2015 Equity Week Nov. 9-11

and
21st Annual Student Senate and Equity Awards Dinner and Ceremony

Cultivating Campus Climates
of Positivity and

Self-Empowerment
Monday, Nov. 9 Film

Mind of a
Rampage Killer
7 p.m.-9 p.m. Hart Chapel
What makes a person walk
into a theater or a church or a
classroom full of students and
open fire? What combination
of circumstances compels a
human being to commit the most
inhuman of crimes?

Can science in any way help us
understand these horrific events and
provide any clues as to how to prevent
them in the future? As the nation tries
to understand the tragic events at
Newtown, NOVA correspondent Miles
O’Brien separates fact from fiction,
investigating new theories that the most
destructive rampage killers are driven
most of all, not by the urge to kill, but
the wish to die. Could suicide–and the
desire to go out in a media-fueled blaze
of glory–be the main motivation? How
much can science tell us about the
violent brain? Most importantly, can we
recognize dangerous minds in time—and
stop the next Newtown?

Tuesday, Nov. 10 Workshop

Empowerment
through Knowledge:
Insight Against a
University Shooter
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 250-252 Gemmell
Jason Hendershot, Chief of Police
Director of Public Safety at Clarion University
will lead the workshop
Sponsored by the Presidential Commission on Human Relations.

Clarion University is an affirmative
action equal opportunity employer.

Sponsored by the MLK Committee.

Wednesday, Nov. 11 Awards Dinner
7 p.m.-9 p.m. Gemmell MPR

Featured Speaker: Dr. Jocelind Gant
Dr. Gant has served Clarion University for the past
21 years in the capacity of Assistant to the President
for Social Equity and Associate Vice President for
International Programs. Gant who is the Cofounder
of the Equity Banquet and Awards ceremony with
Student Senate was graciously invited by the Senate
to be the 2015 Speaker in honor of her pending
retirement. Her professional work has focused
on the management of institutional diversity,
Dr. Gant
conflict resolution and international education.
Gant’s leadership in diversity best practices has
been recognized by The Boston Globe, The New York Times and several
national publications including The American Council on Higher Education‘s
publications on diversity.

Sponsored by Student Senate.

The Office of Social Equity cordially invites you to
the 2015 Equity Week events focusing on Cultivation
Campus Climates of Positivity and Self-Empowerment
especially in light of recent university and public mass
shootings. According to USA Today, there have been
more than 20 mass killings since 2006 with an event
taking place every two weeks. Further, two thirds of
assailants commit suicide or are killed by police at the
scene. The Office’s events explore the reasons why
these shootings are occurring on our campuses, and
how best to empower ourselves by being more selfaware and knowledgeable about our surroundings.
Please join us for this important series of events.

For all events, please R.S.V.P. to the Office of
Social Equity by Friday, November 6, 2015.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC