This video contains the keynote speech for the 2018 University of North Texas Equity and Diversity Conference featuring Rosa Clemente, 2008 Green Party Vice Presidential candidate, community organizer, and journalist. From Harvard to prisons, Rosa has spent her life dedicated to scholar activism. She is the president and founder of Know Thy Self Productions, which has produced four major community activism tours and consults on issues such as Hip-Hope activism, media justice, voter engagement among youth of color, third party politics, intercultural relations between Black and Latinx, immigrants’ rights as an extension of human rights, and universal healthcare. During her keynote session, Clemente addresses identity intersectionality as a bridge to inclusion.

This video contains the social justice keynote address for the 2018 University of North Texas Equity and Diversity Conference featuring Dr. Dafina-Lazarus (D-L) Stewart (PGPs: ze, zim, and zir). Dr. Stewart is professor in the School of Education and Tri-Chair of the Student Affairs in Higher Education program at Colorado State University. Over the course of zir 17-year faculty career, ze has focused most intently on issues of race and ethnicity, sexuality, and gender, as well as religion, faith, and spirituality in their research, teaching, and service to professional organizations and institutions across the nation. In this session, Dr. Stewart speaks on navigating privilege and marginalization in building social justice competence.

In this video, the Vice President of the Division of Institutional Equity and Diversity, Joanne Woodard, kicks off the 19th annual Equity and Diversity Conference with the Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Shani Barrax Moore. Shawn Brewer from Peterbilt Motors, the division’s partners in the Peterbilt Corporate-Collegiate evening event, introduces their diversity council and says a few words on Peterbilt’s commitment to advancement, equity, and inclusion practices. Dr. Saili Bhonde from Denton Family Dental presents the Inclusive Excellence Award to the Office of Outreach and Admissions. Dr. Saili Bhonde and her team sponsored the award for the 2019 year. Those who received the award were Landon Ellison as the Director of Outreach and Rebeca Perfecto as the Assistant Director of Freshman Admissions.

Video of the evening keynote by from the 2019 Equity and Diversity Conference. This talk issues a call to action that will equip listeners to take immediate action against the recent rise of white nationalism and against the long-standing legacy of white supremacy. For more information on this speaker, please visit: https://edo.unt.edu/dr-jalane-schmidt

Video of the luncheon keynote with Howard J. Ross from the 2019 Equity and Diversity Conference. In this video, Mr. Ross focuses on the material within his new book, Our Search for Belonging: How the Need for Connection is Tearing Our Culture Apart.

Video of the keynote for the 2017 UNT Equity & Diversity Conference. In this video, Melissa Harris-Perry discusses the questions educators face when engaging in social justice. This video also contains an introduction of the speaker by Shani Barrax Moore and video presentation introduced by Dr. Jacqueline Vickery of a student video project arguing for the need for diversity in faculty and staff.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish exploration, covering: (1) The Aztecs and Cortes, (2) The Debacle of Cabeza de Vaca, (3) Coronado's Expedition, (4) De Soto's Expedition, (5) Transforming and Abandoning Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish exploration in Texas, covering: (1) The World that Silver Made, (2) Presidios and Missions, (3) La Salle and the French Threat. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish colonization in Texas, covering: (1) First Attempt of Missions, 1690-1693, (2) Second Attempt, 1716-1722, (3) Life on the Spanish Frontier, (4) Arrival of the Comanche, (5) Texas by 1800. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the end of Spanish colonization and rule in Texas, covering: (1) Texas by 1800; (2) Major Problems for Spain in Texas: [a] Louisiana Purchase, 1803, [b] Mexican War for Independence, 1810-1820. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the end of Spanish colonization and rule in Texas (continued from part 1), covering: (2) Major Problems for Spain in Texas: [c] Increased Indian Raids 1814-1820, [d] Invading Americans, 1819-1820; (3) Mexico's Dilemma of Independence. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Mexican independence from Spain, covering: (1) The U.S. Land Crisis, (2) Moses Austin's Zany Scheme, (3) Do We Let in the Americans?, (4) Founding the Austin Colony. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Mexican governance of Texas, covering: (1) Establishing the Austin Colony (2) Mexico City, Centralism Vs. Federalism, (3) The Problem of Slavery, (4) The Constitution of 1824, (5) A Rebellion in East Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the factors leading to revolution in Texas, covering: (1) A Ridiculous Rebellion in East Texas, (2) Constitution of 1827, (2) Decree 56, Thwarting Mexican Law, (4) Law of April 6, 1830. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the factors leading to revolution in Texas, covering: (1) Disturbances at Anahuac and Velasco, (2) Texans as Ardent Federalists, (3) The Quest for Separate Statehood, (4) Cotton Boom!, (5) Chaos of 1835, Revolution Begins. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the Texas Revolution, covering: (1) Chaos of Late 1835, (2) Battle of San Antonio. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the Texas Revolution (continued from part 1), covering: (3) Siege of the Alamo. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the Texas Revolution (continued from part 2), covering: (3) Aftermath of the Siege of the Alamo, (4) Massacre at Goliad, (5) Runaway Scrape, (6) San Jacinto. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the founding of the Republic of Texas, covering: (1) What does the Republic mean to Texans?, (2) What Will Texas Become?, (3) Forming a Republic. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the Republic of Texas, covering: (1) Presidency of Sam Houston, (2) Failures of Houston, (3) Presidency of Mirabeau Lamar, (4) Failures of Lamar. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the annexation of Texas, covering: (1) Republic of Texas on the Brink, (2) Playing the Annexation Game. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the U.S.-Mexico War, covering: (1) James K. Polk Gazes West, (2) Polk Provokes a Fight, (3) War in Northern and Central Mexico, (4) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, (5) Mexican Cession. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the 1850s in Texas, covering: (1) Aftermath of U.S.-Mexican War, (2) Slave Labor versus Free Labor, (3) Compromise of 1850, (4) Bleeding Kansas, (5) Rise of the Republicans, (6) Dred Scott Decision. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the secession of Texas from the United States, covering: (1) John Brown's Raid, (2) The Election of 1860, (3) Texas and Secession. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.