Institutional Inclusive Excellence Events
Join us at an upcoming ELEVATE Community Engagement Session!
Learn more about this new initiative and share your input, perspectives, and feedback as it relates to advancing DEIJA at Tufts
Upcoming Events
November
- Nov 13: Introduction to Dialogic Practice (in-person)
- Nov 20: Introduction to Microaggressions (hybrid)
ELEVATE Community Engagement Sessions
Learn more by visiting the ELEVATE website and register to attend or sign up as a volunteer for one of the following sessions
- Nov 15 at 11:00 a.m. (virtual)
- Nov 18 at 10:30 a.m. (virtual)
- Nov 19 at 2:00 p.m. (in-person; Medford/Somerville Campus)
- Nov 19 at 6:30 p.m. (in-person; Medford/Somerville Campus for students only)
- Nov 21 at 9:00 a.m. (virtual)
- Dec 3 at 4:00 p.m. (in-person; Boston Campus)
- Dec 9 at 10:00 a.m. (in-person; Grafton Campus)
- Dec 10 at 4:00 p.m. (in-person; SMFA Campus)
Annual Events
Selected Previous Events
September
- Sep 17: Introduction to Institutional Inclusive Excellence (hybrid)
- Sep 18: Introduction to Microaggressions (hybrid)
- Sep 24: Fresh Start: Creating Your Plan for the Semester (in-person)
- Sep 24: Introduction to Dialogic Practice (in-person)
- Sep 25: Faculty Diversity Social (in-person)
- Sep 25: Anti-Bias: An Introduction (hybrid)
- Sep 25: Apply for Let’s Talk About Race: Exploring White Privilege (virtual)
- Sep 26: Inclusive Faculty Hiring: Anti-Bias Faculty Search Committee Training (in-person)
- Sep 27: Inclusive Faculty Hiring: Anti-Bias Faculty Search Committee Training (virtual)
- Sep 30: Apply for Inclusive Faculty Mentoring Program (in-person)
October
- Oct 9: Anti-Bias: An Introduction (hybrid)
- Oct 16: Introduction to Microaggressions (hybrid)
- Oct 16: Inclusive Teaching Seminar with Dr. Akane Zusho (hybrid)
- Oct 23: IIE Fall Welcome Reception (hybrid)
- Oct 25: Tools and Strategies for Addressing Racial Inequity (TIES) (hybrid)
- Oct 30: Introduction to Dialogic Practice (in-person)
November
- Nov 8: Anti-Bias: An Introduction (hybrid)
February 22, 2024, 6:00 p.m., Cabot ASEAN Auditorium
Co-sponsored by University Chaplaincy, Africana Center, Tisch College, and LGBT Center
As a part of Black Legacy Month, we will be screening Rustin, the biopic based on Bayard Rustin, who helped Martin Luther King Jr. and others organize the March on Washington in 1963. As an openly gay Black man, Rustin’s legacy in the movement is often erased in history.
February 6, 12–2:00 p.m., The Lantern Room (Joyce Cummings Center Rm. 601)
Co-sponsored by the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CELT)
This interactive and practical workshop will explore how identity informs and impacts our teaching and learning environments and how to build effective strategies for navigating these tensions in our professional and personal spaces.
February 1, 2024, 12 – 1:30 p.m., Alumnae Lounge (40 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155)
Co-sponsored by Tufts University Art Galleries and SMFA
As a kick-off to Black Legacy Month, join us for a conversation with renowned photographer, curator, artist, and academic Dr. Deb Willis on her work, Black visual culture, and the connection between images and Black joy, family, and womanhood.
January 31, 2024, 6:00–7:30 p.m., TTC Atrium, Medford, MA
Co-sponsored by the Office of the President, Africana Center, Tisch College of Civic Life, and University Chaplaincy
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