Press Release
BCW will host its 5th National Diversity Forum, Can We Talk? September 16 &
17, 2004, in Cincinnati, OH.
A Pre-Planning Team has identified major speakers and sponsors to facilitate
the year-long planning process for Can We Talk? 2004. The Pre-Planning Team
is comprised of a diverse group of professional women, previously involved
with BCW's Can We Talk?, who continue to be concerned about improving the
diversity results of major corporations and organizations related to the
career advancement of women.
The focus of Can We Talk? 2004 will be on Race. The Can We Talk? 2004
planners believe that race and reactions to race are defining experiences in
today's workplace and that diversity forums must facilitate this "difficult
dialogue" if we are to make meaningful, substantive and sustainable inroads
in organizations, for the career advancement of all women.
The confirmed speakers for Can We Talk? 2004 to date are:
Attorney Angela Oh, national speaker & lecturer on anti-discrimination.
Attorney Oh teaches Race and American Law and Leadership for the 21st
Century at Univ. of California at Irvine and was an appointee to former
President Clinton's National Initiative On Race. She most recently served as
Keynote Speaker at Working Mother Magazine's Women of Color Conference in
New York.
Dr. Janet Helms, Professor, Counseling Development and Educational
Psychology, Boston College, where she is also Director of the Race-Culture
Institute. Dr. Helms has authored several books including: "A Race Is A
Nice Thing To Have: A Guide To Being A White Person or Understanding the
White Person In your Life," "Training Manual for Diagnosing Racial Identity
in Social Interactions." She also authored nine chapters of "Black and
White Racial identity." Dr. Helms has served on the faculty and as a
psychologist at Southern Illinois and Iowa State Universities and at the
University of Maryland. Dr. Helms' long and distinguished career as an
educator, psychologist, workshop facilitator and presenter on topics
related to race and is the recipient of numerous awards for her
contributions to racial-cultural psychology. The Columbia University
Teacher's College bestows the Janet E Helms Award for Scholarship and
Research Mentoring to deserving recipients in her honor.
Dr. Jane Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Business & Professional Women USA,
Washington, DC will serve as a Moderator for an Executive Panel on The
Impact of Race & Gender on Women At The Top.
A national group of experienced, diversity champions in corporations, are
being sought to assist in the facilitating of the Can We Talk? Break out
sessions. For more information please email us at cwt@bcw.org.
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