University of Arkansas

Walton College

The Sam M. Walton College of Business

Fall Program: Let's Talk About Integrity and Race

A book, workshop, and speaker series for students, faculty, and staff to initiate, inform, and enhance discussions about what racism is, how to speak up about it, and engage in productive dialogue. The program includes a deeper-dive option with weekly workshops.


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Program Calendar and Details

  • Book of the Semester
    “So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo, a New York Times best-selling book that offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America.
  • Weekly Zoom Workshops for Students
    Every Tuesday at 6:00 - 7:00 pm from September 8th – October 27
  • Weekly Zoom Workshops for Faculty and Staff
    Every Friday at 11:30 am – 12:30 pm from September 11 – October 30
  • Zoom Speaker: Mary Gentile, author of “Giving Voice to Values"
    September 29, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
  • Zoom Speaker: Ijeoma Oluo, author of “So You Want to Talk About Race"
    November 10, 6:00 -7:30 pm
  • Zoom Workshop Discussion: How to give voice to your values and the book, “So You Want to Talk About Race”
    November 17, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
  • Remote Streamed Movie Night: "Just Mercy"
    December 1, from 6-8 pm

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Organizers

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Let's Talk About Integrity and Race is being organized and led by the Walton College Office of Diversity and Inclusion and that office's director, Barbara Lofton, and by the Walton College Business Integrity and Leadership Initiative, headed up by Cindy Moehring, the initiative's founder and executive director.

News and Updates

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Student Success Spotlight: Synetra Hughes

Hughes coordinates the office’s summer programs, such as the Business Leadership Academy for incoming college freshmen, Fleischer Scholars Program for 11th and 12th grade students and the Technology Awareness Program for students in the fifth to ninth grade.

August 26, 2021

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New Fall Program: Let’s Talk About Integrity and Race

A book, workshop, and speaker series for students, faculty, and staff at the Sam M. Walton College of Business to initiate, inform, and enhance discussions about what racism is, how to speak up about it, and engage in productive dialogue.

August 18, 2020

 

Flyer for the Let's Talk About Integrity and Race program. Details included in the text below.