John Carroll University Division of
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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Volume 1, Issue 4: July 16, 2020
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R.I.S.E.* Up Newsletter
*R
einforcing
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nclusion through
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kill-building and
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ducation
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This week begins our Community Summer Book Read!
Over 200 members of our faculty, staff, student body, board of directors, and alumni, along with the entire Senior Leadership Team, will spend the next seven weeks engaged in reading, self-reflection, and discussion of Dolly Chugh's 2018 book,
The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias.
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Every Wednesday morning from 9:30-10:15 am, The DEI Division hosts a virtual "Coffee with Colleagues" chat. Please join us! All faculty, staff and graduate assistants are welcome.
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Affinity Spaces continue every other week
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Our Affinity Spaces continue to open for conversation and mutual support every other week on Friday afternoons. Our next gatherings will be held on
Friday, July 24
at
2:00 pm
(BIPOC) and
3:00 pm
(AARA). New participants are welcome. Open to faculty, staff, students and alumni. Please join us!
Click the links below to sign up for the next Affinity Space meetings:
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Social Justice Movie Series
Thursday evenings in July
8:00 PM ET
The Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion
is hosting Virtual Movie Watch Parties every Thursday evening in July.
Next week's film is the documentary
By Blood,
which tells the story of the "freedmen" -- African Americans who trace their lineage to freed slaves who became members of various Native American tribes -- who are fighting for recognition of their tribal rights.
For information and watch party links for tonight's film and all films in the series, click below to register or follow CSDI on Instagram:
@jcucsdi.
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Become a Title IX Officer
The Title IX Office is seeking faculty/staff volunteers to serve as
ad hoc
Title IX Officers for the 2020-2021 academic year.
These
ad hoc
Title IX Officers will be trained to assist in the resolution of cases under the university's Sexual Harassment & Interpersonal Violence Policy. After attending training,
ad hoc
Title IX Officers will be eligible to serve as investigators, hearing panel members, appeal review panel members, process advisors, and informal resolution facilitators.
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*image credit: Jeshoots.com on Unsplash
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COVID-19 Accessibility FAQ
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Student Accessibility Services has compiled a new FAQ document about accessibility concerns related to COVID-19 for faculty preparing to teach this fall.
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R.I.S.E. Higher: Featured Article of the Week:
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How to Call Out Racial Injustice at Work
James R. Detert and Laura Morgan Roberts
Harvard Business Review, July 16, 2020
In this time of intense pain, anger, and collective attention, many people — African Americans especially — are seizing the moment to speak truth to power at work. They are holding senior leaders accountable for their commitments to increased diversity; confronting colleagues or clients who make insensitive or ignorant comments; and calling out those who mock the Black Lives Matter movement or dismiss calls for justice and human rights.
Speaking up in this way is risky, but studies beyond the realm of conversations about race have shown that it is also vitally important. It’s key to our individual and
collective
well-being, learning, and ultimately
organizational performance
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We desperately need people to be courageous enough to undertake these actions. So how can you take a stand for advancing racial justice in your own organization in a way that improves your chances for leading change from within, mitigates risk of rejection, and preserves your career options and mental health?
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...
(click below to read more)
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Announcements from our network:
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In the Headlines: New ICE Guidance
RESCINDED
In a quick reversal, the federal government has rescinded the July 6 guidance issued by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) guidance, which would have required international students to leave the United States if their classes moved online.
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU), to which JCU belongs, submitted an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit brought by Harvard and MIT to halt implementation of the new rule. In a July 15th statement, AJCU writes, "Our institutions’ ongoing advocacy stems from valuing global collaboration and having a keen awareness that the Jesuit mission of forming persons who are charged with making the world a better place is one that has no borders or boundaries."
See links below for more information.
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New NCAA Webinars
on Racial Justice in Intercollegiate Athletics
The
NCAA Office of Inclusion
has recently made available two webinars on racial justice in intercollegiate athletics, part of a summer series of inclusion-focused online programs.
In part 2, titled
“
Stronger Together: Best Practices to be Anti-Racist,
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Jen Fry and Dr. Victoria Farris discuss the meaning of creating communities of belonging through an anti-racist lens and shared tools, best practices and resources to support individuals and departments.
Closed-captioned recordings of both webinars, along with other resources, are now available on the NCAA Office of Inclusion’s
Race and Ethnicity webpage
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Cuyahoga County Declares Racism a Public Health Crisis
Last week, Cuyahoga County joined Cleveland, Akron and other Ohio locations in declaring racism as a public health crisis. The declaration is intended to help address the systemic racism that creates conditions of poorer health, lower income, shorter life expectancy, and other problems disproportionately affecting Black people in the county.
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Cleveland Indians Reexamining Team Name
After 105 Years
On Friday, July 3rd, the Cleveland Indians organization
released a statement on social media
that they are opening discussions with stakeholders to "determine the best path forward with regard to our team name."
In light of
an announcement this week
from Washington, D.C. that its NFL team will be retiring use of the racial slur that serves as its team name, many anticipate that Cleveland's MLB team may be next to follow suit.
Sports Illustrated
reported last week that several of Cleveland's Indigenous groups are demanding a seat at the table for these discussions with the Indians organization.
Read more at
Sports Illustrated
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