9:30-11:00am: Opening Remarks followed by Keynote and Q&A with Raquel Willis
11:00-11:15am: Break
11:15am-12:15pm: Restorative Record: Unlocking Employment, Timothy McNutt, Director of Cornell ILR’s Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative
Session details - Restorative Record: Unlocking Employment
The U.S. faces a labor shortage, and employers are looking to expand their efforts toward diversity, equity, and inclusion. Yet current hiring methods exclude nearly 70 million Americans with a conviction history. Ninety percent of private employers use criminal background checks, but less than half engage in individualized assessment to determine whether a criminal record should disqualify a candidate. People with criminal records are often denied employment because of discrimination and face added disadvantages related to employment history, education, skills, and career capital gaps. Employers and jobseekers need new tools to replace decades-old hiring heuristics that are inefficient and inequitable. In this session, Tim will present the Yang-Tan Workability Incubator’s Restorative Record, a new tool to help employers and job seekers look beyond traditional résumés, cover letters, and background reports that narrow talent pools.
12:15-1:00pm: Break with Optional Wellness Activities
Wellness Activity Choices
12:15-12:45pm: Join C. Lucas' Stretch with Wellness class during the midday break. You are welcome to drop in for some or all of the time. The combination of active, energizing stretches and soothing, relaxing stretches will help you recharge for the IE Virtual Summit afternoon workshops.
12:30-12:45pm: Meditate to Make Space: Join Ruth Merle-Doyle, Work/Life Program Manager, for a 15 minute meditation to help make space. Think of this as making physical space with breath work and making emotional space through self-awareness prompts. Take this moment to make space for all that you are reflecting on and learning about during the IE Virtual Summit!
1:00-2:00pm: I Can't Yell "Fire" But What Can I Say? An Exploration of Free Speech in the Workplace, Cooper Sirwatka, Equal Opportunity Program Director, Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX (OIETIX)
Session Details - I Can't Yell "Fire" But What Can I Say?
This presentation will include a basic overview of the bounds of free speech in the workplace, including what, if any, free speech rights exist for employees. Further, we will explore concepts of hate speech, when hate speech may be considered a hate crime, and when an employer may prohibit an employee from engaging in certain speech even when it’s not a hate crime. Lastly, we will discuss situations in which words or expressions in the workplace may be considered harassment in violation of Cornell’s Policy 6.4.
2:00-2:15pm: Break
2:15-3:15pm: Don’t Trust Yourself: Media Literacy in the Digital Age, Associate Professor and Geri Gay Faculty Fellow, Drew Margolin, Dept. of Communication, CALS and Ashley Shea, Head of Instruction Initiatives, Mann Library and Doctoral Candidate in Communication, CALS
Session Details - Don't Trust Yourself: Media Literacy in the Digital Age
Americans have become quite worried and even angered by the news. This worry and anger can produce anguish as well as mistrust of our fellow citizens. One reason for these strong, negative responses is that we lack an understanding of how our own thinking is affected by the way we consume and receive news in the digital media environment. Researchers refer to this understanding as media literacy. In this presentation, Drew and Ashley will report on important findings in media literacy research and show how these can help explain why we often head down this path of anger and fear. They will end with sharing practical strategies that we can use to be more savvy news consumers.
3:15-3:30pm: Closing Activity and Remarks facilitated by the Department of Inclusion and Belonging
