Quest for Community: A Call to Action

Next year's Quest conference will be held on April 13, 2007.

Quest for Community: A Call to Action is a state-wide conference held annually at Wright State University exploring diversity issues in higher education. The Quest Conference brings together faculty, staff and students from across the state for a day of insightful workshops, structured discussions, media presentations and activities all designed to foster an understanding of, and commitment to, diversity issues. The conference focuses on

• Efforts to encourage inclusive higher education environments, programs and curriculum;
• Efforts to improve campus climate;
• Efforts to increase opportunities for educational access and success by underrepresented populations;
• Outcome measures; and
• An exchange of resources related to diversity enhancement.

Keynote speaker Greg Smith told the Quest audience how he has turned his physical challenges into his greatest strengths. He has given inspiration to millions through On A Roll - Talk Radio on Life & Disability, a nationally syndicated radio show that he created and hosts from his power wheelchair.

The 2006 Quest audience was also given the opportunity to view "ON A ROLL: Family, Disability, and the American Dream," Joanne Caputo's first documentary following her 1994 children's video, "Ballerina, Ballerina."