Southern Nevada Diversity Summit 2024
GOOD TROUBLE
ADVANCING THE LEGACIES OF DIVERSITY & INCLUSION IN AN ANTI-DEI ERA
SAVE THE DATE
October 4, 2024
In-Person & Online | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Nevada State University
1300 Nevada State Dr.
Henderson, NV, 89002
U.S. Congressman John Lewis is revered as an American hero, but before he was protecting voting rights in the halls of Congress, he was first a college student. Inspired by the mentorship of civil rights icons of the 1960s like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ella Baker, John Lewis entered college with a passion and fire to fight for justice and freedom. His involvement in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and organizing sit-ins to fight for desegregation would set him on a path to dedicate his life to fighting for social justice.
In honor of his legacy and memory, we invite our state to have critical dialogues as we get into “good trouble, necessary trouble” for the future of diversity, equity, & inclusion work in our state and nation. As we witness contemporary resistance to the legacy of the civil rights movements in the banning of diversity, equity, & inclusion efforts on college campuses, we invite our community to carry the torch of this work forward and ground ourselves in Lewis’s words:
“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.“
John Lewis, Civil Rights Activist, U.S. House of Representatives
The Southern Nevada Diversity Summit is a system-wide collaboration that organizes an annual free professional development for our faculty, staff, and students to learn about social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education. This event is free of charge and all faculty, staff, students, and community partners are invited to attend. The event is planned by a site and liaison committee made up of members from across NSHE. Space is limited in-person.
For questions, please email diversitysummit@nevadastate.edu.
Nevada State University, in collaboration with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the College of Southern Nevada, and the Desert Research Institute, is excited to announce our call for proposals for the 2024 Southern Nevada Diversity Summit. We seek proposals for presentations, workshops, roundtables, posters, and panels that align with our theme, Good Trouble: Advancing the Legacies of Diversity & Inclusion in an Anti-DEI Era.
The Southern Nevada Diversity Summit is a System-wide collaboration that provides annual professional development opportunities to learn about social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education. This event is free of charge and all faculty, staff, students, and community partners are invited to attend. The event is planned by a site and liaison committee made up of members from across NSHE. Space is limited for in-person attendance.
We will prioritize proposals that actively engage students and center student voices. We are particularly interested in proposals that address one of the following topics. We also welcome other thoughts that this might inspire:
Topics
- Elevating student voices, civic engagement, & activism
- Honoring the legacies and histories of diversity, equity, & inclusion
- Responding to the current national landscape of diversity, equity, & inclusion
- Strategizing collective action for social justice & civil rights
- Coalition building & solidarity that centers intra-group dialogue & strategies for effective communication
- Disability justice & celebrating neurodivergent perspectives
- Supporting LGBTQIA2+ and Trans students
- Transforming policy, institutional culture, & practices
- Dispelling myths about anti-racism and critical race theory
- Imagining new futures for diversity, equity, inclusion, & liberation (ex: Afrofuturism, environmental justice)
Format
Time: 60 minutes
Breakout sessions in roundtable, workshop, poster session, or panel format
Deadline
Submissions are due Friday, May 31st at 11:59pm. For questions about the call for proposals, email diversitysummit@nevadastate.edu.
Submission Requirements
- Title of Session
- Session Description that outlines what your session will be about (250-500 words)
- Learner-Centered Engagement Activity
- Learning Objectives that you expect your participants to achieve as a result of attending this session (2 – 4 objectives)
- Call to Action
- Presenter Biographies
Review Timeline
May 1- Proposal submissions open
May 31- Proposal submissions due
June 30 – Presenters notified of Selection or Non-Selection
Registration will open August 2024
October 4, 2024
TIME |
ACTIVITY |
LOCATION |
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8:00-9:00 AM |
Check-In |
KAB Rotunda |
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8:00-9:00 AM |
Breakfast & Networking |
KAB Rotunda & RSC Plaza |
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9:00-9:30 AM |
Welcome |
KAB Auditorium |
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9:40 -10:40 AM |
Keynote Speaker |
KAB Auditorium |
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10:50-11:50 PM |
Breakout Session 1 |
CEB |
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12:00 PM- 1:00 PM |
Lunch 1: RSC Ballrooms |
Lunch 2: CEB 211/212 |
RSC Ballrooms & CEB |
1:00 PM- 2:00 PM |
Breakout Session 2 |
CEB |
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2:10 PM-3:00 PM |
Panel |
KAB Auditorium |
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3:10-3:40 PM |
Poster Sessions |
KAB Rotunda |
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3:50 PM-4:50 PM |
Closing Community Panel |
KAB Auditorium
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Arriving September 2024
Location: Nevada State University, 1300 Nevada State Dr., Henderson, NV 89002
Campus Map: www.nevadastate.edu/campus-maps-hours/
Parking: Parking is free on campus.
Bathrooms: Gender-neutral bathrooms are available in each building. Lactation pods are available in CEB 2nd floor & KAB 2nd floor.
Quiet Space: KAB 129