Loyola University Chicago
Diversity and Inclusion at Loyola
Staff profile
Loyola’s chief diversity and inclusion officer
In her role as chief diversity and inclusion officer, Winifred Williams, PhD, is working to bring people together to make Loyola an even more open and accepting university. “In my experience, everyone has a role in promoting diversity,” she says. “My job is to help guide that mission.”
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Diversity in the News
See articles and studies pertaining to diversity issues across the country.
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Workshop/Keynote: Sam Kirk
In celebration of LGBTQIA Heritage Month, the Women and Leadership Archives is co-sponsoring events with artist Sam Kirk on October 20, 2017. Sam Kirk is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Chicago. She will host an interactive workshop and give a keynote focusing on her identities as a local, Chicago artist, Woman of Color, and member of the LGBTQIA+ community.
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Where Do We Go From Here: Creating an Intersectional Vision for Radical Social Change
In this engaging lecture, Dr. Williams explores the many distressing contemporary events related to race and racial equality while exploring the need for and dimensions of the new push for human rights and social justice in the 21st century. Drawing on lessons from the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, he examines pathways to justice through Jesuit Mission & Identity in community building and instruction.
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Campus Climate Survey
The Climate Survey project has concluded faculty, staff, student, and administrator focus groups at the Lake Shore, Water Tower, and Health Sciences campuses. We are interested in learning more about your diversity-related experiences that have taken place across Loyola. Your feedback has the opportunity to impact the survey design. If you would like to share your thoughts, please complete the Campus Climate Survey questionnaire.
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Statement on the Rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program
Loyola President, Jo Ann Rooney, JD, LLM, EdD, issued a statement in response to the rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
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Know Your Rights
Immigration attorneys from the National Immigrant Justice Center will give an immigration “Know Your Rights” presentation covering a person’s constitutional rights in relation to contact with law enforcement and immigration officials.
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Science Sisters Day strives to cultivate young girls’ interest in science
The full-day event brought 30 middle-school girls from local schools to the Center for Translational Research and Education on Loyola’s Health Sciences Campus for a day of educational science experiments and learning about women science pioneers.
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2017 Samuel A. Attoh Diversity and Inclusion Awards
In honor of Loyola’s Jesuit values and the legacy of the late Dean Attoh, the Graduate School is pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural Samuel A. Attoh Diversity and Inclusion Awards.
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Food for Thought
As the chief operating officer of the Cook County Department of Public Health, Dr. Terry Mason (BS ’74) wants to change the way we eat.
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In Flickr
See photos from the Black Lives Matter Conference
For its second year, Loyola’s Black Lives Matter Conference featured lectures, hands-on workshops, art and performances, and actions for social justice. The event’s theme was “No Justice, No Peace: Mobilization, Empowerment & Healing Moving Forward.”
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Loyola adds more diversity to Core Curriculum
Beginning in fall 2017, students will have more options to choose from in the Core Curriculum. The changes will allow students to broaden their understanding of the world as a whole—not just the majority populations of Western society. Registration begins in early April.
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Get involved
A new organization for diverse graduate students
EDGE (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) is a student-run collective that will promote equity and provide a forum for graduate students from diverse backgrounds to network and offer support.
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Message to Dreamer Committee
Response to Dreamer Committee’s annual report
Jo Ann Rooney, JD, LLM, EdD; John P. Pelissero, PhD; and Margaret Faut Callahan, CRNA, PhD, FNAP, FAAN, respond to the Dreamer Committee’s annual report.
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On campus
Scroll through pictures from this year’s MLK Celebration
Distinguished scholar and political commentator Marc Lamont Hill, PhD, was on campus January 25 to deliver the keynote address at the 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.
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From The Phoenix
Speaker: We must get involved to keep Dr. King’s legacy alive
About 200 people attended the 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Loyola, featuring keynote speaker Marc Lamont Hill, PhD. “For us to follow the tradition of King [we must] commit to doing something,” Hill told the crowd.
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