Videos
Below is just a small taste of the kind of engagement and energy you get with any of the Xamining Diversity services and from Dr. J.W. Wiley. Watch the videos and ask yourself, "How can I get engaged?".
Dr. J.W. Wiley beginning a conversation with the Vermont National Guard...
Dr. J.W. Wiley inquires into his audience's "edginess" while introducing himself as "a smidgen edgy" in his keynote address to the faculty at Hudson Valley CC.
Dr. J.W. Wiley discusses perspectives some people hold that diversity is not relative to their careers.
Dr. J.W. Wiley with the Vermont National Guard defining "nigger" as equivalent to other dysfunctional terms like "retard," and "bitch," using his equation P = C = N where P = problem, C = criminal, and N = nigger.
Dr. J.W. Wiley engaging Vermont National Guard about the importance of potential allies finding their voices.
Dr. J.W. Wiley discusses "building community" by eradicating gossip and extending the "benefit of the doubt" during his keynote address at Hudson Valley CC
Dr. J.W. Wiley discussing DuBois' existential question "How does it feel to be a problem," while delivering the keynote address at Hudson Valley CC Faculty Development Day.
Dr. J.W. Wiley discusses in his keynote address to Hudson Valley CC courageous leadership within a context of diversity & social justice.
Dr. J.W. Wiley articulating DuBois' "How does it feel to be a problem," in an intricate context while providing a keynote address to Hudson Valley CC.
Dr. J.W. Wiley discusses engaging in leadership moments by using the Socratic method.
Dr. J.W. Wiley, author of "The NIGGER In You: Challenging Dysfunctional Language, Engaging Leadership Moments" discusses the concept of "consideration" as the afternoon Keynote Speaker at the SUNY Queensbury Diversity Conference, June 20, 2014
Dr. J.W. Wiley discussing the emotion exhibited by Jackie Robinson's character in the film "42" and the "leadership moments" necessary to change the game, with the Vermont National Guard's Leadership Team
Dr. J.W. Wiley, director of the Center for Diversity at SUNY Plattsburgh and author of "The NIGGER In You: Challenging Dysfunctional Language, Engaging Leadership Moments" discusses the"Socratic Approach" to stepping into "Leadership Moments" as the afternoon Keynote Speaker at the SUNY Queensbury Diversity Conference, June 20, 2014
Dr. J.W. Wiley discusses "leadership" and "allies" within the context of diversity & social justice during his keynote address at Hudson Valley CC
Here's a July 2017 sneak peek at the level of fun that can be had while engaging incoming first year students in a diversity & social justice workshop as part of SUNY Plattsburgh's New Student Orientation.
Dr. J.W. Wiley discussing implicit bias and different perspectives during his keynote address at Hudson Valley CC.