{"id":65770,"date":"2021-04-12T03:00:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T07:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=65770"},"modified":"2021-04-13T10:21:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T14:21:08","slug":"utoledo-students-host-dialogue-on-diversity-to-discuss-microaggressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/04_12_2021\/utoledo-students-host-dialogue-on-diversity-to-discuss-microaggressions","title":{"rendered":"UToledo Students Host Dialogue on Diversity to Discuss Microaggressions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Toledo is continuing its Dialogues on Diversity series with a conversation organized and hosted by students.<\/p>\n<p>The virtual town hall titled \u201cThe Effects of Microaggressions on Our Campus Community\u201d will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 15, on <a href=\"https:\/\/utoledo.webex.com\/mw3300\/mywebex\/default.do?nomenu=true&amp;siteurl=utoledo&amp;service=6&amp;rnd=0.8329457726650177&amp;main_url=https%3A%2F%2Futoledo.webex.com%2Fec3300%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26%26%26EMK%3D4832534b000000045443bf698dd4bc5548524853f9ed200a28e91bcf3af668b5fca668a7148b3d7d%26siteurl%3Dutoledo%26confViewID%3D189675915358268733%26encryptTicket%3DSDJTSwAAAATZHeUX2pCMU-nv3Z58JNaJnxWBNW80gdHJJjwn8tm6mA2%26\">Webex<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Virtual-Roundtable-9.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-65773\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Virtual-Roundtable-9-1024x537.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Virtual-Roundtable-9-1024x537.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Virtual-Roundtable-9-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Virtual-Roundtable-9-1536x806.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Virtual-Roundtable-9-2048x1074.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>The discussion will be moderated by Payton Beechler, a junior majoring in human resource management and president of Inclusion, a student organization dedicated to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, primarily focusing on students with disabilities and accessibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal of this dialogue is to allow students to express their experiences with microaggressions on campus and identify ways we can minimize these incidents,\u201d Beechler said. \u201cThe students participating in this discussion will represent different minority groups on campus allowing those involved to hear different perspectives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Panelists include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Isabella Weik, a junior majoring in general studies and president of the Multifaith Council;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Erin Black, a sophomore majoring in communications and minoring in disability studies and vice president of Inclusion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Kirsten Kendrick, a sophomore majoring in criminal justice pre-law and minoring in Spanish and incoming president of the Sexuality and Gender Alliance;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Nisha Luke, a senior majoring in public health and minoring in biology and chemistry and president of the Indian Student Cultural Organization; and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Zion Hoffman, a junior majoring in early childhood education and member of Inclusion Champions.<\/p>\n<p>This is the 14th town hall in the series of recent virtual Dialogues on Diversity since George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis by a police officer, sparking protests nationwide against systemic racism.<\/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":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/04_12_2021\/utoledo-students-host-dialogue-on-diversity-to-discuss-microaggressions\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Virtual-Roundtable-9-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>The virtual town hall, \u201cThe Effects of\u00a0Microaggressions\u00a0on Our Campus Community,\u201d will take place at 6 p.m. April 15 on Webex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":875,"featured_media":65773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,32,73,5,53,39,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65770"}],"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\/875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65770"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65774,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65770\/revisions\/65774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}