The Career Equity Conference is an annual event designed to elevate and celebrate students and employers advancing an inclusive and just workplace.

Friday, November 22, 2024

Do you believe in creating and sustaining a welcoming and inclusive workplace through equity? The Career Equity Conference invites you to elevate your work in diversity, equity, and inclusion through meaningful action and education.

This event offers the opportunity to expand your understanding of what it takes to foster and maintain and inclusive workplace while making connections with key decisionmakers and thought leaders in higher education, human resources, employee engagement, and community engagement. No matter how far you are in this work, the Career Equity Conference is a transformative starting point.

As a conference attendee you will have an opportunity to:

  • Develop strategies to promote career equity in career education
  • Better understand how to recruit, retain, and promote diverse talent
  • Increase knowledge on practices that improve access and equity
  • Connect with a community of equity minded practitioners in the workplace
  • Learn how to build accountability into the process for teams and systems

In offering this conference each year, our center strives to build a community of equity-minded practitioners focused on expanding inclusion in the experience and outcomes of our students.

Location

Suffolk University, Sargent Hall
120 Tremont Street, Boston

More than 40 organizations joined us in 2023

An audience of 200 educators, business recruiters, and DEI professionals gathered at Suffolk on September 29 for the Center for Career Equity, Development & Success’s first-ever Career Equity Conference.

Rediscover our 2023 highlights

Thank You to our Sponsors

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East Boston Neighborhood Health Center

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Sponsorship of the Career Equity Conference will directly support the conference with remaining funds supporting the RAM fund, a financial resource empowering students to access fulfilling internships, study abroad opportunities and participate in various experiential learning options.

For more information, please email Nancy Galindo-Rodriguez, Director of Corporate Relations and Sponsorships or call 857-360-0106.  Learn more about becoming a sponsor [PDF].

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Accommodations & On-Campus Resources

Our center intends to provide an inclusive and impactful conference experience for all attendees. Our team has identified the following resources for attendees who may be traveling or visiting Suffolk University for the first time.

  • Our campus is in downtown Boston. Please refer to our campus map for directions to Sargent Hall and other on-campus spaces.
  • There are several hotels available near Suffolk University’s campus. If you require off-campus accommodations, please refer to our university’s CampusTravel website.
  • Sargent Hall offers a Mother’s Room on the first floor in Room 195. Mother’s Rooms are private spaces with chairs, small tables, lights, a lockable door, and electrical outlets.
  • Suffolk University's Interfaith Center in the Sawyer Building (8 Ashburton Place), Rooms 823 and 827, is available for all religious, secular, and spiritual needs. Please visit https://www.suffolk.edu/interfaith for more information.
  • Sargent Hall provides single-stall, wheelchair accessible restrooms on the 4th floor. The building offers gender neutral bathrooms on all floors.

If you require additional accommodations for the event, please email Adesuwa Igbineweka or call 617-573-8480.