IWU Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Happy New Year, friends! We hope you can join us on Wednesday, January 17th at the Hansen Student Center for the 20th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Teach-in!

This event explores social justice topics related to Dr. King's legacy and promotes dialogue among the attendees and speakers. Join us as we explore "Bending the Arc Toward Justice" from our three outstanding featured speakers. There will be time for Q& A after each speaker's presentation.

We hope to see you there!

Proud of our amazing Assistant Director who’s moderating tonight’s event!

Happening tonight!

Join ODI tomorrow as we welcome Prof. Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum to campus. She's bringing her award winning "Walking With My Ancestors" to IWU. All are welcome!

Big day today for our SEP Student Cohort of 2022.

They delivered a beautifully done and quite informative presentation on Juneteenth, its history as a celebration, its origin, and its importance nowadays!!!

We couldn’t be more proud of them!

To all of our returning students, if you love learning, engaging, being a leader, being a source of support, and also an advocate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, please join us this next school year as a mentor for our awesome STEP Peer Mentoring Program!

We are so excited that our STEP Peer Mentoring Program is on its way for another wonderful school year!

Share the word to anyone who would like to join!

Today our extremely talented and brilliant SEP students got the awesome opportunity to engage, learn and work together with the NAACP Youth Council!

Such a fun, rewarding and educational time

First day of SEP and we are so happy and honored to welcome this amazing, wonderful and outstanding group of students into it!!!

Come enjoy the nice weather with us tomorrow!!!

This is Dr. Marie Van Brittan Brown, the inventor of the FIRST home security system. Dr. Brown named the system the Home Security System Utilizing Television Surveillance. Dr. Brown’s security system is the basis for which all security systems have been created; they’ve added to Dr. Brown’s initial features such as video monitoring, remote-controlled door locks, push-button alarm triggers, instant alerts to police and security enforcers, and two-way voice communication. ALL security systems have been built off of Dr. Brown’s model. Black excellence at its finest!

Hey y’all! ODI encourages you to join in on this communal building event. It’s hosted by Narrative 4, a global organization that’s designed to empower scholars to change the world through understanding different perspectives! Stop by ❤!