The Race & Equity Initiative Advisory Committee ensures that the Initiative’s work plan aligns with the goals of the 2022–26 Diversity Blueprint and its six priorities:
- Cultivate an accessible, inclusive and equitable climate
- Attract, retain and graduate a diverse and excellent student body
- Attract and retain diverse academic personnel
- Attract and retain diverse staff
- Develop place-based education and engagement to advance access, equity and inclusion
- Improve accountability and transparency at all levels
Some of our work to date:
- Hired an education & training manager and developed content to support professional development and growth.
- Conducted tri-campus climate survey.
- Partnered with Seattle Arts and Lectures for relevant author events including Ta-Nehisi Coates, Carol Anderson, Luis Alberto Urrea, Sonya Renee Taylor and Connie Walker (2019–22).
- Designed RFP for student-led, student-coordinated spring programming.
- Extended training program to serve up to 1,200 faculty and staff from January through May 2017.
- Partnered with University Advancement on a custom-designed training program.
- Produced video to share UW equity values and provide resources for incoming students in 2018.
- Offered stand-alone racial equity training opportunities for UW leadership.
- Produced video to share UW equity values and provide resources for incoming UW staff in 2020.
- Hosted 2017 winter and spring affinity-based conversations with UW Police Department.
- Expanded Race & Equity Initiative school/college web portal to include Bothell, Tacoma and administrative units.
- Collaborated with Office of the Provost on Provost’s Race & Equity Report.
- Started Elevate, a group where UW communicators come together to learn about and discuss topics relating to diversity and inclusion in communications.
- Hosted Student Salon with Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter, in 2016.
- Hosted campuswide Speech & Counter-Speech event in 2017.
- Partnered with Simpson Center and Whole U for Alondra Nelson (author, “The Social Life of DNA”) reading and discussion group in 2017.
- Provided funding support for UWAA/CCDE Interrupting Privilege class, 2016–17.