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Embry-Riddle Celebrates Diversity with Speaker Series

Daytona Beach, Fla., Sept. 16, 2010 -- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University welcomes a series of speakers and performances to celebrate diversity during the 2010-2011 academic year.

All events, unless otherwise noted, begin at 7 p.m. in the Gale Lemerand Auditorium, Willie Miller Instructional Center, on the university’s Daytona Beach campus at 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. The events are free and open to the public. The lecture series is sponsored by the University Office of Diversity Initiatives.

For more information, contact Cindy Oakley-Paulik at (386) 226-7544.

Into the Fire
Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010
Striving to increase awareness and understanding, this play portrays our returning veterans with disabilities and combat-related trauma as they reintegrate into their families, communities, educational institutions, and the workforce. This professional acting troupe uses humor and music to allow the audience to process these powerful stories.

Gay Gaze: Exploring Gay Stereotypes in Advertising
Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, College of Business Building, Room 118
Scholar Aron Christian is back. This multimedia presentation looks into advertising geared toward gay men in gay-friendly media. Asserting that a choice of images is a choice of worlds in contemporary advertising, Christian uncovers the complex process of cultural consumption and socialization at work as individuals shape not only their own cultural identities, but also their understanding of the cultural identities of others.

This Life in Blackness
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011
Elon James White is a Brooklyn-based comedian, writer, and host of the popular web series This Week in Blackness, a satirical look at race, politics, and pop culture in a so-called “post-racial” America. White has been a featured commentator on VH1’s Black to the Future and The Great Debate. Celebrate Black History Month with this comedic performance.

Debbie Martinez, NASA Engineer
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Celebrate Women’s History Month with an Embry-Riddle alumna. Debbie Martinez began working at NASA’s Langley Research Center in 1990 as an electronics engineer/aerospace technologist. Currently she works in the systems development branch managing Langley’s unique state-of-the-art Flight Simulation Facilities.

The Interfaith Youth Core
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The IFYC builds mutual respect and pluralism among young people from different religious traditions by empowering them to work together to serve others. The facilitator will introduce the audience to a different kind of conversation about religion using stories of interfaith cooperation.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through the Worldwide Campus at more than 150 campus centers in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu.

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