September 10, 2018
In attendance: Fantasy Lozada, Amanda Silvester, Jared Keeley, Nao Hagiwara, Jeremy Barsell, Stephanie Romo, Christina Barnett, Bryce McLeod, Rachel Boutte, Jennifer Joy-Gaba, Jean Corcoran
- Speaker Series
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- Nao Hagiwara drafted schedule and budget for speaker series
- Contact MSG and see if we are able to secure “I’m Psyched” program for 2019
- Will have to coordinate with Corey & Christian about booking space for speaker series events.
- Salmawit suggested the use of Andre Norman to bring him to speak and have a meet and greet afterward
- $500 honorarium and $200 refreshment budget proposed for initial event
- Nao and others will inquire about speaker fees, schedule, and general message of his talk
- Plan B: Do an open dialogue with students and faculty
- Introduction of committee members
- Introduce our anonymous feedback form
- Field questions about what they would like from us in the future
- How to encourage attendance
- Call out attendance positively in faculty and student evaluations
- Be more personal with invitations by requesting RSVP and engaging
- Get social media and departmental advertisement rolling as soon as possible
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- Student Survey
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- Student Concerns
- Students calling for more representative diversity
- Lack of awareness of how to report difficulties or how to get support
- How to communicate
- Opportunities for student-faculty discussions in less formal ways
- How to mediate student-to-student conflict
- Fear of speaking up in classroom settings (lack of faculty engagement when conversation becomes challenging)
- Clear acknowledgement on sociopolitical climate
- Possible Action Items
- Student speakers or perspectives series or newsletter/blog
- Film series/documentary series with discussion afterward
- Make Google form more visible
- Ombudspersons Corey & Beth Heller
- More focus on sending that information out
- Diversity Office Hours
- Providing guidance on having difficult discussions in classrooms with internal or outside training
- Providing different interaction methods
- Timely statements and newsletter spotlight
- Student Concerns
- Action Items Agreed Upon to Enact
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- Diversity Committee Newsletter
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- Amanda, Bryce, Stephanie, Jennifer, Christina–Subcommittee to be merged with Communications Subcommittee
- Will discuss current events, provide introduction to diversity committee members, introduction to our mission, and link to resources such as Google Form for anonymous feedback
- Engage faculty in how to deal with difficult conversations in the classroom
- Hosting Event with Student & Faculty that encourage social interaction
- Game Night
- Documentary & discussion film series
- Creation of new Subcommittee: Social Engagement Subcommittee: Rachel, Jared, Jeremy, Fantasy volunteered
- Committee Office Hours
- Meet at a neutral safe space, just to hear and listen in a small group on individually
- Student-faculty pair and will be announced on newsletter during first publishing
- Current Event Statements
- Discussed revisiting guidelines for speaking on current events
- Addressed challenges of getting out statements in a timely manner, how to craft them efficiently, and how to expeditiously get department approval for these statements
- For now, we will continue our current process, but continue to work on alternate avenues to foster communication and solicit feedback