A new series on CMU's campus - begun virtually during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders - which centers the voices of community members and concerns sometimes marginalized by economic and social circumstance.
VOICES THAT MATTER Spring 2021
Spring 2021 Episode 8
Students Speak
https://fb.watch/30l05zQ1e-/
Facilitators
Dr. Nikita Murry, Director, Office of Diversity Education
Jonathan Glenn, Doctoral candidate, Asst. Director, Leadership Institute
Panelists:
- Kasey Davis, CMU student
- Brenden Seewald, CMU student
- Ahsha Davis, CMU student
- Taylor Perry, CMU student
- Isabella Correa, CMU student
- Manahil Khan, CMU student
Fall 2020 Episode 7
Student Athletes
https://fb.watch/30kvrBBxB8/
Facilitator
Dr. Nikita Murry, Director, Office of Diversity Education
Panelists:
- Tyra Prince, CMU student athlete
- Anna Erickson, CMU student athlete
- Jahari Smith, CMU student athlete
- Nevin C. Hughes, CMU student athlete
Fall 2020 Episode 6
What is in your cup?
https://fb.watch/30ljdX_pIV/
Facilitator
Danay Gore, Undergraduate Student, ODE
Panelists:
- Tasha Gore, Clinical Social Worker
- Johnnie Johnson, CMU Senior
- Mathew King, CMU Student
- Ashley Watters, Counselor, CMU Counseling Center
- Ahsha Davis, Graduate Student, CMU
Fall 2020 Episode 5
Indigenous Peoples' Day "Back to Our Indigenous Roots" pt 2
https://fb.watch/30lli7vNot/
Facilitator
Mimi Gonzalez- Barillas, Communications Specialist, OID
Panelists:
Erik Torske (Nahau), CMU Student
Ayebah Wilson (Navajo), CMU Student
Cicilee Chivis (Ojibwe/Odawa), CMU Student
Colleen Green Director, Native American Programs/STEP
Shannon Martin (Ojibwe/ Potawatomi), Zibiwing Center Director
Dr. Adam Haviland (Anishinabe), Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College Faculty
Facilitator
Fall 2020 Episode 4
Hispanic Heritage Month Part 1 "Healing From Our Colonial Past"
https://fb.watch/30lqQ2Nqaj/
Facilitator
Mimi Gonzalez- Barillas, Communications Specialist, OID
Panelists:
Dr. Jonathan Truitt, Colonial Latin American Historian, Central Michigan University
Julio Velasco, Graduate Student, Mass Office
Dr. Alejandra Rengifo, World Languages and Cultures
Dr. Itzel Marquez, School of Engineering and Technologies
Dr. Luis Perez, Professor of Strategy, Department Management/ Chairperson
Fall 2020 Episode 3:
Black Womanhood in the age of Kamala Harris
https://fb.watch/30luuZeKDf/
Facilitator
Dr. Nikita Murry, Director, Diversity Education
Panelists:
Rhonda Welsh, Executive Director, Detroit Outreach
Jasmine Holmes, Assistant Director, Competitive Sports, University Creation
Kayla Harber-Bates, Assistant Director, Undergraduate Admissions
Mary Henley, Director Michigan Gear Up/ Pathways to Academic Student Success
Dr. Dawn Ottley Nelson, Professor, Division of Audiology (Au.D.)
Andrea Jasper, Faculty, Counseling and Special Education
Fall 2020 Episode 2:
A Conversation on Building Allies in the White Community
https://fb.watch/30lwGBPQfd/
Facilitator
Dr. Nikita Murry, Director, Diversity Education
Panelists:
- Dr. A.T. Miller, Emeritus Vice President/ CDO, Office for Institutional Diversity
- Aria Segura (They, Them), Sophomore, Music Major, Central Michigan University
- Tony Stamas, President and CEO of Midland Business Alliance
- Laura Gourlay, School Councilor, Mount Pleasant Public Schools
Fall 2020 Episode 1:
A Conversation with Black Men About Uncomfortable Matters
https://fb.watch/30lACWvxVk/
Facilitator
Stan Shingles, AVP/Univ. Rec Student Engagement/Interim CDO
Panelists:
- Damon Brown, Director/Student Activities, Involvement
- Kevin Williams, Dir. Undergraduate Recruitment, Admissions
- James Span, Jr., Dir. Multicultural Academic Student Svcs.
- Jonathan Glenn, Asst. Dir. Leadership Institute
- Isaiah Oliver, CMU Board of Trustees, alum
- Alan Jones, Assoc. Dir. Residence Life
Spring 2020 Episode 1:
A Conversation About the Impact of COVID-19 on the Black Community
https://chipcast.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=33530c84-735c-4b92-9b95-abb10154aa62
Facilitator
Dr. Nikita Murry, Director, Diversity Education
Panelists:
- Martez Coleman, CMU Undergraduate Student
- Helen Egwu, Graduate Student, ODE OID
- Bryce Huffman, Michigan Public Radio journalist and CMU alum
- Isaiah Oliver, CMU Trustee and Alum