Inclusive Excellence: Education and Training Fall 2020 Series

Professional development and competency building opportunities for staff, faculty and students

The Inclusive Excellence office will offer professional development and competency building opportunities for Salem State staff, faculty, and students. Please see below for the education and training opportunities for the Fall 2020 semester:

National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) Workshops

NCBI Building Bridges: Strengthening Communities by Welcoming Diversity Workshop

NCBI Building Bridges: Strengthening Communities by Welcoming Diversity Workshop

NCBI Finding Common Ground: From Conflict to Coalition Building Workshop

Events with Faculty Fellow for Diversity and Inclusion, Keja Valens PhD

Making Anti-Racist Space: Including all students, addressing racism, and teaching course material Workshop Series (Fall 2020)

Reflective Writing on Diversity, Power Dynamics, and Social Justice with faculty teaching DPDS, FYS, and LC courses

Decolonizing Our Courses, Faculty Development Seminar 2020-2021

Inclusive Excellence Education

Student Racial Justice Initiative in Partnership with North Shore Community College

  • Friday, September 25 at 11 am-1 pm
  • Friday, October 23 at 11 am-1 pm
  • Friday, November 20 at 11 am-1 pm
  • Friday, December 11 at 11 am-1 pm 
  • Register and learn more.

By Any 'Means' Necessary: Learning how to assess for racial and ethnic disproportionality in our grading data with Elspeth Slayter PhD

Forum on Tolerance 2020: Black Lives Matter: the U.S. Journey towards Justice and Healing in Partnership with North Shore Community College

Transgender and Nonbinary Community Empowerment Group

  • Fall 2020: Dates and Times TBD

  • Facilitated by Mallaigh McGinley (they/them) with Counseling and Health Services. E-mail prevention@salemstate.edu by October 9 for more information.

Campus Climate Trainings (CCT): Caring for LGBQ&T Communities: Understanding Gender, Attraction, and Identity

Campus Climate Trainings (CCT): Aspiring Allyship to Trans, Non-binary, and Gender non-conforming folx

SafeColleges Training System

SafeColleges trainings are available to employees 24/7 provided through Human Resources. For a list of trainings relevant to issues and competencies in Inclusive Excellence, click here for more information and access.

Restorative Healing and Storytelling Circles

With great respect for Indigenous peoples, the Inclusive Excellence office will be keeping Restorative Circles using the Circle Process for all Salem State community members. If you are interested and want to be notified of when this will be offered, please fill out this brief interest form.

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Forum on Tolerance 2020: Black Lives Matter: the U.S. Journey towards Justice and Healing, a Four-Day Virtual Event in Collaboration with North Shore Community College

October 19-22, 2020

"WITH OUR CONDEMNATION of the senseless murder of George Floyd as our catalyst, our virtual series will focus on the history of the harassment, profiling, and brutalization of our black citizens by the hands of community policing and the criminal justice system. We will explore steps that might be taken to reverse this systemic racism, help those who have been victimized by it, and heal as a nation and a community."

Speakers and panel discussion: Michael Eric Dyson, keynote speaker

  • Introductions by Dr. Nate Bryant and Dr. Sean Bennett

  • Michael Eric Dyson is a Georgetown Professor of Sociology and minister, michaelericdyson.com. Dr. Dyson is a New York Times contributing opinion writer, a contributing editor of The New Republic, and of ESPN's The Undefeated website. Some of his recent books are The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America (2016), Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America (2017), What Truth Sounds Like (2018), and AY-Z: Made in America (2019).
  • Click here for more information and registration

Viewing and Discussion of documentary film 13th with NSCC Professor Nathan Chio

Ricky Grant, Jr., Chief of Community Engagement, Office of Suffolk County D.A. Rachael Rollins

Implicit Bias Training with NSCC Dr. Maria Vasquez and Dr. Jennifer Harris

Reverend Andre Bennett, NSCC Alumnus/Youth Minister at Zion Baptist Church

Performance Artist/Creator of Princess Day, Valerie Stephens

For more information, visit northshore.edu/tolerance/

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For questions, suggestions, further support, or if you are interested in hosting a training, please contact Nikki Pelonia, director of education and training, Inclusive Excellence: npelonia@salemstate.edu, 978.542.6521.

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Nikki Pelonia
978.542.6521
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