UMD Commission on Equity, Race, & Ethnicity

Registration for the 2025 Summit is now open! z.umn.edu/cere2025

This year's theme is "Creating a Community of Wellbeing and Belonging." The Summit is open to the community, and all are welcome regardless of identity!

We look forward to a day full of presentations/workshops and our Keynote Speaker, Lola Adeyemo. Attendees can also enjoy the Summit Fair from 11-3 in the Kirby Ballroom.

Register at z.umn.edu/cere2025

Thank you to the following co-sponsors: Kirby Student Center, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, the Department of Social Work, Champ’s Cupboard (Office of Vice Chancellor for Student Life), Dining Services.

The Summit will be collecting donations today for Champs Cupboard!

Champ's Cupboard Donations

This year we're also asking for donations to Champ's Cupboard, with a special request for non-perishable international foods. A table will be set up during the Summit to accept donations.

For questions about the Summit please email [email protected]

It's not too late to register for the 2024 Summit!

Registration link: z.umn.edu/CERE2024

More information about the Summit can be found by visiting cere.d.umn.edu/summit-news-events

Registration is open for the 2024 Summit! z.umn.edu/CERE2024

The summit will also feature Dr. Artika Tyner as closing Keynote. As a motivational speaker, author and educator, Dr. Tyner helps people of all ages connect with their gifts and develop tangible tools for bringing forth sustainable, durable change in the family, workplace, community or school. By building and leveraging the tools in The Inclusive Leader she has inspired thousands of people to lead with their own gifts and plant a seed of social change. Dr. Tyner’s work is grounded in extensive experience as a law and leadership professor, lawyer, social change agent, researcher and nonprofit founder and leader. She is well-known as a thought leader, author and designer of high-profile programs to drive organizational DEI initiatives and create inclusive leaders. Her impact spans Fortune 500 companies, start up tech companies, healthcare providers, government services and agencies, higher education institutions and grassroots organizations.

More information about the Summit can be found by visiting cere.d.umn.edu/summit-news-events

About the 2024 CERE Summit Keynote Speaker:

Chad Montrie is a professor in the history department at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He is the author of four books, including The Myth of Silent Spring: Rethinking the Origins of American Environmentalism. His article "In that Very Northern City: Recovering a Forgotten Struggle for Racial Integration in Duluth" appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of Minnesota History magazine.

Summit Registration Open! The Summit is open to UMD students, staff, and faculty, and the wider community - so please share this with friends and colleagues!

Save the date for this year CERE Summit: March 20th

It's almost here! The 2023 CERE Summit featuring Keynote Speaker Clelia Rodriguez is tomorrow.

Featuring a Free performance of "Mary Speaks" by Angela Polite.

Where: MPAC Main Stage
When: 5:00 pm
What: Performance and “talk back” with Angela
Who: All are welcome
Cost: Free