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What is the Diversity Series?

The series benefits the college and the greater community by extending the concept of education beyond the classroom.

Since 2005 麻豆视频 has partnered with several local area organizations to host events and lectures through the annual Diversity Series. The events provide YVC the opportunity to bring diverse perspectives to everyday topics and push the boundaries of the term beyond race, gender, social class, and sexuality.

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Upcoming Events

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2025 -2026 Diversity Film Festival
March - June

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A Closer Look at Fatphobia: Why It Exists and What It Costs Us

Open to YVC Campus Community & General Public.

Join us for a talk with Savala Nolan, author of "Don't Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body," as she discusses fatphobia or anti-fat bias. It is widespread and has deep roots in the United States鈥攂ut it isn鈥檛 inevitable or innate. It鈥檚 learned, and it鈥檚 particular to specific times, places, and cultures. Why do some cultures regard fat bodies as positive or neutral while others regard fat bodies as problems to be avoided and solved? In this multimedia, interactive presentation, we鈥檒l explore the ideas that create and flow from fatphobia, from anti-black racism to patriarchy, from the BMI to core concepts of the fat liberations/body neutrality movements. We鈥檒l consider the uses of fatphobia鈥攚hat work it does in the culture鈥攁nd consider what it might be like to have a world free from this learned and harmful bias.

Please Note: Books purchased at event will receive a 10% discount, courtesy of The Yakima Book Co. The event will include a brief book signing session at both the Yakima and Grandview events.

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