Student Senate will promote diversity next month through Unity Week, an initiative designed to positively spread the word about the differences on campus.

The week-long celebration will replace campus life night, and will offer a wide array of events.

Lisa Flam, student vice president for student affairs, has been working to coordinate the event.

“We didn’t really see a lot of events with impact promoting diversity,” Flam said. “I was big on diversity on my platform. With Unity Week, we wanted to try something new.”

Unity Week will begin on March 24 with a student panel.

“We’re hoping that with the student panel, we can agree that there is room for improvement in terms of diversity on Eastern’s campus,” Flam said.

Details are still being worked out for the motivational speaker scheduled for Tuesday night.

Wednesday will feature a slam poetry competition and spoken word open mic, which also will have student talent acts, refreshments and prizes.

Thursday night will feature a step show by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, along with Street Smarts.

“The idea for Street Smarts came from the game show, and will have student contestants picked out of the audience. The contestants will then decide what students would have knowledge on a particular subject,” Flam said.

On Friday, Unity Week will conclude with a comedian.

“I encourage people to get out of their comfort zone and experience something new,” Flam said.