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MCC Daily Tribune

The Pain and Privilege of Being Professionally 'Woke'

The Western New York Diversity Officers (WNYDO) Council

Vision:

To lead the Western New York Diversity Officers (WYNDO) toward inclusive excellence through educational collaborations, institutional transformation, and ethical leadership in support of faculty, staff, students and members of the surrounding community.

 

Mission:

The Western New York Diversity Officers Group (WYNDO) serves as the preeminent voice for diversity and equity officers in the Western New York Higher Education Region by supporting our collective efforts to lead our institutions toward the attainment of the following goals and outcomes:

  • Identify and share best practices to drive systemic change within our region
  • Leverage resources to maximize outcomes
  • Collaborate with other diversity and inclusion efforts within the region to advance equity and systemic change throughout our community
  • Produce and disseminate empirical evidence through research to inform diversity initiatives
  • Provide professional development for current and aspiring diversity and equity officers
  • Inform and influence national and local policies
  • Create and foster networking opportunities

In this session, panelists will describe the navigation within the ‘being woke’ minefield in terms of the professional negotiation between how being aware or being conscious can also be terrifying or isolating when placed as a ‘achieved benchmark’ on educating oneself to the injustices that occur across the world. This perceived state of mind, never fully allows you to be fully comfortable or complacent because once you are deemed ‘woke’, one can never unlearn the knowledge nor seem unwilling to share the knowledge.


Date: January, 26, 2021

Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Format: Virtual


Collaborative Partner(s): Roberts Wesleyan College & Western New York Diversity Officers (WNYDO)


Kudos to our Panelists: Dr. Calvin Gantt | MCC, Dr. Tomicka Wagstaff | RIT, & Dr. Khuram Hussain | Hobart and William Smith Colleges


Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87186021251

Calvin Gantt
Office of the President
01/26/2021