HCBA Lawyer Magazine Vol. 28, No. 6 | Page 70

Diversity Committee Annual CLE the diversity Committee’s held its annual CLe luncheon on april 19 at the Chester H. Ferguson Law Center, focusing on inclusive Communication. Led by speakers devona F. pierre, ed.d. with the university of South Florida’s diversity & equal opportunity office and Camille Blake, esq., the director of equal opportunity and Compliance at uSF, the CLe covered specific words and phrases that are commonly misused in communication regarding age, class, disabilities, ethnicity, gender, language, looks, race, religion, and sexual orientation, and offered recommendations on how to better communicate about differences. 68 SUMMER 2018 | HCBA LAWYER