The Office of DEI’s December Spotlight Event, Dec. 8

The Office of DEI is excited to announce its December Spotlight Event! In an exclusive webinar for NOVA students, faculty, and staff, guest speaker Shaleigh Howells will discuss cultural resource management of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe on Wednesday, December 8, at 2 p.m.

Ms. Howells works as a non-Native representative of and advocate for the Pamunkey Indian Tribe, and serves as the Tribe’s Cultural Resource Director and Museum Director of the Pamunkey Indian Museum and Cultural Center. She is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and Harvard University. Her areas of expertise include collections management, museum registration, deaccession, repatriation, cultural resource management and community engagement. Her former appointment was with The Valentine in Richmond, VA, where she developed and managed the museum’s large-scale deaccession project.

All NOVA personnel and students are invited to attend this exclusive webinar, but must register ahead of time at this link. Additionally, participants won’t have the ability to ask questions during the event, but any questions can be submitted ahead of time to Ed Aymar at the Office of DEI.

For more information about the Office of DEI or to see videos of past Spotlight Events featuring poet, professor and novelist Javier Ávila, NPR’s Gene Demby, or indigenous youth leader and climate activist Nina Berglund, visit the Office of DEI’s web site.

Submitted by:
Ed Aymar, DEI Comms Coord., EAymar@nvcc.edu