​Lake Oswego HS to Host Free Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit on Oct. 19

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September 20, 2019 — The neighboring cities of Lake Oswego, West Linn, Wilsonville, Tigard, and Tualatin share commonalities and a network of partnerships among city employees, police departments, school districts, community organizations and elected officials.

With each city striving to address ever-increasing issues of equity and inclusion, agencies from each jurisdiction are collaborating to provide the area’s first Multi-City Equity Summit on Saturday, Oct. 19.

This day-long event, 8 am to 4 pm, aims to educate citizen and business leaders, government and police representatives, school teachers and administrators, and residents of all ages who are concerned about advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

This summit addresses issues related to racism, discrimination and exclusion with presentations, facilitated dialogs and action plan development at breakout sessions throughout the day, including:

  • Looking at Oregon history through a DEI lens (Educational)
  • Unconscious bias — we all have it and need to learn to recognize it (Educational)
  • How to build inclusion, wellbeing, and trust in a community (Facilitated dialog)
  • Barriers to equity: structural and cultural (Facilitated dialog)
  • Micro-aggressions and implicit bias (Facilitated dialog)

Keynote speaker Dr. Marvin Lynn has served in a variety of leadership roles at urban public institutions He is a Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Portland State University.

For complete program information, and to register for the event, visit multicityequity.org.

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