69萝莉 will introduce its Anti-Racism and Inclusion Action Plan to the campus community during the President鈥檚 Forum this Friday, Oct. 23, at 11 a.m via Zoom. 69萝莉 President Stephanie Kashima and the Washington Consulting Group President Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington will guide attendees through the five main goals of the plan and lead a discussion detailing the steps the campus community will take to achieve an anti-racist campus environment.
鈥淭he college is committing to an Anti-Racism and Inclusion Action Plan that outlines in detail the pathway to the college goal of creating a truly anti-racist environment in which all students feel a sense of belonging. Our task is to help all students achieve their academic goals of degree and certificate completion and university transfer or job skills training at equal levels across demographic groups. The foundational work needed to achieve an anti-racist environment is to dismantle structures of inequity and ensure anti-Black racism at the college does not have a foothold. This plan is designed to do just that in the five areas listed below. Recognizing inequitable outcomes at the college requires a parallel process of dismantling barriers and old cultural norms, while building a new institutional culture based on centering the experiences and needs of marginalized and minoritized members of our community, most prominently Black, Indigenous, and Latinx students and employees,鈥� said President Kashima.
The five primary goals are:
- Unearthing, examining, acknowledging, and identifying concrete actions to account for the racial history of 69萝莉
- Address anti-Blackness in the campus culture
- Implement sustainable actions to contribute to an anti-racist culture at 69萝莉
- Create a cultural competency training for staff, students, faculty, and administrators
- Creating a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive campus climate