WPC is a conference designed to examine issues of privilege beyond skin color. WPC is open to everyone and invites diverse perspectives to provide a comprehensive look at issues of privilege including race, gender, sexuality, class, and disability.
It includes more than seminars, workshops, and a master class for educators to improve the interracial, interethnic, and intercultural climate in their schools n Courageous Conversations: hosted by the Pacific Educational Group, this workshop covers the award-winning protocol for effectively engaging, sustaining and deepening interracial dialogue.
The purpose of the conference is to afford students from diverse racial and socioeconomic backgrounds the opportunity to become leaders and bridge builders in the arena of race relations so that they return home emboldened to lead.
The Institutional Structure for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion In fall , USN created committees charged with focusing on four specific areas in which the school noted room for improvement.
This committee reviews school curriculum to ensure it is deliberately inclusive and diverse, utilizing identifiers such as age, ability, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, spirituality, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. This committee works to ensure USN is broadening its reach to create the most diverse candidate pool possible by recruiting candidates from historically underrepresented groups.
It also works to ensure that the school is a supportive environment for all of its employees. Highlights n meeting monthly to stay apprised of job openings throughout the school and strategize best ways to diversify applicant pools n focusing efforts on building relationships with historically Black universities in Nashville n exploring and implementing ways of recruiting and retaining a broad range of candidates e.
This committee helps develop a clear understanding of the aspects of inclusion and diversity for faculty, while fostering an appreciation for all of the different backgrounds, perspectives, and cultures represented in the USN community.
Highlights n created a faculty resources page on usn. Juanita I. Highlights n developing opportunities for USN faculty and students to tutor, mentor, serve, and collaborate with Nashvillians in underserved communities. Walker in its quarterly magazine. School apprenticeship; USN has had two Black apprentices since beginning this program in fall Play at Whitsitt Elementary School n for 24 years, High Schoolers have paused their academic studies to spend the day interacting with the Nashville community; Community Action Day includes hearing a lecture from a community activist, serving at more than 30 nonprofits and sites across Nashville to volunteer in the morning, and spending the afternoon reflecting on their work.
Steps Forward This report, the first of its kind at University School of Nashville, documents the work of equity, justice, and inclusion at the school during the past three to five years. This work never stops. There are no goalposts, no finish lines, and no final chapters of equity and inclusion work.
Rather, the work is ongoing, dynamic, and made better when the people in our community contribute to the work from a place of candor and care. We invite the USN community to share feedback on this inaugural DEI report with school administrators during one of the following sessions: 7 p.
On the following pages are definitions for these words and phrases commonly used in our classrooms and conference rooms as well as those often referenced in independent school jargon. Anti-racism tends to be an individualized approach, and set up in opposition to individual racist behaviors and impacts1.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency established under the Civil Rights Act to administer and enforce civil rights laws against workplace discrimination equity: freedom from bias or favoritism; dealing fairly and equally with all concerned3; USN believes that equity and equality are not the same and each person has individual needs and requirements that are not achieved through a one-size-fits all approach. BIPOC: acronym for Black, Indigenous, and people of color DEI: acronym for diversity, equity, and inclusion diversity: includes all the ways in which people differ and encompasses all the different characteristics that make one individual or group different from another; a broad definition includes not only race, ethnicity, and gender — the groups that most often come to mind.
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