多样性、股票 & 包容性行动计划更新

亲爱的DU社区:

7月, I made a promise that we would have a plan in place at the University of Denver to substantively 和 urgently address issues of diversity, 股本, 和包容(DEI). In August, we shared the draft of our action plan 和 solicited feedback from the DU community. 今天, we are moving into the final 和 most critical stage 和 commencing the vital work of its implementation over the academic year. 

的 多样性、公平和包容行动计划 anchors this year’s strategic framework as a driving force in our abiding commitment to truly embody a forward-looking institution 和 community where all can belong, 贡献, 并蓬勃发展. We have no illusions as to the difficulty of realizing our ambitious goals, 和 there is much work to be done to complete the 10 actions items within the plan, 但我想分享一些更新:

We are deepening our efforts to actively address our institutional history 和 its connection to the historical violence against 和 displacement of Native American communities.

• We are continuing to support the work of the Native American Community Advisory Board formed out of the Native American Inclusivity Task Force 和 intend to facilitate the next meeting during the autumn quarter.
• We are inviting leaders of the Cheyenne 和 Arapaho communities to the University this term to continue discussions on how we can foster partnership 和 healing.
• We are continuing to implement 和 explore the key 建议 made by the Native American Inclusivity Task Force that have been shared earlier this year, 以及 那些 前约翰·埃文斯委员会成员.

We are dedicating funding for additional support positions, as recommended in the DEI Action Plan.

• We will hire two new project coordinators in the Office of 多样性、股票, 和 包容 (ODEI) to facilitate the diversity summit, 遗产月, DEI指导委员会, 以及其他编程, 包括一个新的ODEI研究员项目.
• We have committed to hiring a new coordinator who will specifically focus on improving the access 和 experience of Black community members at DU.
• We have committed to hiring an instructional designer to support, 管理, 和 assess the Inclusive Teaching Practices online program 和 portfolio.

We are instituting community-wide education 和 training on diversity, 股本, 和包容.

• As we shared over the summer, for the first time, DU will launch 强制性的培训 for all faculty on inclusive teaching 和 community practices.
• We are instituting m和atory education 和 training for all faculty, 学生, 和 staff (including administrators) on diversity, 股本, 和包容, 以及 identifying 和 reducing bias 和 harassment.

You can review the initiatives described in this update 和 see how they fit into the DEI Action Plan’s areas of focus on the website 专用的 对于这些努力. 的 website will be regularly revised 和 updated 和 will include metrics by which our progress can be tracked.

通过这个计划, we strive to hold ourselves accountable by formalizing our goals 和 making an unshakable commitment to the specific actions outlined. We do so willingly 和 earnestly to become the institution so many of us yearn for 和 know we can be.

I look forward to doing this work alongside all of you this year, 和 in the years to come.

真诚地,

杰里米•哈伊弗纳
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