Race and Social Policy Research Center
Sixth Annual Combating Racial Injustice Workshop "Employment Discrimination and Employment Practices "
Photo Credit: Gary Waters/Ikon Images/Getty Images
Welcome
This workshop in collaboration with the Employment/Income Gap Issue Group of the Dialogue on Race will address racial disparities in employment opportunities nationally and in Montgomery County
Contact us: snorwood@vt.edu
Important Dates
Event: Saturday, April 22, 2017
Registration: Required by April 19
Keynote Speakers
Wornie Reed, Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies, is Director of the Race and Social Policy Research Center at Virginia Tech. Professor Reed has taught courses, conducted research, and published numerous articles and several books on medical care, health and illness, urban communities, and criminal and juvenile justice. He serves on the Steering Committee of the Montgomery County Dialogue on Race.
Sarah Halvorson-Fried received her Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Tech in 2016. For her master’s thesis, she researched employment and income inequality in the New River Valley in partnership with the Dialogue on Race Employment and Income Gap Issue Group. She now works as a researcher at Harlem Children’s Zone, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending inter-generational poverty in Harlem through education, health, and community development services.
Workshop Schedule
Schedule of Events
Saturday, April 22, 2017
The Inn at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Registration
8:00 am – 9:00 am Registration/Check-in Upper Quad Foyer & Continental Breakfast Upper Quad
Welcome Note
9:00 am – 9:10 am Welcome/Introduction to Workshop by Andy Morikawa
Keynote 1
9:10 am - 9:50 am Costs of Continued Labor Market Discrimination in the U.S. and Virginia by Wornie Reed
Keynote 2
9:50 am – 10:00 am Employment/Income Gap Issue Group by Penny Franklin
Keynote 3
10:00 am – 10:45 am Employment & Income Inequality and Employment Practices in the New River Valley by Sarah Halvorson-Fried
10:45 am – 11:10 am Break
11:10 am - 12:20 pm Discussion Circles
12:20 pm - 12:50 pm Reports from Discussion Circles by Andy Morikawa
12:50 pm – 1:00 pm Call to Combat This Injustice by Wornie Reed
Adjourn
1:00 pm Adjourn