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Author to Speak at Both Diversity Conference
and at One Book Event
 Dr. Gregory Williams will serve as the Keynote Speaker
at the 10th Annual Diversity & Family Friendly Conference and Awards
Ceremony at The Centre at noon on October 1, and will also speak at the
One Book/One Community Program that night at Bosse High School at 7:30
p.m.
Read on to learn more about each program!
Diversity & Family Friendly Conference & Awards - Thursday, October 1
The Evansville-Area Human Resource Association, in
conjunction with The Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana, Indiana
Minority Supplier Development Council and The Evansville Courier & Press
present the 10th Annual Diversity & Family Friendly Conference and
Awards Ceremony. This year's conference features a wonderful
speaker lineup,
including national, regional, and local experts providing insights into
achieving and maintaining diverse and family friendly work environments
at your business.
The agenda is as follows:
| 7:30 - 7:45 |
Registration |
| 7:30 - 8:00 |
Breakfast Buffet |
| 8:00 - 9:30 |
Master of Ceremonies Mizell Stewart
Award Ceremony |
| 9:30 - 10:00 |
Break & Vendor Both Visits |
| 10:00 - 11:15 |
Dr. Mary Frances Winters
"The Business
Case: Why Diversity & Inclusion are good for Business" |
| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Break & Vendor Both Visits |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Lunch |
| 12:00 -1:00 |
Dr. Gregory Williams
"Life on the Color
Line" |
| 1:00 - 1:30 |
Book Signing & Vendor Booth Visits |
| 1:30 - 2:30 |
Dr. Gary May |
| 2:30 -2:45 |
Break and Transition |
| 2:45 - 3:45 |
Patrice Blancard
"AARP - Aging
Workforce" |
| 3:45 - 4:00 |
Closing Ceremony & Award Drawings |
Visit
www.ehradiversity.com to learn more about and/or register for the
Diversity & Family Friendly Conference TODAY!
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Williams to Speak at One Book/One Community Program - Thursday, October
1
 One
Book/One Community is a grassroots program to develop a community built
around the shared experience of people reading and talking about the
same book. Bringing people together to discuss ideas in books can play
an important role in breaking down barriers between people, cultures,
and economic and educational backgrounds.
Interested in participating in this years One
Book One Community? Here's how!
· Read the
book. Copies are available for checkout at EVPL libraries & for purchase
at area bookstores.
· Share the book with others.
· Listen for an interview on WNIN 88.3 FM.
· Check
out the Discussion Guide Questions.
· Join a book discussion
group.
· Attend the One Book One Community Roundtable with
community leaders on Tuesday, August 25 at Barnes & Noble.
·
Attend the 10th Annual Diversity and Family Friendly Conference on
Thursday, October 1.
· Hear the author, Gregory H.
Williams, speak at Bosse High School on Thursday, October 1 at Bosse
High School.
Visit
www.evpl.org/onebook to learn more about the One Book/One Community
program.
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Dr. Williams is the author of
Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He
Was Black. In this extraordinary and powerful memoir, Gregory
Howard Williams recounts his remarkable journey along the color line and
illuminates the contrasts between the black and white worlds: one of
privilege, opportunity, and comfort; the other of deprivation,
repression, and struggle.
Williams graduated from Ball State
University. He paid for school by working as a deputy sheriff often for
more than forty hours a week. Williams then attended George Washington
University, earning both his J.D. and Ph.D. degrees.
In 1993,
Williams became the Dean of Law and Carter C. Kissell Professor of Law
at The Ohio State University and managed to shift the school
effectively, increasing both fundraising and national rankings. In 1995,
Williams published Life on the Color Line: The True
Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black, an
autobiography. The Los Angeles Times selected it "Book of the Year," and
Williams was soon featured on television and radio, including Dateline
NBC, Larry King Live, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Nightline and National
Public Radio.
The following year, the Gustavus Myers Center for
Human Rights in North America selected Life on the Color Line as an
Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights. In 1998, Williams was
invited by President Bill Clinton to join Clinton's "Call to Action" to
promote law office diversity and pro bono work. The following year,
Williams was chosen by the National Association of Public Interest Law
as "Dean of the Year," and he was awarded the National Bar Association's
A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Award for Contributions to the Preservation of
Human and Civil Rights.
In 2001, Williams became The City
College of New York's eleventh president. Williams serves as Chair of
the Commission on Access, Diversity and Excellence (CADE) of the
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
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