September Events 2021

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Kenya Rutland

Public Service Executive Leadership Collaborative: Disrupting Bias and Responding to Microaggressions

With Kenya Rutland, Principal, KJR Consulting

Friday, September 17, 2021 This workshop is postponed until November 2021. More info to be announced.
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Hartford Times Building, Room 219

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About the Event

At any given moment our brains are receiving 11 million pieces of information. Yet, we can only consciously process about 40 of those pieces. To make sense of the rest, we rely on our subconscious to filter information. Our brain does this using generalizations, beliefs, and stereotypes. This approach to processing information and making decisions can lead to biases we may not be even aware of. These unconscious biases are normal and in many cases they are useful. However, they can cause people to overlook great ideas and ignore an individual’s potential. They can also result in microaggressions. Microaggressions are everyday slights, indignities, put-downs, and insults that demean or offend others. They are often fueled by our unconscious bias, which means we may not even be aware of them and how they lead to exclusionary behavior.

 

During this workshop, you will:

  • Decode unconscious biases by discussing the impacts of our thinking and decision making;
  • Learn about the neurological roots of unconscious bias and how it systematically influences our thoughts, perceptions, interactions, and decisions;
  • Discover the impact on biases and microaggressions in the workplace;
  • Develop skills for recognizing unconscious biases and microaggressions when they appear and learn to apply strategies for intentionally managing and addressing them more effectively; and
  • Create a personal and meaningful personal accountability plan for managing moments of bias and addressing microaggressions when they occur.
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Chen Ji

Penalty or Reward? The Role of Competing Institutional Logics in Social Investor Support for Social Enterprises

With Chen Ji, PhD Candidate, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

September 20, 2021
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Live Virtual Event

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About the Event

The emergence of social enterprise organizations, and the increasing popularity of other types of hybrid organizations, has triggered a renewed puzzle in sector choice – how and why entrepreneurs choose their organizational forms. Previous studies have shown that both for-profit and nonprofit forms have pros and cons in terms of financial flexibility, however, we have little knowledge on the effect of organizational form choices on social enterprises’ funding structures. Does changing from a nonprofit to a for-profit or the other way around bring penalty or reward to the social enterprises? Using quantitative analysis, this study examines different types of funding sources’ preferences on social enterprises organizational forms, and finds that philanthropic funding source would penalize the organizations with for-profit legal status and social motives comparing to their pure nonprofit counterparts, while equity funding source treat these organizations and their pure for-profit counterparts basically the same. In this way, the study provides particle implications on how social enterprises should choose their legal status and properly send signals to their potential funders.
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Hartford Campus

Youth Car Theft in CT: Trends and Steps to Improve Public Safety

With Lyle Wray, Mohamad Alkadry, Kelan Lyons, Ken Barone, Vernon Riddick, Toni Walker, Saud Anwar, Erin Stewart, and Craig Fishbein.

September 23, 2021
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Live Virtual Event

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About the Event

Over the past years there has been considerable media attention paid to youth car thefts in a number of parts of the state. This webinar is directed at establishing the facts of the situation and possible next steps to address the issue.

Welcome remarks will be delivered by Lyle Wray and Mohamad Alkadry. Kelan Lyons will serve as moderator for the event and Ken Barone will serve as presenter. Panelists include Vernon Riddick, Toni Walker, Saud Anwar, Erin Stewart, and Craig Fishbein.

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UConn Fall 2021 Career Fair

Come visit the Department of Public Policy at the UConn Career Fair!

September 28, 2021
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
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Providence College

UConn Fall 2021 Career Fair

Come visit the Department of Public Policy at the Providence College: Fall 2021 Career Expo!

September 30, 2021
2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
via Handshake

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