Diversity Forum 2007: Continuing the Dialog - Registration - Closed

LTLS will be hosting a free statewide diversity forum to be held in Bloomington, IL at the Hawthorn Suites. Vandella Brown from the Illinois State Library will engage the participants in a cultural vision exam film and a sample of the “White Privilege” assimilation test. The forum's guest speaker will be Christopher Benson, the author of the award-winning book entitled, “Death of Innocence: The Hate Crime That Changed America.” The afternoon will be dedicated to a train the trainer session entitled, “Walking the Talk – How to Think and Act Like an Inclusive Organization”. Susan O'Halloran will take the participants through a real world, sustainable approach to addressing the issues of diversity in organizations of every type. Each participant will receive a free copy of Susan’s Walking the Talk train the trainer manual and a free copy of Death of Innocence: The Hate Crime That Changed America.