UPCOMING DIVERSITY CONVERSATIONS - Members Only

Stay tuned for upcoming conversation information. We are creating our program and will post soon!

If you have questions or suggestions for topics, please submit to Tatyana Fertelmeyster

“NIEAPA members shall seek to develop an awareness of their own personal and cultural values and beliefs as one way of appreciating the importance of multicultural identities in our own lives and in the lives of those we serve. NIEAPA members shall have and continue to develop specialized knowledge and understanding about the values, traditions and systems of all employees at the workplaces they serve."

JANUARY DIVERSITY MESSAGE

Written by Emily Henry

January was named after the Roman god Janus. Janus symbolizes beginning and endings and is depicted with having 2 faces: one looking in the past and one towards the future. Looking back in history can bring up many emotions, and memories both positive and negative. Celebrating and acknowledging our (sometimes painful) past can serve as an encouraging guide in our journey with more inspiration and less judgment.

I recently was reminded of this useful phrase, our minds are like a parachute, it won’t work if you don’t open it.

RESOURCE LIST

Following is the beginning of a list of films, plays, books, TV shows, music - any artistic expression more or less that touches on issues of diversity. If you have suggestions, please email them to the Diversity Committee via Scott Janson

FILM

Get Out - Directed by Jordan Peele
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point. Click here for discussion notes.

THEATER

HIR - written by Taylor Mac
After a dishonorable discharge from the military for drug-related offenses, Isaac returns home from Afghanistan, expecting to confront his abusive father, protect his mother and sister, and relax into his old bedroom. His expectations are dashed, as he walks into a different kind of chaos. Click here for write up of performance provided by Scott Cullen-Benson.

(Photo Information: Em Grosland, Amy Morton, Ty Olwin and Francis Guinan/Photo: Michael Brosilow)

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