State of the State Conference Schedule

The Twentieth Annual State of the State Conference 

Kent State University

Conference Schedule

7:30 - 11:45 a.m.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND PACKET PICKUP (Outside Kent Student Center Ballroom)
8:00 - 8:15 a.m.
SEGMENT I - OPENING PLENARY: Dr. Beverly Warren; Dr. Emily Monago; Loretta Shields
Kent Student Center Ballroom
8:15 - 9:00 a.m.
SEGMENT II - Opening Speaker:  Dr. Alfreda Brown - Kent Student Center Ballroom
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Q & A for Dr. Brown - Kent Student Center Ballroom
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
SEGMENT III - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session A  
Room KSC 315
Session B  
Room KSC 317
Session C 
Room 310AB
Session D
Room KSC 313
Microaggressions: Are the little things really that BIG? Equity, Opportunity & Diversity: The State of the Law Ally or bystander, which would you like to be? If you build them; they will come! Viewing black men through the lens of transubstantiation. 
Presenter: Lisa D. Givan
M.A.Ed., Associate Director of Diversity Training
Presenter:   Susan Sharkey, JD (Asst Attorney General - Ohio)
Presenter:  Mary Tyler, National Conference for Community and Justice of Greater Dayton or Presenter
Presenter:  Christopher Scott, Bowling Green State University
10:45 - 11:45 a.m. SEGMENT IV - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session A
Room KSC 317
Session B
Room KSC 301AB
Session C
Room KSC 315
Session D
Room KSC 313
Compliance Agency Updates A need for change in racial profiling In a  Queer World An Examination of the Electoral College and the Impact of Minority Voting on Presidential Elections
Presenter: Ohio Civil Rights Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Department of Administrative Services – State of Ohio
Presenters: Richard Brown, III and Abhijeet Shirsat
Presenter: Dr. Krishna Han-Frey,
Bowling Green State University
Presenters: Dr. Dale Lanigan, Lourdes University and 
Dr. Dwayne Beggs, Lourdes University
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. SEGMENT V - KEYNOTE SPEAKER: JOHN QUINONES
1:45 - 2:45 p.m.

 
SEGMENT VI - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session A
Room KSC 313
Session B
Room KSC 310AB
Session C
Room KSC 315
Session D
Room KSC 317
Building a Legacy with Your Name Place Matters: the Intersection of Health and Housing Beyond whistles and wallet cards: Reframing the problem of sexual violence on campus Investigating and Title IX
Presenter: Timothy A. Brown, Author
Presenter: Michael Marsh, Toledo Fair Housing Center
Presenter: Susan Iverson, Ed. D.
Presenter:  Yulanda McCarty Harris, JD - Cleveland State University
Sonia Manzano Meeting with KSU Students (1:00-2:00 p.m. in Franklin Hall, Room 312)
John Quinones Meeting with KSU Students (2:30-3:30 p.m. in Franklin Hall, Room 340 First Energy Lecture Hall)
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. SEGMENT V - CLOSING - SONIA MANZANO (Kent Student Center Ballroom)