State of Black Affairs Summit 2023

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Event Program

Note: if you registered you should have received event information (virtual participants received a Zoom Link). Each session will use breakout rooms (A, B, C). Additional breakout rooms may be added for additional dialogue and engagement! If you have questions, please  contact [email protected] and someone will assist you.

8:45- 9:00 am - Oregon State University Welcome

  • Dorian Smith
  • Chief Diversity Officer Scott Vignos
  • Provost Ed Feser
  • President Jayathi Murthy
  • Professor Dwaine Plaza

9:10-10:25 am - Sessions

  • (More Than) Salary Negotiation Workshop
  • Access OSU: Collaborating to Build Pathways
  • Supporting Black Rural Students

10:30-11:45 am - Sessions

  • Multidimensionality of Blackness
  • Black Public Health
  • Creating Inclusive Spaces

11:45 am – 1:00 pm - Lunch & Networking

1:00 – 2:00 pm - Fireside Chat: Community Relations, Policing, and School Shootings

2:10 – 3:25 pm - Sessions

  • Effective Allyship & Mentoring
  • Activism & Creating Black Space
  • Black Entrepreneurship

3:30-4:30 pm - Keynote speaker: State Representative Travis Nelson

4:30-5:00 pm - Closing & Evaluations

Join us for the 2nd annual State of Black Affairs Summit

Join us as we create space for conversation and community in our State. Topics this year include: Hiring Negotiations, Access & OSU, Supporting Black Rural Students, Black Diversity, Black Public Health, Effective Allyship, Fireside Chat: Community Relations, Creating Inclusive Spaces, Activism and Creating Black Space, Black Entrepreneurship, and a Keynote!

Registration Information

Registration is Required and is now Closed: In-person registration fees cover admittance to the event, coffee, light breakfast, and lunch. All are welcome!

Cost: $100 (in-person registration is limited to 120 and is now closed) | $75 (virtual registration is now closed)

When: Thursday, May 25th, 2023

Location: OSU Portland Center 555 SW Morrison St, Portland, OR 97204

Time: 8am - 6pm

Format: In-Person and Virtual

Event Schedule: Additional information will be shared both on this website and with participants.

Photo taken at the inagural State of Black Affairs Summit, May, 2022. Photo by @juliankphoto.
Photo taken at the inagural State of Black Affairs Summit, May, 2022.
Photo taken at the inagural State of Black Affairs Summit, May, 2022.
Photo taken at the inagural State of Black Affairs Summit, May, 2022.
Photo taken at the inagural State of Black Affairs Summit, May, 2022.

The President's Commission on the Status of Black Faculty and Staff Affairs would like to thank the following sponsors:

Black Sponsors ($500)

  • Athletics
  • College of Agricultural Sciences
  • College of Education
  • College of Engineering
  • College of Science
  • College of Liberal Arts
  • Ecampus
  • Equal Opportunity & Access
  • Extension & Engagement
  • Finance & Administration
  • Graduate School
  • Office of the Provost
  • OSU Alumni Association
  • University Information & Technology

 Orange Sponsors ($250)

  • Disability Access Services
  • Honors College
  • Office of National & Global Scholarships

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by April 15, 2023 to [email protected]