Northern Nevada Racial and Diversity Summit held virtually on Thursday
The University of Nevada, Reno is holding a virtual diversity event Thursday to address challenges on racial and social injustices. The Northern Nevada Diversity Summit — titled "No Going Back: Building Empowered and Resilient Communities" — has doubled the number of discussion sessions and panels from previous years. So far, nearly 900 people have registered to participate — more than double the number of participants than any other year, UNR officials said in the news release. "The COVID-19 pandemic and the racial and social justice demands, all amid an extremely divisive political cl...