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Check out upcoming TCDIP programs and events! Please share this email within your organization.
May 11, 9:00 AM Sharing Best Practices: How Organizations can Create a Response Plan for Racial Trauma
As we continue to work to eliminate racial injustices, we must also confront the reality of recurring racial trauma. Join Raegan Henderson and Claire Zeise from Dorsey & Whitney for a discussion about how legal employers can support employees by creating a response plan for incidents of racial trauma. Learn more about how to develop a comprehensive plan to empathetically respond when the need is greatest. This event is open to legal professionals at TCDIP Member Organizations. Register today!
May 19, 5:00 PM: TCDIP Trivia Night!
Want to show off your knowledge of all things – from TCDIP’s history to today’s pop culture? Join us for a night of trivia to test your smarts and get to know people from across the TCDIP Community, including our incoming 1L Clerks! Join as part of a TCDIP Connect Mentorship Team or as an individual and we will organize a team for you to meet others from TCDIP! Trivia hosted by Trivia Mafia. Register today and invite your friends and colleagues!
Returning to a new normal – we want to hear from you!
Our committee members, ELG representatives, and TCDIP event attendees are the heart of TCDIP. Without you, our community wouldn’t be what it is today. We want to know how you’re feeling about returning to in-person events. Please take our short survey and share with others in the TCDIP community as we start to plan for this summer and beyond. Survey entries will be entered into a drawing to win one of four $25 Target gift cards! Our survey will close on Monday, May 10.
Spotlight on Demetria Dyer, Incoming TCDIP Assistant Secretary!
Meet Demetria Dyer, our incoming Assistant Secretary! We chatted with Demetria to hear more about why she’s involved with Twin Cities Diversity in Practice. Read more on our website about how MMRC helped launch Demetria’s legal career in the Twin Cities!
TCDIP Connect: Our Mentorship Program
We are about halfway through the pilot season of TCDIP Connect, our Mentorship program for law students and attorneys at all levels. Erik Drange (3M) shared his thoughts about what makes TCDIP Connect meaningful:
“I have really enjoyed participating in the TCDIP Connect program over the past four months. For me, the best part has been meeting and connecting with other attorneys and law students in the Twin Cities that I might not have otherwise met—particularly during these times when we are all isolated a bit more than we would otherwise be.
Each month, one of our team members prepares and leads a meeting where we get to know each other better, watch videos, and discuss various topics. I have found that the thoughtfully-designed group structure—versus a typical one-to-one mentor-mentee structure—has enabled much broader connections and yielded multiple perspectives, while still enabling our group members to build those deeper relationships they seek in a mentoring program.
I look forward to what the second half of the TCDIP Connect program will bring!” |
