Career Journeys Lunch featuring Crystal Williams and Alumna Felicia Tripp
Tuesday, March 20, noon to 1 p.m.
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RSVP no later than 9 a.m., Tuesday, March 20

Some people plan their lives; others find their way as they go... 

Welcome to Career Journeys, a periodic program cosponsored by career services and the multicultural resource center (MRC). Invited guests speak about the paths they take, sharing their aspirations, discoveries, and inspirations along the way. Hearing from others about how their lives and work unfolded can motivate, inform, and encourage you. Please join us for lunch!

For this journey, we join Crystal Williams, Reed's first dean for institutional diversity, and alumna Fellicia Tripp, deputy director of the Portland House center. 

Bios

Felicia Tripp is the deputy director of the Portland Housing Center where she oversees operations, administration, resource development and fundraising. Ms. Tripp has been with the Portland Housing Center since 1999 when she joined the board of directors. In November 2000 she joined the staff of the Portland Housing Center.  During her tenure with the organization, Felicia has been committed to closing the wealth gap in low income communities and at the same time finding creative ways to create economic resiliency within our low income communities. She is passionate about making a difference in in this world by viewing her nonprofit work through a social justice and equity lens. Throughout her professional career she has maintained a dedication to her local community with a global perspective and emphasis on cultural competency and diversity. Prior to the Portland Housing Center, she was the executive director of Emergence Foundation, a children and family services foundation.

Because of her leadership in our local community, she has been asked to serve on numerous board and advisory committees, including the Portland Policy Council and North/Northeast Business Alliance.  Felicia currently serves on the boards of Portland Children’s Museum, Children First for Oregon, Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon (PACCO) and Transitional Youth. Felicia graduated from Reed College with a B.A. in History. She also participated in Class II of Portland State University Leadership Fellows Program and recently was a member of the Harvard Kennedy School's Achieving Excellence Program.

Crystal Williams was appointed on July 1, 2011, as Reed’s first dean for institutional diversity. Also an associate professor of creative writing, she is the author of three collections of poetry, most recently Troubled Tongues, winner of the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award and finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Crystal Williams is the recipient of fellowships and grants from the Oregon Arts Commission, Literary Arts, the MacDowell Arts Colony, and the Barbara Deming/Money For Women Fund. Her poetry has appeared in journals such as The American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, The Sun, The Indiana Review, 5 AM, and Callaloo. She has been a member of the Reed College faculty since 2000.