Category: Diversity Clear

Belonging is not a Buzzword

Categorized: Campus Life, Diversity

In the ever-evolving landscape of the college environment, the concept of belonging has emerged as a critical element in fostering…

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Measuring the Greatness of Your Community

Categorized: Diversity

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. – Coretta Scott King  How…

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3 Things to Add to Your DEI New Year’s Resolution

Categorized: Diversity

It’s a new school year and many institutions have committed themselves to strengthening their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts…

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Game Your Brain – Control Your Biases

Categorized: Diversity

I have implicit biases, lots of them, and so do you! The absolute first thing we should recognize about implicit…

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Elephants & Onions: Peeling Back the Layers

Categorized: Diversity

For so many of us, diversity is often the Elephant in the room. We notice differences, we see differences, and…

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Doing the Work of Nuance

Categorized: Diversity

Nuance is “a subtle distinction or variation.”  Effective communication between people that are joined by a mutual endeavor can ensure…

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We Absolutely Matter

Categorized: Diversity

Watch this important message from Sam Hyun about the AAPI Community and why the Absolutely Matter. 

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Higher Education’s DEI Effort: Are colleges and universities performing structural changes or just being performative?

Categorized: Diversity

Recently, the country watched Nikole Hannah-Jones engage in a battle with UNC Chapel Hill’s board of trustees over approving tenure…

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Voices of African Americans: The One Thing White People Can Do To Be More Inclusive

Categorized: Black History, Black Lives Matter, Diversity

In early June, I launched an ambitious podcast, Being the Dot. The goal of Being the Dot was to discuss…

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Disrupting Complicity

Categorized: Diversity

By: Tara Fuller Complicity (noun): involvement with others in a crime or in another activity that is wrong.* I often…

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I Am Authentic

Categorized: Authenticity, Diversity, LGBTQ+ Issues

By: Jared Sampson No one should ever be denied basic human rights because of the color of their skin, religion,…

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Being black in white spaces

Categorized: Diversity, Social Justice

Being black in predominantly white spaces can be complicated for African Americans at different ages and stages in life. The…

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Elephants and Onions workshop

Categorized: Communication, Diversity, Social Justice

Motivating students to embrace diversity and peel back the layers of social justice. For many campus communities, diversity is the…

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Yeah… but

Categorized: Communication, Diversity, Social Justice

How often do you make excuses for your daily actions? Do you often look back on your actions or reactions…

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Improve your intake process and continue to build your organization’s legacy

Categorized: Community Building, Diversity

You want to have the best organization on campus, but are you taking the right steps to make that happen?…

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Elephants and Onions: A Training That Goes Beyond Diversity

Categorized: Diversity

Each year, new students come to campuses from every walk of life, and your Student Life community must respond in…

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