From UVA's Division for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Racial Equity Speaker Series

Please join UVA's Division for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as we continue our 20-21 Racial Equity Speaker Series this spring. All events will be held virtually, and are free and open to the public. Registration is required.


Laura Morgan Roberts

Beating the Odds: Black Women and Leadership Legacies
Tuesday, March 23
12:00-1:00pm

Laura Morgan Roberts is a Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Laura’s research and consulting focus on the science of maximizing human potential in diverse organizations and communities.  Register here.

Ijeoma Oluo

Friday, April 2
12:00-1:00pm

Ijeoma Oluo is a Seattle-based Writer, Speaker and Internet Yeller. Her NYT bestselling first book, So You Want to Talk About Race, was released January 2018 with Seal Press. Register here.

Ibram X. Kendi

Wednesday, April 21
5:00-6:00pm

Join Dean Nicole Jenkins and Dean Ian Solomon for a conversation with Ibram X. Kendi. Kendi is one of America’s foremost historians and leading antiracist scholars. He is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to be an Antiracist.  Register here.