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Updates

• Action Book Club Launches with How to be an Antiracist

  In collaboration with the College of Education Student Association (COESA),ÌýDean Karen Riley of the MorgridgeÌýCollege of Education (MCE) has committed toÌýproviding allÌýincoming and currentÌýMCE StudentsÌýwith an eBookÌýofÌýHow to BeÌýAnÌýAntiracistÌýby Ibram X. Kendi, to foster reflection, dialogue, and antiracist action.ÌýMCE Faculty and Staff started reading the book this summer. ThisÌýFall (2020), we willÌýallÌýparticipate in aÌýcross-college,ÌýAction Book ClubÌý(ABC)ÌýthroughoutÌýtheÌýMorgridgeÌýCollege of Education, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, and the Graduate School of Social Work.ÌýÌý

  The purpose of this ABC is to bring systemic issues surrounding power, privilege, and oppression to the forefront and to invite interdisciplinaryÌýcommunity-building to address current issues.Ìý

  Learn More Here

• DU Advancement Hosts Racial Justice & Allyship at DU - A Roundtable Discussion

  You can access the recording of the event.

• ODEI Announces Funding for Programming and Learning about Antiracism

  October 14, 2020

  The Office of Diversity, Equity,Ìýand InclusionÌý(ODEI) alongside Human Resources and Inclusive Communities and Student Affairs and Inclusive Excellence has launched theÌýDiversity, Equity, and InclusionÌý(DEI)ÌýAction PlanÌýthat will guide our work during the 2020-2021 academic year.ÌýOne of our action items is toÌýfacilitateÌýsubstantive discussions throughout the year on exploring the termÌýantiracismÌýand its implications for DU.ÌýThese conversations willÌýrevolve around specific outcomes to make recommendations to the DEI Steering Committee and inform new strategic priorities at the university as well as unit-level strategic planning and programming.Ìý

  We are soliciting proposals up to $5,000 from ºÚÁÏÃÅ students, staff, and faculty representing departments, offices, units, and campus organizations to support programming and/or learning opportunities to explore antiracism.

  Read the Full Announcement Here

• Successful Virtual 20th Annual Diversity Summit

  Between January andÌýMarch 2020, over the course of seven weeks, DU explored and examined antiracismÌýthrough ourÌýannual Diversity Summit.ÌýThe SummitÌýhosted 34 virtual events, including four additionalÌýDU community eventsÌýwithÌý105 speakersÌýandÌý1,555 attendees.ÌýIf you missed any part of the Summit, youÌýcanÌýcatch up at theÌý.

• ODEI Antiracism Funding Update

  ODEI funded threeÌýproposalsÌýthrough its antiracism initiative:

  • Antiracism in legal education
  • Antiracism in clinical psychology curricula
  • Antiracism and its impact on CAHSS’ promotion and tenure decisionsÌý

  ODEI will continue to accept proposals through the end of May, with special considerations to those that address anti-Asian and anti-immigrant racism, violence against Native American and Indigenous women and those that will commemorateÌýor reflectÌýon Juneteenth. Learn more and apply here.Ìý

• Action Book Club Update

  Students in the Morgridge College of Education, Korbel School of International Studies, and the Graduate School of Social Work launched a campus wide-series of reading groups and related curriculum in Fall of 2020.Ìý Known as the Action Book Club (ABC), sustained conversations over the meaning and application of antiracist practices occurred all over campus. Currently, ABC curriculum co-chairs and ELPS cohort classmates, Katie Golieb and Klaudia Neufeld (with the support and guidance of MCE faculty) developed a qualitative study to inform the development of the next ABC program (expected in Fall 2021) and to prepare a conference proposal for submission to the UCEA Graduate Student Summit later this year.

  The ABC team has asked that we communicate gratitude for all ABC survey participants who nominated antiracist scholars, books and resources and welcome student, faculty and staff leaders to join their efforts as they continue leading the curriculum development and evaluation planning of the student-led, anti-racist program. They are looking forward to sharing their study’s results by the end of April 2021.