Diversity Meeting July 29th, 2014

Diversity Committee Minutes

July 29, 2014

Agenda

• Updates since last meeting
• Innovation Grant
• Diversity Info
• Could we get info from CCSSE?
• In-Service (we will get to it)
• UCC Hiring
• Process for Race/ Culture Issues

Inservice Plans - Archie Bunker

• Name change?
• Have test run with staff, ASUCC, diversity committee mid - August
• Present results in inservice - marketing 
• Plan another session in the 3rd or 4th week of Fall Term to include students
• FTE creative freedom
• Provide one-on-one option
• Steps of action list - Terrance
• Provide certified counselor for sessions
• UACT
• Survey at in-service?

Process for Race/Culture Issues

• Create a student panel to talk about experiences

What is the Committee's Vision/ Mission?

• Present to campus to show direction
• See action items below

Action Items:
Next meeting - Each member bring ideas for the group's mission and values 
Next meeting - Each member bring ideas they think are important national level 
Mid-late August - Trial Run of Archie Bunker

Diversity Meeting April 28, 2014

Diversity Committee Minutes

April 28, 2014

Agenda

Ø  What do we know about diversity on campus?

Ø  What would we like to do?

o   Innovation Grant Proposal

o   Other Ideas

Ø  Future Items

Previous Diversity Committees Used

Ø  Oregon Diversity Institute and Oregon Students of Color Coalition.

The Innovation Grant

Ø  Proposal sent to UCC Foundation - “Courageous Conversations Summit”

Ø  UCC can use this program as a framework for training to become more racially competent and conscious.

Ø  60 copies of the book to discuss between departments.

Ø  Could use different sessions, reflections, or even load a MOOC over the summer.

Ø  Could be a starting place to frame the committee’s first work.

Collecting Diversity Info

Ø  Survey: Notice to the students to self-collect.

Ø  Marjan - Videos from OSU of how institutions can interview their students

In-service

Ø  Archie Bunker’s Neighborhood is a role-play exercise to examine stereotypes and surface how it feels to be oppressed.

Ø  Possibly have a student panel, Q & A.

Ø  Possibly have a student-presented poetry contest

o   Slam Poetry

o   Katy has done a poetry event

Ø  Arts show based on diversity. Have it be one of the sections of the presentations.

UCC Hiring

Ø  Why does UCC only post within Oregon and internally on the website?

Ø  Post jobs to HigherEdJobs, The Chronicle, other states.

Ø  The departments have unique list serves.

Process for Race/Culture Issues

Ø  Online form for students to send incident reports

Other Ideas

Ø  Students take well to instructors who share their passion/personality

Ø  Some ask, “Why don’t we celebrate white history month?” This could be an important conversation.

Ø  Robert Johnson - recent graduate from UCC studying law wants to be involved.

Ø  Have a month for different brigades e.g. Women’s Month, Color Month,

o   Splitting the responsibility between the departments.

o   Have students and teachers tell stories

Ø  Make a publication w/ everyone’s stories

Ø  Create “Last Lecture” diversity lecture about people’s culture/ experience; like a TED talk

Ø  Paula Ursey and Susan Rochester want to do something about women’s representation and misrepresentation in media

Action Items:

            None Presented