Accessible & Inclusive Programming & Event Planning – On-Demand Training

Campus life staffers are event professionals, who are often able to make high-impact events happen on a large scale with limited resources. Often, the systems that campuses use impede their ability to create inclusive events.

Ensure campus engagement and inclusion – with regard to disability, race, identity, international citizenship, political and religious affiliation, socioeconomic status, and more. You’ll hear from expert presenters as they help you strategize from the planning stage and beyond to put DEI & accessibility at the forefront to ensure you create a comfortable environment for everyone.

The first step in getting diverse students to engage is to get them to spaces that allow them to participate in new ways. Conduct intentional audits of your level of accessibility and inclusion, to help ensure that your events foster diversity and inclusion.

Topics Covered

You’ll gain crucial, actionable takeaways that will help you:

• Gain awareness of various event decisions that may be inadvertently exclusionary – reach new and different campus community members.
• Audit your event planning procedures for accessibility and inclusion – utilize a checklist for event planning so you can incorporate educational and entertaining events and activities suitable for diverse audiences.
• Utilize inclusive and equitable event planning approaches whenever possible – design events for the margins, rather than designing for the center.
• Liaise with key offices when needs arise – find creative ways to partner and use existing resources when the campus’ resources are not sufficient for accessibility and inclusion-related needs.

Presenter

Rhonda Fitzgerald serves as the Managing Director for the Sustained Dialogue Campus Network and works to train, mentor, and provide guidance to a broad range of institutions and individuals seeking to transform their communities through Sustained Dialogue.
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Dr. Thomas Walker is the Director of the Inclusion & Equity Education Office at the University of Denver in Colorado.
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