Diversity Week 2014 Events
Monday, March 3
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9:30 am |
Kickoff of Chicago-Kent's Project Smile and Greenhouse Shelter Diversity Outreach Project with coffee and doughnuts, hosted by the Staff Committee. |
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10:00 am, 12:00 pm & 2:00 pm |
Diversity Week Documentary: "A Class Divided" |
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2:30 – 3:30 pm |
SBA: Coffee Break — Learn more about Project Smile and the Greenhouse Shelter Outreach Project. |
Tuesday, March 4
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5:00 – 6:30 pm |
BLSA: Panel discussing "Minority Success in the Modern Legal Workforce," with emphasis on implicit bias |
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6:30 – 8:00 pm |
Women in Law & Immigration Society: "Self-Defense and the Significance of the Violence Against Women Act to Women and Immigrants." This will be a self-defense workshop in conjunction with a presentation on the Violence Against Women Act. |
Wednesday, March 5
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11:30 am – 2:30 pm |
Inter-Diversity Mixer & Food Fair |
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3:00 – 4:00 pm |
Lambdas & Career Services Office: Diversity Job Fairs: The 411 — Learn about the many diversity job fairs available to Chicago-Kent students; hear from an employer about application, resume and interview tips; and listen to students who have participated in diversity job fairs. The panel features Chicago-Kent alumnus Michael A. Wilder, hiring manager at Littler Mendelson P.C., and students who have attended diversity job fairs. We will have food, courtesy of the Chicago-Kent Lambdas. RSVP to kentcso@kentlaw.iit.edu by March 3. |
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6:00 – 9:00 pm |
SALSA: "Veer Zaara" — Bollywood Movie Night with Indian Food |
Thursday, March 6
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2:30 – 3:30 pm |
APALSA: Musubi Presentation — Learn how to make Spam Musubi, a traditional Hawaiian dish that has its roots in the Japanese origin |
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7:00 pm – Reception |
HLLSA: "Judge's Night" — Recognizing the Honorable Raul Vega for his contributions to the Latino community. Food and drinks will be served. Attire: Business Casual. |
Friday, March 7
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4:00 – 7:00 pm |
Chicago-Kent Diversity Reception for students, faculty, staff and alumni. |
Saturday, March 8
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Kick-off of Chicago-Kent’s "So You Think You Want to Be A Lawyer" Project, a three-part series for high school students, targeted toward those students from racial and ethnic groups that are underrepresented in the legal profession. The project is partnership between LSAC's DiscoverLaw Outreach Program and Chicago-Kent's Office of Admissions and Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Multicultural Affairs and Professional Development. |