{"id":59776,"date":"2020-06-01T13:33:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T17:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=59776"},"modified":"2020-09-29T09:06:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T13:06:04","slug":"utoledo-to-host-virtual-roundtable-discussion-june-4-about-death-of-george-floyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/06_01_2020\/utoledo-to-host-virtual-roundtable-discussion-june-4-about-death-of-george-floyd","title":{"rendered":"UToledo to Host Virtual Roundtable Discussion June 4 About Death of George Floyd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>*NOTE: This article has been updated to include additional panelists participating in the conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The University of Toledo is hosting a campus conversation about the death of George Floyd at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 4.<\/p>\n<p>The free, public event titled \u201cDialogues on Diversity Virtual Townhall\u201d can be accessed on <a href=\"https:\/\/utoledo.webex.com\/mw3300\/mywebex\/default.do?service=1&amp;main_url=%2Fmc3300%2Fe.do%3Fsiteurl%3Dutoledo%26AT%3DMI%26EventID%3D1015121602%26MTID%3Dmf1e2998997d0359ebd7e1dce9791b668%26Host%3DQUhTSwAAAAQ5aqnVWPOEE2tsFEGXC0C1pnARa6AZAPYSElteHS05AneTVuh28NmKZFM-1r-UFAdxCtgIMfVAMdLcL-1jZuQ80%26FrameSet%3D2&amp;siteurl=utoledo&amp;nomenu=true\"><strong>Webex<\/strong><\/a> using the access code 160 282 6992. The meeting password is HSfu4PQF6D3. Join by phone at 415.655.0002.<\/p>\n<p>Participants include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 UToledo Police Chief Jeff Newton;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Benjamin Davis, UToledo law professor;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dr. Monita Mungo, UToledo assistant professor of sociology;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dr. La Tasha Sullivan, director of the University Counseling Center;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nick Thompson, president of Student Government;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Anjali Phadke, vice president of Student Government;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nyah Kidd, president of the Black Student Union;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Giselle Zelaya, president of the Latino Student Union;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Asher Sovereign, of the Sexuality and Gender Alliance; and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Darren Gordon, former president of the UToledo chapter of the Student National Medical Association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe events of the past week have brought to light the critical role higher education can and must play in facilitating open and honest discussions that empower us as a community and a nation to translate our ideals into actionable change,\u201d Dr. Willie McKether, vice president for diversity and inclusion, said.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Toledo is a community that celebrates and respects people of all backgrounds and experiences. As an institution, we remain committed to building an inclusive environment free of racism, sexism, bigotry and other negative influences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Toledo is hosting a campus conversation about the death of George Floyd at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 4. The free, public event titled \u201cDialogues on Diversity Virtual Townhall\u201d can be accessed on WebEx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":812,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/812"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59776"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60991,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59776\/revisions\/60991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}