BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Maxwell alumni and friends are invited to join us on \;Frid ay\, April 23 at 3:00 p.m. EDT \;for a virtual panel conversation expl oring issues of diversity\, equity and inclusion.Gladys McCormick\, Jay an d Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations\, Associate Profes sor of History and Maxwell’s Director of Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion\ , will moderate the discussion. Professor McCormick will be joined by Maxw ell alumni Wesley Dias ’74 BA (PSc)\, Lisa Gordon ’90 MPA\, Kishauna Soljo ur ’16 MA (His)/’19 PhD (His) and James Willie ’98 MPA\; together\, the gr oup will continue the important and urgent conversation about systemic rac ism in the U.S.Register for this Zoom eventFor questions or more informati on about this online event\, please contact the Maxwell Alumni Office at&n bsp\;alum@maxwell.syr.edu.---The program participants will include:Gladys McCormick is Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations and Associate Professor of History at the Maxwell School. A longstanding advocate for Latinx issues\, she also serves as the School’s Director of D iversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion and is one of the founders of Maxwell’s Faculty of Color group.Wesley Dias ’74 BA (PSc) was co-founder and CEO/Pre sident of the Argosy Consulting Group\, a multi-disciplinary consulting fi rm providing expert technical services and program support to public and p rivate organizations in the areas of information technologies and manageme nt services. He received Syracuse University’s Orange Circle Award\, recog nizing extraordinary service and philanthropy\, in 2009.Lisa Y. Gordon\, C PA\, ’90 MPA is President and CEO of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity\, one of the top 10 Habitat for Humanity International affiliates in the United St ates. She is a recognized leader in transformational redevelopment efforts for quality affordable housing\, creating community spaces and neighborho od revitalization. She was inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration in 2016 and received the University’s Orange Circle Award in 2020.Kishauna Soljour ’16 MA (His)/19 PhD (His) \;is a profe ssor of History and Mellon Fellow at Sarah Lawrence College\nwhose researc h explores Black presence in Paris. In 2019\, she became the first\nBlack woman to receive her doctorate in History from Syracuse University\; her\n dissertation entitled\, “Beyond the Banlieue: French Postcolonial Migratio n\n&\; the Politics of a Sub-Saharan Identity” won the all-university d octoral\nprize.James Willie ’98 MPA is Division of Grants Policy Branch Ch ief\, Health Resources and Services Administration at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. As Branch Chief\, he manages the Policy and Special Initiatives branch for HRSA\, the primary federal agency for impro ving access to health care in the country through the awarding of more tha n 10 billion dollars annually in grants and funding.  \; DTEND:20210423T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T102242Z DTSTART:20210423T190000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Alumni DEI Panel Discussion - Systemic Racism in the U.S. UID:RFCALITEM639141637626650786 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Maxwell alumni and friends are invited to j oin us on \;Friday\, April 23 at 3:00 p.m. EDT \;for a virt ual panel conversation exploring issues of diversity\, equity and inclusio n.

Gladys McCormick\, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations\, Associate Professor of History and Maxwell’s Dire ctor of Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion\, will moderate the discussion. P rofessor McCormick will be joined by Maxwell alumni Wesley Dias ’74 BA (PSc)\, Lisa Gordon ’90 MPA\, Kishauna Soljour ’16 MA (H is)/’19 PhD (His) and James Willie ’98 MPA\; together\, the group w ill continue the important and urgent conversation about systemic racism i n the U.S.

Register for this Zoom event

For questions or more information about this online event\, pleas e contact the Maxwell Alumni Office at \;alum@maxwell.syr.edu.

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The program participant s will include:

Gladys McCormick is Jay and Debe Moskowitz En dowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations and Associate Professor of History at the Maxwell School. A longstanding advocate for Latinx issues\, she also serves as the School’s Director of Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion and is one of the founders of Maxwell’s Faculty of Color group.

Wesle y Dias ’74 BA (PSc) was co-founder and CEO/President of the Argosy Con sulting Group\, a multi-disciplinary consulting firm providing expert tech nical services and program support to public and private organizations in the areas of information technologies and management services. He received Syracuse University’s Orange Circle Award\, recognizing extraordinary ser vice and philanthropy\, in 2009.

Lisa Y. Gordon\, CPA\, ’90 M PA is President and CEO of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity\, one of the top 1 0 Habitat for Humanity International affiliates in the United States. She is a recognized leader in transformational redevelopment efforts for quali ty affordable housing\, creating community spaces and neighborhood revital ization. She was inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Ad ministration in 2016 and received the University’s Orange Circle Award in 2020.

Kishauna Soljour ’16 MA (His)/19 PhD (His) \;is a p rofessor of History and Mellon Fellow at Sarah Lawrence College\nwhose res earch explores Black presence in Paris. In 2019\, she became the first\nBl ack woman to receive her doctorate in History from Syracuse University\; h er\ndissertation entitled\, “Beyond the Banlieue: French Postcolonial Migr ation\n&\; the Politics of a Sub-Saharan Identity” won the all-universi ty doctoral\nprize.

James Willie ’98 MPA is Division of Grant s Policy Branch Chief\, Health Resources and Services Administration at th e U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. As Branch Chief\, he manag es the Policy and Special Initiatives branch for HRSA\, the primary federa l agency for improving access to health care in the country through the aw arding of more than 10 billion dollars annually in grants and funding. &nb sp\;

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