WVWC’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Begins Beloved Community Conversations on Campus

November 2, 2022

Mountaineer News

WVWC News Release

BUCKHANNON - West Virginia Wesleyan College’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion kicked off a campus conversation series yesterday to campus focused conversations about overcoming division and building community.

The first luncheon was yesterday, November 1st with the DEI office teaming up with Jessica Vincent, director of the Center for Community Engagement and WE LEAD.

Designed in partnership with The King Center, this conversation aims to bring people of different backgrounds together to share stories and experiences around race in order to bridge divides and build the Beloved Community, according to Laurie Goux, director of WVWC’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Next up for the DEI office will be a conversation on Health Disparities in the Black Community with Casilda Woodward-Acquaah, MSN-Ed. This event will be held Wednesday, November 9th from 11:00am. to noon in the side dining room of the French See Dining Center. A virtual option is also available.

Finally, on November 16th a conversation on Healing the Separation with guest speaker Sylvester Baugh will be held from 11:00am to noon in the French See Dining Center side dining room. Baugh, author of “Leveraging Diversity at Work” is director of Baugh Training and Consulting. Prior to September 11th he was a diversity management trainer for United Airlines and has been a professional trainer for employability issues and career development since 1982.

For more information, or to RSVP for any of these events, please email Goux at goux.l@wvwc.edu.

Our Beloved Community Talks serve as a platform that not only seeks to bridge divides but also demonstrates how love in action can serve as a catalyst for change. Recognizing conversations represent just the start of community building, they are significantly vital to the start.