Valerie Simons attended Denver Public Schools for 12 years pursuant to the federal desegregation case. Experiencing the power and promise of diversity and inclusion firsthand led her to a career enforcing federal civil rights laws, including Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act at the U.S. Department of Justice. Simons will give an overview of federal civil rights laws designed to eliminate protected class discrimination in schools and how these laws are investigated and enforced on the CU-Boulder campus. Wednesday ,Nov. 11, 2 p.m., UMC 235.