MLK Day event postponed after cold temps, bad roads
GENOA TWP. — A scheduled event for MLK Day at Cleary University in Genoa Township was postponed until February, which is Black History Month, due to inclement weather and slippery roads on Monday.
LaTasha Ellis, the school's director of public safety and corporate sector, will present “Discussing Bias and Cross-Cultural Diversity" at 12 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, in Cleary Commons, Room 3, at 3750 Cleary Drive. The event is free and open to the public, and there's no need to register.
Ellis manages Cleary's Detroit Education Center and a degree program for members of the Detroit Police Department.
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"We're going to be talking about diversity and bias and what that looks like in the real world," Ellis told The Daily. "We talk about diversity, racism, and bias, but how do you apply it really? Everyone thinks, 'I'm not biased,' but everybody is, because a bias is just your norm and it's really not a negative word. It's just what's normal to you."
She said the event will include audience participation, including "ice breaker" exercises.
— Contact reporter Jennifer Eberbach at jeberbach@livingstondaily.com.
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