifetime. – Documentary.org  Crip Camp can be viewed on Netflix or on YouTub ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFS8SpwioZ4&t=207s

 

Register for the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education

Our all-campus access enables unlimited viewing of recorded keynote speeches and educational sessions from the start of the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education on Tuesday, October 20thuntil Sunday, November 22nd.

The following sessions may be particularly relevant for students with interests of knowing more about diversity, equity and inclusion:

#1 Queering Sustainability

#2 Campus Pride Index: Implications and Limitations in Measuring LGBTQ+ Campus Climate

#3 Examples and Conversation about Elevating Equity and Justice in Sustainability Literacy

#4 What Motivates Change Agents and Supports Their Resilience in the Face of Adversity?

#5 Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation for Climate Justice on Island Earth

#6 Leveraging Change From Within and From Without: Equity & Sustainability

#7 Encountering Unjust Transitions: Sustainability, Masculinities, and (m)Anthropocene Collapse

#8 The Conscience of a Campus Framework—Integrating Local and Global Cultures

#9 Leaders of Color: Navigating Environmentalism and Sustainability

Though BSU has unlimited access, individual participants still need to register themselves.

  1. -Click HERE to register and take note of the following…
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-Under registration type – students should use the “Student” category; the follow-up questions differ for either category but the access to conference benefits will be the same.

-Anyone may register individuals other than themself (ie. faculty may register their students by checking the “I am registering on behalf of this person”)

-On the Submit Payment page, enter discount code: BEMIDJIST091820 (This will reduce your total to $0.00)