Support Black Community Members at 成人AV
Impact Area: Build support specifically for our Black community
View the DEI Action Plan for 2020-2021
Support and provide resources to address the lived experiences of Black community members at 成人AV.
Action Item Details
Modeling the resources and focused attention for the Latinx and Indigenous/Native Communities at 成人AV (e.g. Latinx Center at 成人AV),听this action item, to be launched in Fall 2020, will provide resources听to听appoint听a听Black Community Experience Coordinator听for the 2020-2021 academic year.听The Coordinator will work in the Office听of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI)听to听facilitate the听University鈥檚 response to the systemic and institutional exclusion of Black people at 成人AV.听
The response coordinator position听might听specifically address:听
- Lack of inclusive physical and social spaces for Black faculty, staff, and students听
- Institutional and systematic remedies to address racial battle fatigue experienced by 成人AV鈥檚 Black community in the classrooms, offices, and communal spaces
The response coordinator听might听also identify programs and structures to center and value the Black experience in the intellectual and everyday life of the University. Such programs could include:听
- The establishment of a center for Black studies and community engagement听
- Protocol for reflection, learning, and action programming around Black History Month and the听Juneteenth Holiday
- A Black Community Advisory Board comprised of students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members to help set both accountability measures and priorities for 成人AV听听
Updates
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Black Community Experience Coordinator position
Black Community Experience听Coordinator position posted internally on September 28, 2020 and will close on October 12, 2020.
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ODEI Hires 成人AV's First Black Community Experience Coordinator
Read the full announcement here
We welcome Dr. Andriette Jordan-Fields as the Black Community Experience Coordinator. In this role, Dr.Jordan Fields will immediately establish a Black Community Advisory (BCAB) Board comprised of students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members to help set both accountability measures and priorities for 成人AV. Along with the BCAB, the Black Community Experience Coordinator will come up with specific recommendations to:
- Address the lack of inclusive physical and social spaces for Black faculty, staff, and students
- Identify institutional and systematic remedies to address racial battle fatigue experienced by 成人AV鈥檚 Black community in the classrooms, offices, and communal spaces
- Center Black Studies in 成人AV curricular offerings and research and support for Black faculty
- Create a protocol for reflection, learning, and action programming around Black History Month and the听Juneteenth Holiday
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Honoring Black History Month
In our continuing effort to recognize and honor the diverse community at the 成人AV, this month we celebrate Black History Month. Over the past year, the United States has continued to grapple with its racial reckoning. At the 成人AV, we commit and affirm the uncomplicated refrain 鈥淏lack Lives Matter鈥 even as others have questioned and rejected it. Anti-Black racism is real. As an institution dedicated to serving the public good, we must recognize that our pathway to excellence in science, arts, business, government, and human services has depended, and will continue to depend, on the contributions of our Black and African American peers.
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Talking Race, Taking Space: Building and Sustaining a Recognized Black Community at 成人AV
The Heritage Months committee, comprised of representatives from ODEI, C+V, The Cultural Center, and Human Resources and Inclusive Communities, produced the following event:
In honor of Black History Month, Dr. Andriette Jordan Fields, 成人AV's Black Community Experience Coordinator, will host a conversation with听Stephanie O'Malley,听Associate Vice Chancellor for Government Relations and Community Affairs,听Allana Forte, Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer & Legal Counsel at Jacksonville University, and听Matthew Solomon, President of the 成人AV Black Student Alliance. They will speak from their lived experiences and expertise about race, space, and how to build and maintain a recognized Black community at 成人AV.
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Establishing a Black Community Advisory Board
As the first step in establishing the Black Community Advisory Board, the Black Community Experience Coordinator will convene a听steering committee to help define the mission and vision of the board, its by-laws, and membership structure. The steering committee will also be comprised of Black students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members.听The work of the Steering Committee will last through the first week of March 2021 with the goal of naming a Black Community Advisory Board by April 2021.听This time frame is set to ensure that the advisory board is established soon.
If you are a Black student, faculty member, staff member, or community member and have an interest in participating on the steering committee or being considered for the Black Community Advisory Board, please email听andriette.jordanfields@du.edu听听or complete 听by听midnight听on听February 28, 2021.听