Our guest speaker for the January U2 meeting will now present at our February U2 meeting. Please join us February 17, 2021 from Noon to 1 p.m. Mismiki (Miki) Montgomery will speak about the Malone Center’s programming and what individuals could do to make their own work areas/offices more welcoming to people of color.

Miki Montgomery, is the Malone Center’s newest team member and Director of Youth Programs. Miki has been working in the field of education for 27 years and has a broad range of experience teaching children from infancy through elementary school. Her most recent experience was coaching pre-service teachers as the Lecturer/Lead Teacher for Ruth Staples CDL in the Child, Youth and Family Studies Dept. at the University of NE-Lincoln. She is married to Vern Montgomery, and both are proud and busy parents of 4 boys. Miki’s passions have included writing and implementing curriculum on how to teach early nutrition intervention for families of young children, a focus on how to teach and implement mindfulness at a very early age, and (most recently) activist work for the Black Lives Matter movement by educating and empowering the community, public school teachers and youth of color on the importance of equity in the classroom.

Additionally, the Council on Inclusive Excellence and Diversity Staff Evaluation Working Group will be sharing information about the proposal to incorporate staff members’ achievements in inclusive excellence and diversity into evaluations of staff performance. The Working Group wants to solicit UNOPA and UAAD members’ feedback on the proposal.

Zoom Link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/93034589108