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The InclusiveVT Summit

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

The InclusiveVT Summit 2024
Tuesday, August 20
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The InclusiveVT Summit is an annual InclusiveVT Touchpoint event that brings together diversity and inclusion stakeholders across the university to prepare for the upcoming academic year.

This year's Summit is taking an unconference approach.  An unconference is a participant-driven model that focuses on questions and topics generated by the participants around the broad topic of Virginia Tech in the Historical Moment. If you'd like to contribute to the topic in advance of the event, please share your thoughts about what you are thinking. 

Afternoon sessions build on concerns and questions raised during the morning session.


Schedule for the Day

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Morning session: Inn at Virginia Tech Ballroom (livestream available)

Afternoon sessions: Goodwin Hall (zoom available for individual sessions)

 

Time

Activity

9 am 

Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:30

Table discussions followed by a Plenary:
What are we thinking about in this historical moment? 

10:45

Break

11:00

Lightening Talks: How we are responding across the university

12:00

Lunch on your own

2:00 & 3:30

Breakout sessions on topics related to:

Building community and engagement in the classroom post-COVID
Preparing ourselves and our students for the 2024 election
Addressing faculty diversification practices in an anti-DEI climate
Applying restorative justice praxis at the university
Leveraging your position to be a transformational ally
Responding to and resisting anti-LGBTQ and anti-DEI campaigns

Questions? Contact Jeneen Preston at pjeneen7@vt.edu