{"id":74609,"date":"2019-03-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/hamilton-star-bryan-terrell-clark-announced-as-keynote-speaker-for-5th-annual-d-i-v-e-ri-conference\/"},"modified":"2019-03-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T00:00:00","slug":"hamilton-star-bryan-terrell-clark-announced-as-keynote-speaker-for-5th-annual-d-i-v-e-ri-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/hamilton-star-bryan-terrell-clark-announced-as-keynote-speaker-for-5th-annual-d-i-v-e-ri-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHamilton\u201d star, Bryan Terrell Clark, announced as keynote speaker for 5th annual D.I.V.E. RI Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2014 March 5, 2019 \u2014 The fifth annual D.I.V.E. RI (Diversifying Individuals Via Education) Conference will be held Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23 at the University Rhode Island\u2019s Kingston campus. The theme for this year\u2019s conference is \u201cMoving Towards Authenticity,\u201d focusing on the importance of remaining true to one\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n

The fifth annual student-led conference, which seeks to educate individuals about relevant issues surrounding racial and ethnic topics while enhancing student leadership and social change on college campuses, will feature actor, producer and singer\/songwriter Bryan Terrell Clark as keynote speaker on March 23. Clark, who originated the role of Marvin Gaye in \u201cMotown: The Musical\u201d on Broadway, has gone on to appear in film and television in such shows as \u201cEmpire,\u201d \u201cThe New Edition Story\u201d and \u201cBlue Bloods,\u201d as well as starring as George Washington in the Broadway juggernaut \u201cHamilton.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2017, Clark founded InDEFINED, an online, philanthropic clothing brand, with partner, Robert Raeder. The project was initially conceived to help bring arts education to youth in New York City and evolved into a brand that would help the pair deliver an empowering message about living free of labels.<\/p>\n

\u201cAside from Mr. Clark\u2019s success on stage and screen, as a group we were particularly impressed with the work that he has done in launching his clothing brand and the message and mission behind that project,\u201d said Baizat Ibrahim, a senior majoring in cell and molecular biology from Woonsocket, R.I.<\/strong> Ibrahim has been involved with D.I.V.E. RI for three years, including two years as a committee member and this year as logistics chair for the conference. She said, \u201cLiving to your fullest potential, being true to yourself and refusing to be defined by constrictive labels really speaks to the theme of this year\u2019s conference.\u201d\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The purpose of the D.I.V.E. RI Conference is to foster a space where students are free to learn about diversity and the challenges faced by others regardless of age, sex, race, ethnicity, gender, religion or ability. The weekend will include a series of discussions, workshops, speakers and networking. Attendees should expect to leave the conference with enhanced leadership capabilities and connections to other student leaders on the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ campus and other local colleges and universities.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s D.I.V.E. RI Conference featured speakers from across the country and drew close to 300 student attendees from colleges and universities across Rhode Island, as well as Connecticut and Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit D.I.V.E. RI<\/a>. The conference costs $25 for students and $30 for the general public. Tickets purchased prior to March 8 will be discounted $5. Tickets cover the cost of meals and refreshments for the two-day conference and can be purchased through eventbrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2014 March 5, 2019 \u2014 The fifth annual D.I.V.E. RI (Diversifying Individuals Via Education) Conference will be held Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23 at the University Rhode Island\u2019s Kingston campus. The theme for this year\u2019s conference is \u201cMoving Towards Authenticity,\u201d focusing on the importance of remaining true to one\u2019s identity. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}