VRA 2022: DEIA Program Highlights
Greetings from the Equitable Action Committee!We would like to highlight the numerous Pre-Conference and Conference events that relate to the VRA’s equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts. We hope you are able to join us virtually and/or in person.VRA 2022 Pre-ConferenceMonday, March 21
- 10:00am – 12:00pm EDT EAC Cash Rules Everything Around Me: Salary Negotiation Workshop
- 12:30pm – 2:30pm EDT Accessibility Guidance for Digital Cultural Heritage Workshop
- 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT Major New Initiatives of the VRA Core and CCO Subcommittees
Tuesday, March 22
- 9:00am – 12:00pm EDT Accessibility Part Two: Building in Accessibility in Your Digital Collections Workflow
- 1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT Individual papers: Description Specialists and Artist’s Archive
- 2:45pm – 3:45pm EDT Balancing Acts: User Community Expectations and Art Information Transparency in a Shared Database
- 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT Anti-Racist Work and the Solo Visual Resources Professional
VRA 2022 ConferenceTuesday, March 29
- 4:30pm – 5:30pm EDT Critical Cataloging Conversations in Teaching, Research, and Practice
Wednesday, March 30
- 10:00am – 11:00am EDT Community Building
- 4:30pm – 5:30pm EDT Convocation Keynote: Ashley Minner, “Repatriating the Archives: An Urban Reservation Reunion”
Thursday, March 31
- 11:15am – 12:15pm EDT Disrupting Our Teaching: Visual Literacy and Social Justice
- 12:30pm – 1:30pm EDT EAC Community Hour: Empowering Future Advocacy
Can’t attend this year? Not to worry! The EAC welcomes your suggestions for ongoing year-round initiatives; you may submit your ideas and comments here (https://tinyurl.com/2p8y6ca9), or email us at ea@vraweb.org.Contributed by Equitable Action Committee Co-chairs:Lael Ensor-Bennett, Johns Hopkins UniversityLesley Chapman, Colgate University