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Speak Out, Step Up, Stand Together
Western Illinois University’s Expanding Cultural Diversity Project (ECDP) and Dealing With
(DWDI) has addressed issues of diversity, social justice and activism with
campus community to Speak Out, Step Up, and Stand Together.
WIU’s ECDP is excited to announce keynote presentations for this year’s DWDI:
April 23-25, 2015
Inaugural C.T. Vivian Lecture:
“Woke Up This Morning With My Mind Stayed on Freedom”
Thursday April 23, 2015 7:00 PM (Sandberg Theatre)
Co-Sponsored by Departments of African American Studies and History
Dr. Fannie Rushing, Professor of History, Benedictine University (Chicago, Illinois)
Fannie Rushing is a civil rights veteran. She was a volunteer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) where
culture of African people in Latin America and the Caribbean.
“Creating Culturally Responsive Environments; Activities to Facilitate
Exploring Diversity” Saturday April 25, 2015 10:00 AM (Multicultural Center)
Co-Sponsored by Departments of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Studies
Methods Coordinator supporting administrators and teachers in the implementation of equitable practices and creating
culturally responsive environments. Halli is currently completing a doctorate in Urban Education-Educational Administration
at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
"Why Is It So Hard to Talk about Race, and How Can We Get Better at It?”
Friday April 24, 2015 11:00 AM (Multicultural Center)
Co-Sponsored by College Student Personnel Program
Dr. Stephen Quaye, Associate Professor of Education, Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
Stephen John Quaye’s research and teaching broadly focuses on understanding how to enable undergraduate and graduate
Melvene D. Hardee Dissertation of the Year Award from NASPA.
Center for Innovation in
Teaching and Research