Video Conferencing
If you wish to attend the entire conference, please reserve a ticket for each of the five days. Those who wish to attend only certain days should reserve a ticket for those specific days. The Zoom link received upon registration can be used for any day. Please note that attendance for each webinar is limited to the first 3,000 people.
Please use this Zoom link to attend: https://phoenixedu.zoom.us/j/
Fostering essential conversations
University of Phoenix and the National Diversity Council have brought together law enforcement, healthcare and university leaders for a webinar series to discuss the systemic inequities that persist today and perspectives on how to work together toward a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable society.
Attendees will be equipped with a blueprint that they can complete while listening to the dialogue and utilize to champion equity conversations in their spheres of influence, helping them to lead change within their organizations and the communities they serve. Click here to download the blueprint.
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Agenda
Keynote conversation: Why we must bravely engage in essential conversations in diversity, equity and inclusion
Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020
9-10 a.m. PST
Our world has been turned upside down by a pandemic that has not only threatened our health and safety, but laid bare the persistent disparities that drive inequities in education, healthcare and law enforcement for people of color, often disproportionately Black Americans. This has led to an important reinvigoration of essential conversations about systemic racism, and vigorous debates about how to eliminate, once and for all, deep-seated behaviors and practices.
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego will make the opening remarks and introduce Peter Cohen, president of University of Phoenix and Dennis Kennedy, chairman and founder of the National Diversity Council, who will discuss our current environment from their vantage point as leaders of organizations in higher education and advocacy, respectively, and ways for other leaders to approach these essential conversations within their own organizations.
Dennis Kennedy
Founder, Chairman, National Diversity Council
Peter Cohen
University of Phoenix President
Kate Gallego
Phoenix Mayor
Day 1: Essential conversation on the history of systemic inequities in America
Monday, Oct. 05, 2020
- 9-10:30 a.m. PST
- Diversity, privilege and leadership: A conversation with Eddie Moore Jr., Ph.D., founder and program director, The White Privilege Foundation.
- 12-1:30 p.m. PST
- Featured speaker: Kelly Price Noble, DHA, chair, College of Health Professions, University of Phoenix, on addressing cultural competence and stereotypes within our society.
Kelly Price Noble
College of Health Professions
Eddie Moore Jr.
Ph.D., Founder & Program Director
Day 2: Addressing diversity, equity and inclusion through police reform
Tuesday, Oct. 06, 2020
- 9-10:30 a.m. PST
- Leading law enforcement agencies from the viewpoint of organizational culture, political realities, successful and unsuccessful policies and programs and generational challenges faced across the country.
- Panel:
- Chief of Police, Thedrick Andres, Henderson Police Department
- Captain Hector Cintron, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
- U.S. Marshal Christopher Hoye, (Retired)
- Moderators: Franzi Walsh, University of Phoenix associate dean Dan Barry, criminal justice program chair
- 1-2:30 PM PST
- Addressing systemic inequities through community-orientated policing, diversity in criminal justice agencies, new technologies in policing, and use of force situations in law enforcement.
- Panel:
- San Diego PD Lieutenant, Dave Mitchell (Retired)
- Sergeant Kyle Ward, Ph.D., Las Vegas Metro Police Department
- United States Secret Service, assistant special agent in charge, Leroy Hendrix (Retired)
- Moderators: Franzi Walsh, University of Phoenix associate dean Dan Barry, criminal justice program chair
Thedrick Andres
Chief of Police, Henderson Police Department
Dan Barry
Criminal justice program chair
Dave Mitchell
San Diego Police Department Lieutenant (Retired)
Kyle Ward
Ph.D., Las Vegas Metro Police Department
Hector Cintron
Captain, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Day 3: Overcoming disparities in delivering quality patient care and public health
Wednesday, Oct. 07, 2020
- Morning session – 9-10:30 AM PST
- Panel: Disparities in the delivery of quality patient-centered care.
- Panelists:
- Joe Avelino, chief executive officer, College Medical Center
- DeMarico Davis, executive staff assistant, VA Medical Center
- Tomás León, MBA, senior vice president, marketing and strategy, Equality Health
- Debra A. Freed, government relations director, New England Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America
- Moderator: Kelly Price Noble, DHA, chair, College of Health Professions, University of Phoenix
- Afternoon session – 12-1:30 PM PST
- Panel: What is public health?
- Panelists:
- Nathan Aish, MSW MPH PPS CATC, University of Phoenix faculty member, College of Health Professions
- Jack Land, University of Phoenix faculty member, College of Health Professions
- Mosunmola (Lizzy) Adeyemi, Ph.D., RN, CIC, clinical quality improvement specialist
- Moderators: Cindy Mackay-Neorr, Ph.D., program chair, University of Phoenix College of Health Professions
Joe Avelino
Chief executive officer, College Medical Center
DeMarico Davis
Executive staff assistant, VA Medical Center
Tomás León
MBA, senior vice president, marketing and strategy, Equality Health
Debra A. Freed
Government relations director, New England Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America
Kelly Price Noble
College of Health Professions
Nathan Aish
College of Health Professions
Jack Land
College of Health Professions
Mosunmola (Lizzy) Adeyemi
Ph.D., RN, CIC, clinical quality improvement specialist
Cindy Mackay-Neorr
College of Health Professions
Day 4: The role higher education can play in developing inclusive student bodies
Thursday, Oct. 08, 2020
- Morning session – 9-10:30 AM PST
- Panel: How higher education institutions can focus on current practices related to student support, community outreach and pandemic response.
- Panelists:
- Amanda Kraus, Ph.D., AVP, campus life & executive director & ADA/504 compliance officer, disability resources and housing & residential life, The University of Arizona
- Sanghoon Yoo, founder, Arizona Trauma Informed Faith Community Network
- Felicia Ganther, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor, Academic and Student Affairs, Maricopa Community Colleges
- Moderator: Shawn Boone, Ed.D, associate dean, College of Doctoral Studies
- Afternoon session – 12-1:30 PM PST
- Panel: Where have we been and where do we need to go?
- Panelists:
- Kimberly Underwood, Ph.D., research chair, University of Phoenix Center for Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Research
- Chris Dowdy, Ph.D., VP, Academic Affairs, Paul Quinn College
- Saray Lopez, director, Student Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, UOPX
- Monica Villalobos, president & CEO of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Moderator: Shawn Boone, Ed.D, associate dean, College of Doctoral Studies
Amanda Kraus
Campus life & executive director & ADA/504 compliance officer
Sanghoon Yoo
Founder, Arizona Trauma Informed Faith Community Network
Felicia Ganther
Associate vice chancellor, Academic and Student Affairs, Maricopa Community Colleges
Shawn Boone
Associate dean, College of Doctoral Studies
Kimberly Underwood
Research chair, University of Phoenix Center for Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Research
Chris Dowdy
Ph.D., VP, Academic Affairs, Paul Quinn College
Saray Lopez
Director, Student Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, UOPX
Monica Villalobos
President & CEO of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce