Events

What does it mean to serve alongside people of every race, gender, creed, religion, and place of origin? How does military service take people from different backgrounds and create an effective unit? Unknown to many, the U.S. military is the most diverse employer in the country. It has constantly led the way in expanding its meaning of servicemember and pushed racial, gender, and sexual orientation boundaries decades before the civilian workplace. 

Military service is, in itself, a distinct identity and one that veterans and active military members must weigh against their own multiple self- and society-selected ones. 

Kali Lake, program manager, Peer Advisors for Veteran Education (PAVE), will talk about how she sees veteran status as a DEI identity from her own experiences and working with students.