This year’s Summit on Race and Inclusion is May 17th, but registration closes on Thursday night according to Gail Harrison, Executive Director of the Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance.
“This year we wanted to really showcase those institutions and communities that have achieved a great level of racial inclusion.”
The keynote speaker for the event, Aaron Dworkin founded the Sphinx Organization to help symphonies eliminate bias, in part by holding blind auditions.
“In those 18 years that he was the founder and executive director, the number of people of color in our national symphonies has doubled and everyone of those folks has identified their success, in part, to the Sphinx Organization.”
Other speakers at the summit will come from the areas of Government, Faith, Health, Education, Business, and Community. But even with all that, this is not just the annual summit.
“We have our 20th anniversary coming up in June, so we will be having a big party following the summit.”
Registration is $50 and can be done online at www.ethnicdiversity.org