Diversity and Inclusion

Pre-college and College Educational and Diversity Programs

The CBBG leadership exemplifies “diversity that fosters diversity,” and brings together four universities with large minority enrollments and exemplary outreach STEM programs. The CBBG’s comprehensive educational and diversity programs include outreach to K-12, community college, and 4-year college undergraduates to expose them to scientific principles and engineering solutions. Undergraduate and graduate curricula, mentoring and internship programs, and professional development programs such as job shadowing are used to train a workforce equipped with the interdisciplinary skills necessary for success in this emerging field. CBBG outreach programs are designed to captivate a diverse group of students and foster interest in the interdependence between societal well-being, the engineered infrastructure, and the natural world.

June 8 2020 – CBBG Leadership Team Statement

June 26, 2020 – Delia Saenz (CBBG Diversity Director) Statement

Resources for Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity:

RIDE With CBBG

We are pleased to announce a new BioGeotechNotes weekly feature: Resources on Inclusion Diversity and Equity, or RIDE. To enhance our commitment to educating ourselves on issues associated with equity and inclusion, and to foster creation of a welcoming and inclusive environment, this space will highlight different resources each week on these important topics. These weekly recommendations compliment the many resources now included in both our Diversity and Inclusion webpage and our CBBG Slack Channel Diversity-and-Inclusion. Our intent is to promote greater awareness and understanding of the barriers, both explicit and implicit, faced by some of our colleagues and also to provide recommended actions in response to injustice.

October 27th, 2020 – UPDATE:

Because of the time demands on each of us, we decided to take a break from posting RIDE recommendations this week. Furthermore, as we think about our work going forward, the IDEA team would like to hear from you as to the value you see in continued posting of resources in the newsletter.  Note that we have a SLACK channel and a diversity webpage, which serve as respositories for suggested readings/activities.  The RIDE section simply complements these resources by highlighting selections that may be educational or of interest to our members.  

Please let us know if you reap benefits from these weekly recommendations, if you would like to continue seeing the RIDE section in the newsletter, or if you have other recommendations for promoting inclusion in our Center. Feedback and suggestions can be sent to [email protected].

Thanks,
Delia

Week 1: June 29th – July 3rd, 2020

• Movies: 13th (free on Netflix); Just Mercy (free on Amazon Prime)
• STEM content: Particles for Justice (in STEM, recent effort)
• Organizations: Black Lives Matter; The Marshall Project

Week 2: July 6th – 10th, 2020

• Readings:  75 Things White People Can Do To For Racial Justice
• Layla Saad, Me & White Supremacy (28-day reflection workbook)

Week 3: July 13th – 17th, 2020

• Exercise: Harvard Implicit Bias Project

Week 4: July 20th – 24th, 2020

• Movie: I Am Not Your Negro (available on Amazon Prime)
• Website: United Nations Teaching recommendations
• July 20th Virtual Event: Ibram X. Kendi on “How to Be an Antiracist” (Event Details & Registration)

Week 5: July 27th – 31st, 2020

• Book:  The New Jim Crow  by Michelle Alexander
• Book: Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis
• Podcast: 1619, NY Times audio series of slavery
• Multi-day educational activity: Academics for Black Survival & Wellness

Week 6: August 3rd – 7th, 2020

• Book: Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century by Dorothy Roberts
• Upcoming recorded online webinar: Foundations of Social Justice for Engineers
• Recorded discussion: Women of Color Need Courageous Allies in the Academy

Week 7: August 10th – 14th, 2020

• Book: The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
• Recorded online webinar: “Teaching Equitably & Inclusively Online”

Week 8: August 17th – 21st, 2020

• The Seven E’s of Starting Anti-Racist Work
  • Start with the blog post here (if you have limited time, review this summary of the 7 E’s and discuss with your peers; otherwise, continue to the recorded presentation below)
  • The recorded online webinar can be accessed after registering for the event (start at time marker 19:26)

Week 9: August 24th – 28th, 2020

• Book: Robin DiAngelo, (2018), White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism 
• Film: RACE: The Power of an Illusion, a 3-part PBS documentary that addresses the biological myth of race and the social, economic, and political realities of racism.
  • Episode 1: RACE: The Difference Between Us (Can be rented for $2.99, for 1 week here.)
• August 27th ASU Virtual Townhall: W. Kamau Bell on Black Lives Matter & Pandemic of RACISM (Registration required)

Week 10: August 31st – September 4th, 2020

• Website: Color of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization
• Film:  RACE: The Power of an Illusion, a 3-part PBS documentary that addresses the biological myth of race and the social, economic, and political realities of racism.
  • Episode 2:  RACE: The Story We Tell (Can be rented for $2.99, for 1 week here)

Week 11: September 8th – 11th, 2020

• Website: Center for Democracy & Technology, putting democracy and individual rights at the center of the digital revolution.
• Film: RACE: The Power of an Illusion, a 3-part PBS documentary that addresses the biological myth of race and the social, economic, and political realities of racism.
  • Episode 3:  RACE: The House We Live In (Can be rented for $2.99, for 1 week here)

Week 12: September 14th – 18th, 2020

• Book: Bettina L. Love, (2019), We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom
• Higher Ed Article: Creating Anti-Racist Spaces where Black Students can Breathe & Thrive – recommendations for creating equitable learning spaces

Week 13: September 21st – 25th, 2020:

• Website: ReNUWIt ERC Inclusive Excellence Initiative
• Workbook: Howard Zehr, (2015), The Little Book of Restorative Justice 

Week 14: September 28th – October 2nd, 2020:

• 7-min video: Housing segregation and redlining: In 1968, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act that made it illegal to discriminate in housing. Gene Demby of NPR’s Code Switch explains why neighborhoods are still so segregated today.
• Interview to read or listen to: “‘The Color Of Law,” details How U.S. Housing Policies Created Segregation”

Week 15: October 2th – 9th, 2020:

• 4.5-min quick video: Systemic racism explained: Systemic racism affects every area of life in the US. From incarceration rates to predatory loans, and trying to solve these problems requires changes in major parts of our system. Here’s a closer look at what systemic racism is, and how we can solve it.
• Article: “How Segregation Shapes Fatal Police Violence”

Week 16: October 12th – 16th, 2020:

• 8-min quick video: Implicit bias: Implicit bias exists when people unconsciously hold attitudes toward others or associate stereotypes with them. Implicit bias can result in unfair judgment and behaviors.
• Article: “How to Think about “Implicit Bias” (2018), Scientific American by Keith Payne, Laura Niemi, and John Doris

Week 17: October 19th – 23rd, 2020:

• Quick read:  Addressing Gender and Racial Bias in Facial Recognition Technology
• 6.5 min video: Representation
  • How are individuals and groups represented in the media?  What is the impact of these representations?

Partner University Resources

• UC Davis – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Georgia Tech – Diversity and Inclusion
• NMSU – Office of Institutional Equity
• ASU – Office of Inclusion and Community Engagement

Additional Articles

• ASU Dean’s Statement on #ShutDownSTEM
• 5 Things Every Kid Should Know About Disability – Raising Anti-Ableist Kids
• Speaking Up Against Racism Around the New Coronavirus
• How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism
• A Guide to Responding to Microaggressions by Kevin L. Nadal
• Responding to Microaggressions and Bias by Diane J. Goodman
• The New York Times: How to Respond to Microaggressions
• Science Magazine: Expectations of Brilliance Underlie Gender Distributions Across Academic Disciplines
• Inside Higher Ed: Underrepresented faculty members share the real reasons they have left various academic institutions (opinion)
• Show Don’t Tell: Decolonize your classroom, syllabus, rules, and practices
• Confronting White Nationalism in Schools Toolkit
• University of Arizona Leadership Module: Social Justice – Privilege and Oppression
• Sexism Shapes the Way We Think About Supervisors in STEM
• The Nation: 10 Myths About Rosa Parks
• Pronouncing Chinese Names
• 500 Women Scientists: A directory for anyone needing scientific expertise
• American School and University: Campus Closures Likely to Hit Low-Income College Students Harder
• The Elephant in the (Physics Class)Room: Discussing Gender Inequality in Our Class
• White People are Faking Anti-Racism…Again
• Florissant Woman Helps Change Merriam-Webster’s Definition of Racism
• Do Black Lives Matter Enough For You to Hire Them for Leadership Positions?
• 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge
• The History of Policing in the United States, Part 1
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• Hegemonic Representations of Minoritized Peoples in U.S. Popular Culture
• Eyes on the Prize Study Guide
• Racial Justice Impact Assessment
• Making Online Meetings Inclusive
• Family Inclusive Language
• The New York Times: Call It What It Is: Anti-Blackness
• Whiteness and White Privilege Fundamentals
• 7 Ways You Can Take Action for Racial Justice Right Now
• ASEE Shared Community Resources
• Academics for Black Survival and Wellness
• Resources for Combating Racism and Injustice in K-12 STEM Education
• CEE Racial and Social Justice Resources

Additional Videos and Podcasts

• Video – Retracing My Steps: Reflections of a Black Woman Leader in Engineering
• Video – GSV Virtual Summit Series: National Education Leaders & Innovators Speak to a Future Where #BlackLivesMatter
• Video – Hazards of Field Work While Black
• Video – ASEE Virtual Panel: Anti-Racism in Engineering Education
• Podcast – Empowered: Envisioning Workplaces That Work – Unconscious Bias in the Workplace
• Podcast – Defying the Status Quo With Empowered Women – Building Dreams with Geneva Murray
• Podcast – At Liberty: Why Is It So Hard To Hold Police Accountable?