A New Day Dawns: UCF Inclusive Excellence
UCF Diversity Week is a celebration of our diverse community and an opportunity to explore topics across the broad range of human identity, experience, and interaction. Diversity Week activities are intended to stimulate our campus and move us to a more inclusive culture.
This year marks the 26th UCF Diversity Week. This year’s theme, “A New Day Dawns” signals the important changes coming to our campus with a new President, as well as the opportunities those changes bring. We are close to federal designation as an Hispanic Serving Institution. We live in a changing Central Florida community and a country debating fair treatment of all members of our society. We have built a foundation of excellence in higher education diversity and inclusion – how will we bring greater transformation and impactful action to our efforts?
Get engaged!
Diversity Week Events and Activities (https://diversity.ucf.edu/diversity-week-calendar/):
Monday, October 15th
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Diversity Breakfast | Pegasus Ballroom
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Zine Workshop | John C. Hitt Library, Room 223
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | Cultural Dance Series | RWC, Multipurpose Room
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Noche Latina – Closing event for Hispanic Heritage Month | SU, Pegasus Ballroom
Tuesday, October 16th
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Movies on 3rd – Billie Jean King: A Female Tennis Champion | John C. Hitt Library, 3rd floor media area
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Workshop: Creating Masks That Demonstrate Inclusion and Diversity | BYC, Room 140
10:00 AM - 12 :00 PM | United Way Expert Panel: Serving Our Latino Community | SU, Cape Florida Ballroom CD
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | OCLS Crafts Men Meetup - John C. Hitt Library, main floor next to Research and Information Desk
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM | Dare2Dream! Professional Development Panel | SU, Garden Key, Room 221
12:00 PM - 2:00PM | Movies on 3rd - To Be Takei: A Star’s Trek for Life, Liberty, and Love | John C. Hitt Library, 3rd floor media area
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | The History and Importance of Diverse Blood Donorship | SU, Cape Florida Ballroom CD
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | DIVerse Families Bibliography | John C. Hitt Library, Room 223
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Movies on 3rd – I Am Divine | John C. Hitt Library, 3rd floor media center
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Workshop: Safe Zone LGBTQ+ 101 | BYC, Room 140
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | National Leadership Institute | SU, Cape Florida Ballroom AB
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM | Movies on 3rd – Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story | John C. Hitt Library, 3rd floor media area
7:00 PM - 8:45 PM | Fostering Mindful Intercultural Communication Through a Cultural Interview Assignment | SU Sand Key, Room 220
Wednesday, October 17th
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM | Blood Drive at UCF | Veterans Commemorative Site (on the Big Red Bus!)
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Inclusion Champions Present...Unexplored Diversity – Belief and Non-Belief Systems in Student Development (presenter Jeannie Kiriwas) | BYC, Room 140
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Weavers of Orlando | John C. Hitt Library, main floor next to Research & Information Desk
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Inclusion Champions Present…The Past is Present: Diversity in the University Archives at UCF (presenters Mary Rubin, Kryslynn Collazo, Brandon Nightingale) | BYC, Room 140
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Intersex Awareness Day | SU, Cape Florida Ballroom
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Inclusion Champions Present…Diversity in High Tech – Challenges and Opportunities for Future Leaders (presenter Timothy Walker) | BYC, Room 140
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Inclusion Champions Present…Bridging the Gap: Faculty and Staff Perspectives (presenter Marisa Ramiccio) | BYC, Room 140
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Henna Art with Priya | John C. Hitt Library, main floor next to Research & Information Desk
Thursday, October 18th
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Movies on 3rd – Young Lakota: A Native American Leader Fights for Reproductive Rights | John C. Hitt Library, 3rd floor media area
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Workshop: Safe Zone Advocates | BYC, Room 140
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Diversity and Inclusion at Any Age | SU, Egmont Key, Room 224
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Interfaith Dialogue with free lunch provided | ’63 South
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM | Women Warriors: Living a Legacy of Strength | BA1, Room 121
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM | Open Heart Open Mic | John C. Hitt Library, Room 223
12:00 PM – 1:45 PM | Movies on 3rd – Life on the Line: Coming of Age Between Nations & Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth | John C. Hitt Library, 3rd floor media area
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Workshop: InterWorldview Respect and Inclusion | BYC, Room 140
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Starting a Family Search | John C. Hitt Library, Room 235C
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Black and White in America – Seeing and Hearing the Other | SU, Pegasus Ballroom ABC
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Movies on 3rd – My So-Called Enemy: Celebrating Diversity, Interfaith and Intercultural Understanding | John C. Hitt Library, 3rd floor media area
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Movies on 3rd – Show Me Democracy: Student Activism Amidst Uprising in Ferguson | John C. Hitt Library, 3rd floor media area
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Developing Community: Police Relations @ UCF | RWC
7:30 PM – 10:00 PM | Voice of the Martyrs | SU, Pegasus Ballroom ABC
Friday, October 19th
8:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Invisible Women in Sports | BA1, Room 119
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Peace Film Series: Babel | UCF South Lake, Bldg 2, Room 137 (auditorium)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Inclusive Recreation Expo: Opening Introduction | RWC, MAC Gym
10:30 AM | Inclusive Recreation Expo: Diveheart (30 minute sessions) | RWC, Lap Pool
10:45 AM - 12:30 PM | Inclusive Recreation Expo: HAUL System Demos/Trials | RWC, Climbing Tower
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Inclusive Recreation Expo: Sitting Volleyball | RWC, MAC Gym Court 6
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Inclusive Recreation Expo: Wheelchair Rugby | RWC, MAC Gym Court 6
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria | John C. Hitt, Room 223
12:30 PM | Inclusive Recreation Expo: Diveheart (30 minute | RWC, Lap Pool
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Inclusive Recreation Expo: Wheelchair Basketball | RWC, MAC Gym Court 6
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Multicultural Diversity Day | Memory Mall
2:15 PM | Inclusive Recreation Expo: Diveheart (30 minute sessions) | RWC, Lap Pool
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Workshop - Atheism and Humanism: Living Without God | BYC, Room 140
For more information, visit us at https://diversity.ucf.edu/events/diversity-week/
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