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Rx Racial Healing: A Guide to Embracing Our Humanity
- Association of American Colleges and Universities (DC)
Framed by a personal narrative detailing Dr. Gail C. Christopher's commitment to help our nation to jettison the false belief in a racial hierarchy, Rx Racial Healing: A Guide to …
- Posted June 28, 2023
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Student perceptions and interests in sustainability: differences among student groups and impact on student sustainability program participation
- University of Georgia (GA)
Purpose: This study aims to examine factors that impact participation of diverse university students in an academic sustainability certificate and Office of Sustainability internships at the University of Georgia, recognizing …
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Green Bamboo Ceiling - The State of APIs in Higher Education and Sustainability
- Mount Holyoke College (MA)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
- Western Washington University (WA)
In sustainability there is a green ceiling that is a challenge to get people of diversity into leadership roles. In addition, if you are Asian Pacific Islander (API), you have …
- Posted May 17, 2023
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The Working Farms Fund: Partnership to Build a Sustainable Local Food System and Support a Diverse New Generation of Farmers
- Emory University (GA)
- The Conservation Fund (GA)
Emory University has partnering with the national non-profit The Conservation Fund (TCF) to support a diverse new generation of farmers in rural Georgia and help build the local food supply …
- Posted May 16, 2023
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Stronger Together: Merging the Sustainability Office and the Office of Inclusive Excellence
- California State University, Monterey Bay (CA)
In summer 2020, California State University Monterey Bay reorganized its Sustainability Office. Moving it from Facilities Management to the Office of Inclusive Excellence. This was done in recognition of the …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Niizhoo-gwayakochigewin: Two Ways of Doing the Right Thing in the Right Way
- Bemidji State University (MN)
Named for an Ojibwe phrase which translates to 'two ways of doing the right things in the right way,' Niizhoo-gwayakochigewin draws from Bemidji State University's (BSU) Sustainability Office, Department of …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Building cross-institutional sustainability and equity partnerships
- Bemidji State University (MN)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
This workshop will include real-life examples, strategies and tactics to support successful cross-institutional partnerships that promote interconnectedness and integration of equity, diversity, inclusion and sustainability. Learn why a strong partnership …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Leaders of Color: Navigating Environmentalism and Sustainability
- University of Northern Colorado (CO)
This networking event is for, but not exclusive to, environmental leaders of color. It will start with a concise presentation on ecological leaders of color who have paved the way …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Inclusive Sustainability: Collaborative Approaches through UC Santa Cruz’s People of Color Sustainability Collective
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
The People of Color Sustainability Collective (PoCSC) works to make the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) a leader in sustainability and environmental justice, in recognition of our changing demographics …
- Posted May 26, 2021
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Race Ethnicity Politics Graduate Certificate
- University of Connecticut (CT)
UConn master’s or PhD students studying fields, including, social science, social work, law, history, or public policy will find this face-to-face Storrs Campus-based certificate an excellent opportunity to build strong …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Racial Equity & Social Justice Resources for the Sustainability in Higher Education Community
- AASHE (MA)
This collection of racial equity and social justice resources includes links to programs and resources related to solidarity and messaging, understanding racial/social/environmental justice, race and sustainability, anti-racism, prominent influencers, podcasts, …
- Posted June 24, 2020
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The role of gender, race, and ethnicity in environmental identity development in undergraduate student narratives
- Duke University (NC)
Recent work in environmental psychology and education emphasizes environmental identity as important in predicting a broad array of environmental behaviors. However, there are gaps in understanding how other social identities …
- Posted March 5, 2020
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The Partial Deinstitutionalization of Affirmative Action in U.S. Higher Education, 1988 to 2014
- Brown University (RI)
- University of Toronto (ON)
Since the 1990s, affirmative action opponents have targeted colleges’ and universities’ race-conscious admissions policies and secured bans on the practice in eight states. Although scholarly and media attention has focused …
- Posted Feb. 7, 2020
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Research Findings from the Sustainability and Education Policy Network (SEPN)
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
The Sustainability and Education Policy Network (SEPN), an international research network, has spent the last six years examining the uptake of sustainability in higher education policy and practice across Canada. …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Digging In: Specific Examples of Including Diversity in Sustainability Work
- Bemidji State University (MN)
- Central College (IA)
We all have to make sure the sustainability movement is not a white, elitist movement. Join two Sustainability Directors as they share their successes, challenges, and lessons learned through integrating …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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People of Color Sustainability Collective
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
People of Color Sustainability Collective
- Posted Aug. 2, 2019
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Students of Color Environmental Conference
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The first ever Students of Color Environmental Conference (SCECon) was intended to bring together students of color from across California to connect and build with local environmental justice activists. This …
- Posted May 17, 2019
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Learning Sustainable Cultural Safety in a Crowded, Warming World
- University of Northern British Columbia (BC)
Among all the pressing needs for educational innovations that we face today, arguably the most imperative is the need to elicit learners’ active collaboration towards a ‘Great Transition’ into a …
- Posted April 29, 2019
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St. John's University Academic Center for Equity and Inclusion
- St. John's University, New York (NY)
The Academic Center for Equity and Inclusion (or “Academic Center”) organizes scholarly and pedagogical activities that advance St. John's University's commitment to an inclusive and equitable University community. The Academic …
- Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Think Outside: Educating about Conservation and Race in the Great Outdoors
- Messiah University (PA)
- Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (PA)
We need multi-lateral participation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined by the UN; however, the narrative of environmental protection, and the subsequent sustainability movement, is dominated by a …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Latin Flavor in AASHE: Contributions to Sustainability Offices
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
- Universidad EAN
- Dallas College (TX)
In many institutions of higher education and universities around the world, there are offices that manage the issue of sustainability for years. AASHE is a multicultural space where many of …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Native American and Indigenous Studies Minor
- University of Minnesota, Morris (MN)
The Native American and Indigenous Studies minor is designed to enhance a student’s awareness and their overall knowledge about sovereignty and the diversity of Indigenous cultures throughout all of Native …
- Posted July 13, 2018
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Native American and Indigenous Studies (BA)
- University of Minnesota, Morris (MN)
The Native American and Indigenous Studies major is designed to enhance a student’s awareness and their overall knowledge about sovereignty and the diversity of Indigenous cultures throughout all of Native …
- Posted July 13, 2018
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Inclusive Sustainability: Environmental Justice in Higher Education
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate why and how efforts at UC Santa Cruz have begun to shift from sustainability as a technical, expert-oriented activity focused on aspects …
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Strategic Planning to Advance Equity on Campus: A Case Study at Portland State University
- Portland State University (OR)
Propelled by many factors, including a newly appointed Board of Trustees responsible for governance of our university, resource shortages, and enrollment swings, Portland State University embarked on a strategic planning …
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Sorority Volunteers at Environmental Racism Panel, UW-Madison
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
As part of Earth Week, UW-Madison Office of Sustainability (OS) and Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Incorporated partnered to present a documentary screening of Slawomir Grünberg's "Fenceline: A Company Town …
- Posted April 25, 2018
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Culturally Competent Sustainability Professionals
- Portland State University (OR)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- AASHE (MA)
This webinar will explore how cultural differences influence perception of sustainability and how to navigate these differences effectively. Participants will gain an understanding for an alternative approach to framing and …
- Posted April 3, 2018
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In Serving Solidarity, Let's Talk about Privilege: Critical Conversations About 'Unsustainable' Race, Class & Gender Privilege
- Hackman Consulting Group
While attention to the ways dynamics of racism, classism and gender oppression target people of color and native people, poor and working class people, and cisgender women and trans* folks …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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An Introduction to the Role of Race, Class and Gender Issues On Campus Sustainability Work
- Hackman Consulting Group
This introductory session explores the powerfully important ways that dynamics of race, class and gender (RCG) impact the efficacy of our campus sustainability work, and then suggests how a racial …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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A Journey to Real Food: Growing an Intersectional Food Movement through Student Involvement and Empowerment
- Fort Lewis College (CO)
- Gonzaga University (WA)
Empowered communities yield brilliant minds. Empowered, well fed communities allow for meaningful growth in all areas. The intersectional nature of sustainable food, thought, and community driven enterprises brought the Real …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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A Deeper Solidarity: Sustainability Through a Social Justice Lens
- Hackman Consulting Group
AASHE 2017 Closing Keynote Speaker Heather Hackman is the founder of Hackman Consulting Group. She regularly consults on issues of deep diversity, equity and social justice with an emphasis on …
- Posted Nov. 4, 2017
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The Kaleidoscope Project
- University of Calgary (AB)
The Kaleidoscope project at University of Calgary envisions a more pluralistic and inclusive campus community and invites students to engage in learning, conversation and action with others who may have …
- Posted Oct. 14, 2017
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Campus Engagement; Diversity & Affordability
- Northwestern University (IL)
The Change Makers program at Northwestern University allows professional staff and faculty members to engage in a personal journey to create a more inclusive environment at Northwestern University. Change Makers …
- Posted Oct. 11, 2017
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The Alt-Right on Campus: What Students Need to Know
Taken from the Aug. 10, 2017 press release (linked at the bottom):
An old and familiar poison is being spread on college campuses these days: the idea that America should …
- Posted Aug. 31, 2017
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Hear My Voice: Strengthening the College Pipeline for Young Men of Color in California
The Ed Trust–West report, Hear My Voice, examines the intersection of race, gender, and education and draws upon on-campus interviews with male students of color, parents, educators, and administrators, as …
- Posted July 13, 2017
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Race & Ethnicity as a Barrier to Opportunity: A Blueprint for Higher Education Equity
Young Invincibles released its latest report, Race & Ethnicity as a Barrier to Opportunity: A Blueprint for Higher Education Equity. The report takes an in-depth look at the disproportionate challenges …
- Posted March 7, 2017
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Inclusion for Impact: Discourse on Diversifying the Sustainability Movement
- George Mason University (VA)
- Johns Hopkins University (MD)
How can each of us answer the call toward a more inclusive and integrative approach to sustainability at our institutions, in our communities, and beyond? This session will explore the …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Beyond Buzzwords: Deconstructing Justice within Sustainability
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Diversity, equity, and inclusion have become tokenized buzzwords within sustainability in higher education. As sustainability professionals, how do we deconstruct these words to the systemic issues of racial, ethnic, economic, …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Exploring the Confluence of Race, Class and Gender Issues and our Campus Sustainability Work
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- University of Rochester (NY)
- University of Vermont (VT)
- Hackman Consulting Group
This panel session explores the powerfully important ways that dynamics of race, class and gender (RCG) impact the efficacy of our campus sustainability work, and then explains how a racial …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Sustainability Education in Northern Appalachia: Connecting Gender, Race and Class in Interdisciplinary Sustainability Studies
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania (PA)
This case study will address our efforts to connect gender, race and class in an interdisciplinary sustainability program at a university historically tied to the fossil fuel industry. Our efforts …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Establish An Organic Multicultural Vegetable Garden to Promote Sustainability and Address Diversity at Kean University
- Kean University (NJ)
A team of four students from Kean University committed to establish an organic multicultural vegetable garden in the Liberty Hall Farm located in Union County, New Jersey. Team members will …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Closing Keynote - Marcia Chatelain
- Georgetown University (DC)
Marcia Chatelain is a historian of African American life and culture in the 20th century. An Associate Professor at Georgetown University, Dr. Chatelain created #fergusonsyllabus in August 2014 to encourage …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Georgetown University Professor’s Ferguson Syllabus Growing Nationwide
Two summers ago, shortly after the fatal shooting of unarmed Black teen Michael Brown by a White police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, Dr. Marcia Chatelain’s sadness deepened when she learned …
- Posted Oct. 25, 2016
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Global Studies BA
- University of South Carolina (SC)
The Global Studies major is a flexible, interdisciplinary degree that familiarizes students with the complex historical and contemporary relationships and processes that link together people and places. By focusing on …
- Posted Oct. 20, 2016
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Environmental Attitudes and Information Sources Among African American College Students
- Texas Southern University (TX)
The author examined the environmental attitudes of African American college students by using the 15-item New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) Scale. The author also attempted to determine their everyday environmental behaviors …
- Posted Aug. 19, 2016
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Campus Diversity and Inclusion resources website
- American Council on Education (DC)
The Campus Diversity and Inclusion resources website from the American Council on Education (ACE) showcases regularly updated featured content on the following campus diversity and inclusion topics:
- Racial/ethnic minority students …
- Posted July 29, 2016
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UIC Heritage Garden
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
The Heritage Garden at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is a hands-on learning project with an internship program where students work with faculty, staff, and community members to …
- Posted May 31, 2016
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2016 Earth Week at UC Berkeley
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The culmination of UC Berkeley student sustainability actions is most prominent during UC Berkeley’s annual Earth Week celebration. UC Berkeley students have designated Earth Week as the time to rejuvenate …
- Posted May 6, 2016
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The Debt Divide: The Racial and Class Bias Behind the “New Normal” of Student Borrowing
This report, The Debt Divide, provides a comprehensive look at how the “new normal” of debt-financed college impacts the whole pipeline of decision-making related to college. This includes, whether to …
- Posted March 13, 2016
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Diversity, Sustainability, and Mentorship: One Event That Does It All
- University of Utah (UT)
Engagement is one of the goals of sustainability on college campuses. As part of that engagement, we want to reach the broadest audience possible, including multiple disciplines, genders, and ethnicities. …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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