Dartmouth IDE Summit 2019

The Office of Institutional Diversity (IDE) in partnership with the Campus Climate and Culture Initiative (C3I), the Dartmouth 250th Anniversary Committee, and the Leslie Center for the Humanities are proud to host the IDE Summit, "Moving Beyond Feathers: Unclicking the Pause Button on Native and Indigenous Identity."

Indigenous people possess many cultures, views, and experiences not shared or known outside of their community due to media representation and historical bias and perspective on native culture(s). As we enter into a new chapter of growth and become more comfortable with having honest, educational, and prospective conversations of our shared history, we recognize that reflecting on our past invokes thought and growth, and we invite you to participate.

We believe communities are stronger when they are diverse, inclusive, and equitable. Inclusion and diversity encompass a broad range of topics -- race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, ability, and more. This year's Institutional Diversity & Equity summit focuses on the history and contributions of native culture.

Dartmouth's Inclusive Excellence initiative encourages all of us -- from departments across the institution -- to help foster a culture of inclusion at Dartmouth. Becoming more enlightened on current social issues that affect our friends, students, coworkers, and community is critical to help us to connect better and understand one another. To develop practices, programs, policies, and partnerships that best meet our institution's and community needs. Each member has a role to play in creating a culture of inclusion at Dartmouth -- whether we are creating new programs, writing code for a new website update, or greeting people as they enter our offices.

Speakers at the summit include Sarah Palacios, Director of the Native American Program; Dr. Melanie B. Taylor, Associate Professor of Native American Studies;  Dr. Jami Powell, Associate Curator of Native American Art for the Hood Museum of Art; and keynote speaker Dr. Adrienne Keene, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University.

You can find more information on the 2019 summit at the Institutional Diversity & Equity webpage: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~ide/ 

You can register for talks and other events at the summit webpage: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/idesummit/