The UO community will have an opportunity to talk about race, identity, privilege and other important campus issues when noted speaker the Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington visits campus Tuesday, Nov. 17.

The event takes place at 7 p.m. in Room 156 Straub Hall. It is free and open to the public.

Washington is a nationally and internationally known writer, speaker, coach, consultant, teacher and trainer. He will talk on the importance of diversity on campus and in the workplace.

The talk was planned months ago but is especially timely in light of issues of race and equity that have arisen at the University of Missouri, Yale University and on other campuses and cities. Washington will discuss “Why Diversity is Everyone’s Business.”

More information on the event is available here.

Washington serves as president and founder of the Washington Consulting Group, a multicultural organizational development firm in Baltimore, Maryland. He is also a senior consultant with The Equity Consulting Group of California and Elsie Y. Cross and Associates in Philadelphia.

He has served as an educator and administrator in higher education for more 20 years. He most recently served as the assistant vice president for student affairs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Washington also has held leadership positions on The Campaign to End Homophobia and the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum.

Washington’s visit is part of the EMU’s theBEseries, a program of the Division of Student Life and the EMU. The series seeks to ensure student success and resilience by providing inspirational speakers and events that develop new academic, professional and personal skills and improve health.

Co-sponsors include UO Housing, the Career Center and the Multicultural Organizational Development Committee.