Stetson hosts events to raise awareness about discrimination for diversity week
Stetson’s Gulfport campus hosted a series of events during diversity week, Feb. 29-March 4, to raise awareness about discrimination.
Professor Rebecca Morgan, co-director of the Center for Excellence in Elder Law, led a discussion with students on ageism. Photo by Karun Rivero, 2L.
An evening film and discussion on Feb. 25, “Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequality,” hosted by the Social Justice Advocacy Concentration at Stetson, kicked off the series.
Events for faculty, staff and students included a program on poverty, homelessness and social justice on Feb. 29; a program on being black in America on March 1; a diversity banquet on March 2; lunchtime talk with Professor Rebecca Morgan on the topic of ageism as part of the “Pizza with Professors” series on March 3; and an evening presentation on diversity in the U.S. military on March 3 (read more in this Weekly Challenger feature).
Post date: March 10, 2016
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