The Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee released details Monday about plans to hold a Diversity Week in April to encourage students to examine different aspects of diversity, as well as think about their own identities.
Five days of events across campus will take various approaches to discussing diversity, beginning with sexuality on April 15. The subsequent days will be devoted to disability, religion, gender and multiculturalism.
Diversity Committee Chair Mia Akers said she hopes Diversity Week will help students recognize there are many ways to approach diversity.
“Our ultimate goal is to really just raise awareness about all the different facets of one’s identity,” Akers said.
Diversity Committee member Victoria Atkinson said over 20 student groups, such as Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment and the LGBT Campus Center, will lead workshops and panels dedicated to the topic of the day, with the possibility of keynote speakers concluding each day’s events.
