Equity is our endgame.

Registration for the 2024 Career Equity Conference closes on Tuesday, November 12th.  Join us on Friday, November 22nd in downtown Boston for a day of transformational sessions and workshops.

Registration includes access to all conference programming and a catered luncheon. Contact our team if you have any questions.

Please note: In an effort to ensure an accurate headcount for catering, our team is no longer issuing refunds for cancellations.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2024 in BOSTON, MA

TIME SESSION LOCATION
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Check-In and Registration Open Sargent Hall, 1st Floor Lobby
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Open Networking & Exhibition Hall Sargent Hall, Keches Room, Rm. 170
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

 

Opening Remarks: President Marisa Kelly

Keynote Speaker: Segun Idowu
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Breakout Session Group 1

  1. Career Equity & Inclusion through Wellbeing: An Alternative Approach Amid a Shifting DEI Landscape
  2. Nurturing Leadership Potential in Gen Z Professionals
  3. From College to Career: Advocating for Neurodiversity: Preparing Black Students with Disabilities for Employment
  4. Building Community Partnerships in the Equity Space 
  1. Sargent Hall, Rm. 365
  2. Sargent Hall, Rm. 295
  3. Sargent Hall, Rm. 315
  4. Sargent Hall, Rm. 335
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Coffee Break Sargent Hall, 2nd Floor Atrium
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Breakout Session Group 2

  • Preparing Undocumented Students for Professional Careers
  • Bridging the Gap: Supporting International Students in Co-op and Career Development
  • Inclusive Mentorship: Enhancing Engagement Across Generational and Cultural Lines
  1. Sargent Hall, Rm. 295
  2. Sargent Hall, Rm. 315
  3. Sargent Hall, Rm. 335
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Panel & Luncheon

Standing Your Ground – Amplifying Commitment to Career Equity and Inclusion Amidst Challenges

 Sargent Hall, Keches Room, Rm. 170
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Breakout Session Group 3

  • When Mothers Speak: Attracting and Retaining Mothers in the Workforce
  • From Career Services to Antiracist Career Systems
  • The Anatomy of an Equity Council
  1. Sargent Hall, Rm. 295
  2. Sargent Hall, Rm. 315
  3. Sargent Hall, Rm. 335
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Networking Reception Sargent Hall, 1st Floor Lobby

Do you believe in creating and sustaining a welcoming and inclusive workplace through equity? The Career Equity Conference invites you to elevate your work in diversity, equity, and inclusion through meaningful action and education.

This event offers the opportunity to expand your understanding of what it takes to foster and maintain and inclusive workplace while making connections with key decisionmakers and thought leaders in higher education, human resources, employee engagement, and community engagement. No matter how far you are in this work, the Career Equity Conference is a transformative starting point.

As a conference attendee you will have an opportunity to:

  • Develop strategies to promote career equity in career education
  • Better understand how to recruit, retain, and promote diverse talent
  • Increase knowledge on practices that improve access and equity
  • Connect with a community of equity minded practitioners in the workplace
  • Learn how to build accountability into the process for teams and systems

 

In offering this conference each year, our center strives to build a community of equity-minded practitioners focused on expanding inclusion in the experience and outcomes of our students.

OUR 2024 THEME: STANDING YOUR GROUND: AMPLIFYING COMMITMENT TO CAREER EQUITY & INCLUSION AMIDST CHALLENGES

Diversity, equity & inclusion has experienced its fair share of challenges throughout the past decade. As legal conflicts and financial drawbacks surmount, we hope to affirm Suffolk and our partners’ commitment to this work through meaningful presentations, trainings, and discussions.

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About Segun

OUR 2024 CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER

SEGUN IDOWU, Chief of Economic Opportunity & Inclusion

for the City of Boston

A lifelong resident of Boston, Segun is a proud product of the Boston Public Schools. Following his graduation from Boston Latin Academy, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in History at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, and honors from the Phi Beta Kappa and Golden Key Societies.

In April 2020 and 2021, Boston Magazine recognized Segun as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the City of Boston.” In July 2020, the Boston Globe recognized him on the front page of their Sunday edition as a “Man of the Moment” for his work in ramping up The Black Economic Council of Massachusetts’ (BECMA) efforts to advocate for and direct resources to Black businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Globe also honored him as a “Bostonian of the Year” later that December. In 2021, Lawyers for Civil Rights recognized Segun as their “Keeper of the Flame,” and Eastern Bank recognized him as their “2021 COVID Warrior.”

Segun stepped down from his role as BECMA’s CEO in December 2021 in order to join the Wu Administration as the Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion, beginning this role on January 3, 2022. In this new position, he is focused on making Boston a resilient, economically equitable, and vibrant city that centers people and creates opportunities to build generational wealth for all communities.

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Accommodations & On-Campus Resources

Our center intends to provide an inclusive and impactful conference experience for all attendees. Our team has identified the following resources for attendees who may be traveling or visiting Suffolk University for the first time.

  • Our campus is in downtown Boston. Please refer to our campus map for directions to Sargent Hall and other on-campus spaces.
  • There are several hotels available near Suffolk University’s campus. If you require off-campus accommodations, please refer to our university’s CampusTravel website.
  • Sargent Hall offers a Mother’s Room on the first floor in Room 195. Mother’s Rooms are private spaces with chairs, small tables, lights, a lockable door, and electrical outlets.
  • Suffolk University’s Interfaith Center in the Sawyer Building (8 Ashburton Place), Rooms 823 and 827, is available for all religious, secular, and spiritual needs. Learn more about the Interfaith Center.
  • Sargent Hall provides single-stall, wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the 4th floor. The building offers gender-neutral bathrooms on all floors.

If you require additional accommodations for the event, please email careerequity@suffolk.edu or call 617-573-8480.