Language Summit 2022: Power of Language in Academia

UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and the UNC School of Social Work are co-sponsoring Language Summit 2022. The summit will take place across four days—while attendees are encouraged to attend multiple sessions, you do not have to attend all to benefit from the presentations/discussions.

Together, we will think through the importance of intentional language use and how language can be harmful, understand how language is always changing and changes are typically seen in spoken language before written language, and develop more inclusive language practices across daily communications in our work and in our communities.

This panel will explore how the language that academics choose to use shapes interactions with community partners and impacts the feeling of belonging and inclusion in academic spaces. Panelists include Mysha Winn, executive director, Project Momentum and Victoria Chavis, coordinator co-curricular & academic engagement, Carolina Firsts.

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