March Speaker: Dr. Michelle Loyd-Paige

The Struggle is Real - How We Derail Diversity Efforts and What to Do About It

WHEN: March 26, 2024
WHERE: KOSC - Chair's Room and Loggia
TIME: Reception at 4 p.m., Lecture at 4:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public

In this lecture

Diversity is both a gift and mandate from God. Research demonstrates time and time again that our communities and organizations benefit when diversity is present and celebrated. However, achieving the kind of compositional diversity we long for is a struggle. Our diversity efforts sometimes fail, even with the best of intentions. Why? What can we do? In this lecture, Dr. Loyd-Paige will share lessons from her experience as a diversity educator and insights from her book, The Diversity Playbook, on why diversity efforts fail and what it takes to SHIFT from struggling to flourishing.

About our speaker

Dr. Loyd-Paige is an educator, author, speaker, podcaster, mentor, and diversity consultant with over thirty years of experience. Loyd-Paige is the founder and lead principal of Loyd Paige & Associates. Loyd-Paige completed her undergraduate work at Calvin University and completed her PhD in Sociology at Purdue University. She is the co-author of Diversity Playbook: Recommendations and Guidance for Christian Organizations. She is the co-host of the Antioch Podcast: Conversations on Biblical Anti-racism. In 2015, she was awarded the Floyd Skinner Justice Award by the Giants organization in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2022, she received the Dante Vanegas Award for distinguished leadership in diversity and racial justice work in the Christian Reformed Church. Additionally, Loyd-Paige is a certified wellness coach and an ordained Christian minister who enjoys creating opportunities for people to deepen their faith and care for their souls.