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Riley Institute names 36 diversity fellows

Staff Report //December 11, 2018//

Riley Institute names 36 diversity fellows

Staff Report //December 11, 2018//

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Thirty-six participants have completed the Riley Institute at Furman University’s Diversity Leaders Initiative.

Over the past five months, participants have examined issues related to diversity and inclusion, explored blind spots and discussed how to suspend assumptions, according to a news release.

As part of the program, participants have worked in small, cross-sector groups to respond to real issues and opportunities in their communities through service projects. The projects focused on topics such as fostering interaction between individuals with disabilities and employees of local companies; increasing access to food for students when school meals are not available; enhancing services at a local youth soccer center to encompass the family unit as a whole; assisting female Upstate veterans with connections and resources as they transition from the military to the private sector, and providing program support to a new day center for homeless youth, according to the release.

The full roster of Riley Fellows is available online.

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