September 30, 2005

Dear Faculty, Staff, and Administrators of The Johns Hopkins Institutions:

It is truly my pleasure to announce the 2nd Annual Johns Hopkins Institutions Diversity Leadership Council Diversity Conference. The conference will be held Tuesday, November 1, 2005, on the Homewood campus. This half-day event will open with a keynote address by Dr. Valerie Petit-Wilson, Executive Director of The Leadership Alliance, and Provost Steven Knapp will be the luncheon speaker.

This 2nd annual conference will feature workshops examining critical issues related to excellence, diversity, inclusion, equity and cultural awareness in higher education. We may again look forward to hearing and learning from our Johns Hopkins colleagues, as well as our partners and friends from other institutions and organizations.

The conference is designed for faculty, staff, and administrators institutions-wide. We encourage supervisors to be supportive of employees who wish to attend, and advise support staff to seek approval to attend the conference prior to registering. There is no registration fee, but the deadline to register is October 24, 2005. For more information and to register online, please visit http://jhversata:2006/webapp/DiversityConference/DiversityConference

I invite you to attend this second annual conference, so together we can continue to discover how diversity and inclusion are the keys to Johns Hopkins' future.

Sincerely,
William R. Brody