The Issues in Diversity day went incredibly well, mostly due to the presenter, who was top notch. Dr. Nwachi Tafari led the session, and he's onto something new, in my opinion. He's really expanded the definition of diversity and taken it to new and interesting places.
He's taken the notions of identity, and external and internal perspectives, and come up with a way of approaching the topic that I found to be very useful and interesting. He doesn't make any concessions, but he's sort of levelled the playing field, so to speak.
Normally, I think of diversity training as sort of a routine physical - you have to do it, it's good for you, but it's usually of little use. Tafari's presentation was useful.
I can feel Kellogg winding down, and I'm really anxious to get home to my family. I'll miss this place, though, The people up here have taught me quite a bit. We ran an ad hoc group this evening regarding ADA issues. I ran the legal perspective, and a woman named Annabelle ran the clinical perspective. About half the group came to the "really, it's optional" session, and it seemed to go well.
Tomorrow night I have dinner with my practicum advisor, so that'll be nice/weird. He seems like a really good guy, smart, too.
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