Institutional Inclusive Excellence Events
Upcoming Events
March
- Mar 18: Dialogue in Practice (in-person)
- Mar 19: Introduction to Microaggressions (virtual)
- Mar 25: CommuniTEA (in-person)
- Mar 27: Understanding Antisemitism in the Current Political Climate Part 1 (TIES) (virtual/pt.2 in-person)
April
- Apr 2: Anti-Bias: An Introduction (virtual)
- Apr 3: Tools and Strategies for Addressing Transphobia (TIES) (hybrid)
- Apr 6: Understanding Antisemitism in the Current Political Climate Part 2 (TIES) (in-person; must attend part 1)
- Apr 9: Introduction to Dialogic Practice (in-person)
- Apr 15: Dialogue in Practice (in-person)
- Apr 16: Introduction to Microaggressions (in-person)
- Apr 24: Tufts Inclusive Education Series (TIES) Workshop (save the date) (hybrid)
- Apr 28: Tufts Table (in-person)
- Apr 29: CommuniTEA (in-person)
May
- May 6: Introduction to Dialogic Practice (in-person)
- May 7: Anti-Bias: An Introduction (in-person)
- May 14: Introduction to Microaggressions (virtual)
- May 27: CommuniTEA (in-person)
June
- Jun 4: Anti-Bias: An Introduction (virtual)
- Jun 24: CommuniTEA (in-person)
Annual Events
Selected Previous Events
January
- Jan 9: DEIJA Faculty Roundtable Discussion (virtual)
- Jan 23: Tufts Table—Beyond Polarization: The Power of Perspective (in-person)
- Jan 28: Understanding the Role of a Faculty Mentor (virtual)
- Jan 30: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Celebration (hybrid)
February
- Feb 5: Anti-Bias: An Introduction (virtual)
- Feb 6: Introduction to Microaggressions (virtual)
- Feb 6: Film Screening + Panel: Admissions Granted [co-sponsored event] (in-person)
- Feb 7: Faculty Spring Writing Retreat [Application Due Date]
- Feb 7: Let's Talk About Race Dialogue Series [Application Due Date]
- Feb 12: Introduction to Dialogic Practice (virtual)
- Feb 13: Tools and Strategies for Addressing Political Polarization (TIES) (hybrid)
- Feb 25: CommuniTEA (in-person)
- Feb 26: Introduction to Microaggressions (in-person)
- Feb 26: Legacies of Liberation: Black History in Boston (hybrid)
March
- Mar 5: Anti-Bias: An Introduction (in-person)
- Mar 12: Introduction to Dialogic Practice (in-person)
- Mar 17-19: Faculty Spring Writing Retreat [must apply] (in-person)
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)
- 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)
- Nov 8: Anti-Bias: An Introduction (hybrid)
- Nov 13: Introduction to Dialogic Practice (in-person)
- Nov 15: ELEVATE Community Engagement Session (virtual)
- Nov 18: ELEVATE Community Engagement Session (virtual)
- Nov 19: ELEVATE Community Engagement Session (in-person; Medford/Somerville Campus)
- Nov 20: Introduction to Microaggressions (hybrid)
- Nov 21: ELEVATE Community Engagement Session (virtual)
- Dec 3: ELEVATE Community Engagement Session (in-person; Boston Campus)
- Dec 9: ELEVATE Community Engagement Session (in-person; Grafton Campus)
- Dec 10: ELEVATE Community Engagement Session (in-person; SMFA Campus)
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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