What is IDEall?
IDEall stands for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity for All. It was formed in 2020 at Kansas State University’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance.
Join us for a series of events! These are free and open to all students!
These are the IDEall Wellness Week events!
Tuesday, Feb. 13, 11-1: Free Vegan Lunch Served; Dr. Ruth Gurgel: “Food for Life: Healthy College Food? Yes!” and Cooking Demo with Dr. Wimmer (Purple Masque in Old Stadium)Wednesday, Feb. 14, 11:30-1: Playback Theatre (Chapman Theatre in Nichols Hall).
Thursday, Feb. 15, 11:30-12:30: Dr. Lily Guerrero Discussion: “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Vocal Studios (Kirmser Hall in McCain).
Thursday Feb. 15, 11:30-1: Damon Parker “Suicide Prevention” (Chapman Theatre in Nichols Hall).
Thursday Feb. 15, 5:30pm: Dr. Lily Guerrero: Lecture/Recital (All Faiths Chapel).
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Wednesday, Feb. 14, 11:30-1: Playback Theatre (Chapman Theatre in Nichols Hall)Playback Theatre is a unique, improvisational form of theatre with music that invites audience members to share stories from their lives and watch them enacted or “played back” by the actors on the spot. Playback Theatre was developed in New York in 1975 by Jonathan Fox and Jo Salas and has spread across the world with Playback companies in over 30 countries. Playback is a wonderful method of community building, helping audience members share their commonalities as well as their diversities.Most performances begin with an explicit theme and audience members bring responses, experiences and stories that will develop that thread.K-State brings Randy Mulder, the Artistic Director of the Village Playback Theatre in New York City once every other year to train interested students in Playback Theatre techniques. He was just here during Winter Intersession 2024, so this troupe is fresh from a week of intense training.Dr. Lily Guerrero: Lecture Recital Feb. 15, 5:30 PM, All Faiths Chapel; Lecture on diversity, equity and inclusion in vocal studios (11:30 am-12:30 PM Feb. 15, Kirmser).Dr. Lily Guerrero is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Director of Vocal Pedagogy at the University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music. The daughter of Mexican and Cuban immigrants, her research focuses on advocating for Latinx voices in classical music and she has received fellowship funding for this endeavor from the Society for American Music. She is sought out as a lecturer and panelist on the topic of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the voice studio and serves as a member of the National Association Teachers of Singing (NATS) DEI Task Force as well as the organizer for the NATS Latinx/Hispanic Teachers Affinity Group. Dr. Guerrero also contributes her knowledge of underrepresented composers as an Art Song Advisor for Song Helix and the Institute for Composer Diversity and serves the local community as a Teaching Artist for Austin Opera. In the summer, Dr. Guerrero is on the Voice Faculty of the Atlantic Music Festival in Waterville, Maine. An activist-scholar, Dr. Guerrero’s research highlights the intersection of music and social justice in the United States.Dr. Guerrero will present a lecture recital, open to the full university community, featuring Latinx art song, a rich but critically overlooked genre of underrepresented composers. Dr. Guerrero’s presentation will provide our students with the unique opportunity to hear and learn about music and composers that are not yet included in our standard teaching repertoire. This is especially important as we work towards providing an inclusive environment for our diverse student population. Dr. Guerrero will also offer a program for students and faculty to address diversity, equity and inclusion in the voice studio and will be available for individual discussion with students and faculty.Damon Parker “Suicide Prevention” (Chapman Theatre in Nichols Hall, Thursday Feb. 15, 11:30-1):Coach Damon Parker, the keynote speaker and executive director of The Jones Project (thejonesproject.org), spent 21 years as a teacher, coach and professional speaker in both Kansas and Missouri. His gripping 60-minute presentations are not solely directed at students who are in crisis; they also are for those in the audience who don’t have firsthand experience with mental health illnesses.Both students and teachers leave Coach Parker’s presentations with clearly defined and easily accessible action steps that are specific to your school. Audiences are taught not only to have empathy for their peers with mental health struggles, but “three critical steps” that will help everyone, regardless of where they are in their own mental health journey.