title: An introduction to the 2011 National Multicultural Conference & Summit keynote addresses.
abstract: This article provides and introduction to the 2011 National Multicultural Conference & Summit Keynote Addresses. The authors explain that they chose to focus on the tension and possibilities within multicultural psychology at the seventh biennial National Multicultural Conference & Summit (NMCS), which was held on January 27-28, 2011, at The Westin-Seattle Hotel. During the 2-day conference, nearly 900 attendees engaged with one another and heard from experts in the field as we focused on the theme, "Unification through Diversity: Bridging Psychological Science & Practice in the Public Interest. Two key sets of presentations are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Center for Society & Genetics, Center for Gender-Based Biology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA. fjsanchez@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: Lisa Rey
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Worthington
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology; D011584:Psychology / Q000193:education