Miami to host National Civil Rights Conference
With the theme, Rise, Advocate, Educate, and Cooperate: The Challenge of Change, the 10th annual conference promises to generate considerable intellectual dialogue and debate. While the event is moving north of Mississippi for the first time in its history, the 56th Anniversary Commemorative Service for Freedom Summer participants James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner on the grounds of Mt. Zion Church in Philadelphia, MS will remain a part of pre-conference activities. Registration will begin in March 2020.
Voices of Discovery: Intergroup Dialog
Voices of Discovery was developed to promote the theory and practice of Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) campus-wide. As an educational method, IGD engages students to explore issues of diversity and inequality and their personal and social responsibility for building a more inclusive society. Co-facilitated by graduate or upperclass students, IDS 253, Intergroup Dialogue is seminar-style sprint course that offers a chance to make an impact among classmates and ultimately, Miami's climate.
Freedom 55 Summer Mini-Conference
Held at Cincinnati's National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in November, Freedom 55 explored the local history of Freedom Summer in 1964 and ideas to continue to address voting rights and social inequalities. The schedule included speakers Joyce Ladner and John Frazier, participants in Freedom Summer. The closing plenary session featured Reena Evers-Everette (daughter of Medgar Evers and Myrlie Evers-Williams) and Lisa McNair (sister of Denise McNair, a victim of the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama).
Across the Divide Diversity & Inclusion Conference
Students, faculty & staff, and community members were invited to attend Across the Divide, the first annual Diversity and Inclusion Conference at Miami. The day began with an Equal Justice Initiative and a Miami University Truth and Reconciliation Project presentation and ceremony. Breakout sessions examined key issues, as well as diversity and inclusion activities across the institution.
Myaamiaki Conference
This biennial conference held at Miami focuses on research and the advancement of the University’s educational partnership with the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. The schedule of events in 2018 included presentations by linguists and historians from across the country as well as a panel on the Miami Experience as a Myaamia student.
For more on our efforts throughout the year, take a look back at 2018–2019.