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CCPA's Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Anti-racism

Students, faculty and staff at the College of Community and Public Affairs (CCPA) as well as at ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ are diverse in race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, interests, abilities and perspectives. The College and University strive to create an environment fostering inclusion and anti-racism. We are working to ensure all members of our campus community will be successful. 

Below we provide links to campus resources and initiatives advancing those goals.

Financial assistance is available for students from historically, economically, underrepresented communities.

• CCPA Book and Technology Fund

• Fellowship for Racial Justice in honor of Dominic Davy

• Clifford D. Clark Diversity Fellowship for Graduate Studies

Campus organizations and offices provide support to students, faculty and staff with diverse needs to help them thrive at ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ.

• Cultural Organizations
• Designees for Reasonable Accommodations
• Multicultural Resource Center (MRC)
• The Q Center
• Office of International Student and Scholar Services
• Office of Veteran and Military Services
• Services for Students with Disabilities
• Violence, Abuse and Rape Crisis Center

CCPA departments engage in a range of efforts to ensure diversity, equity and inclusion and promote anti-racism.  The Department of Social Work recently hosted the  The Department of Teaching, Learning, and Educational Leadership’s Equity and Inclusion Committee has also examined how the departmental environment, through its policies, procedures and culture, impacts work experiences and promotes equity.

Faculty, post-docs and graduate students can access online career development and mentoring resources offered by through ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ’s institutional membership.

Research centers advance social justice as a core part of their missions.

• Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity
• Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention
• ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Center for Community Schools
• Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls

Other initiatives to ensure the voices and experiences of everyone across our campus community are heard and valued include:

• Campus Citizen Review Board
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission

We also encourage campus community members to report concerns about bias so they can be addressed quickly and appropriately. 

• Report an incident of bias