As we welcome our students back to campus it is a good time to reflect on our CFAES Principles of Community. Our Principles of Community serve as a testament to our commitment to anti racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion. |
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Host a DEI Webinar for Your Department/Unit!
Did you know that in addition to offering monthly, open webinars, the CFAES Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion offers in-house delivery of programs to any CFAES unit or department by request for FREE? Available webinars address topics such as implicit bias, microaggressions, bystander intervention, power and privilege, inclusive hiring, and LGBTQ+ issues. If you are interested in hosting a program for members of your unit or department or would like more information please contact Dr. Leo Taylor, Program Manager for Faculty and Staff Affairs at taylor.3408@osu.edu. Visit the DEI website for descriptions of upcoming and past programs to get a better idea about currently available topics. Suggestions for new programs/topics are always welcome!
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"Gender Demystified" and "Queer 101" Webinar Recordings Now Available on Our YouTube Channel
Recordings from our Queer 101 and Gender Demystified webinars are now available on our YouTube channel! To watch these webinars and more click here. |
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DEI Spotlights: August 2021 |
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Throughout the summer months we will be celebrating our colleagues who are working to make CFAES and the community a welcoming place for all people. The DEI Student Spotlights will return to our monthly newsletters starting in September, 2021. Do you know someone who you think should be featured? To submit a nomination for the DEI Faculty and Staff Spotlight, please fill out this form. |
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DEI Faculty and Staff Spotlight: Nicole Debose |
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This month's DEI Faculty and Staff Spotlight features Nicole Debose. Nicole is an Area Leader and Program Director for OSU Extension in Cuyahoga County. Nicole has over 15 years of experience working with nonprofit and public organizations to meet the needs of Cuyahoga County residents. With a strong knowledge of program development, project management and fund management she promotes the strengthening of families, enhancement of agriculture systems and the expansion of local business opportunities.
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August and September 2021 CFAES DEI Webinars |
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Inclusive Excellence in Hiring
LOCATION: Zoom
DATE AND TIME:
Wednesday, August 4th, 11:00AM-12:30PM ET
Wednesday, September 1st, 11:00AM-12:30PM ET
This 90-minute training provides an overview of best practices for recruiting a diverse candidate pool for faculty and staff positions. Participants will examine the role that various forms of implicit bias can play in screening applicants and identify ways that intersecting social identities create an unlevel competitive job market. Strategies for targeted recruitment of historically underrepresented minority applicants will be addressed. The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences requires that all individuals serving on search committees complete this training every 2 years.
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Inclusive Teaching in the Virtual Classroom: Applying an Equity Lens to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners
LOCATION: Zoom
DATE AND TIME:
Thursday, August 5th, 11:00AM-12:30PM ET
Teaching practices must be adapted across modalities – what worked in the physical classroom may not translate well in the virtual classroom. This is especially true when applying an equity lens to maximize inclusivity and account for a diversity of learning preferences. The “banking” model of education, in which an expert deposits knowledge via lecturing into the minds of the passive absorber, has been shown to be less effective and even reinforce oppression, thus active learning strategies and other tools have been developed to create inclusive classrooms that work better for a variety of learning styles. Virtual classrooms come with unique equity and inclusion challenges that must be addressed to ensure the needs of all learners are met. This 90-minute interactive webinar will outline strategies educators can use in virtual classrooms to create an engaging, inclusive, and equitable learning environment. Participants will leave with a better understanding of technology and other strategies available to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion goals when teaching in virtual classrooms.
This webinar is free and open to anyone at Ohio State.
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Implicit Associations, Insidious Assumptions: Unintended Manifestations of Bias in Everyday Life
LOCATION: Zoom
DATES AND TIMES: Friday, August 13th, 11:00-12:30PM ET
This 90-minute introductory webinar will provide an overview of the various types of bias that humans experience with an emphasis on implicit bias. We will explore how our socialization process leads to the formation of conscious and unconscious associations, stereotypes, and prejudices that can influence how we treat others in unintended ways. Participants will learn common ways that bias manifests in the form of subtle microaggressions and identify strategies that can help reduce the impact of implicit biases.
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Stand up, Speak Out! How to Interrupt Bias by Being an Active Bystander
LOCATION: Zoom
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, August 17th, 11:00AM-12:30PM ET
All too often we witness subtle comments or behaviors rooted in bias that cause harm to others, many times directed toward people in vulnerable populations. Have you ever been in a situation like that and wanted to say or do something, but didn't know what to do? Anyone can become an active bystander and learn to address explicit and implicit bias. In this 90-minute, interactive webinar, we will explore some of the most common forms of bias and identify tools you can use as an active bystander to interrupt bias in daily life.
Presenters: Dr. Leo Taylor
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2021 Gardening with Physical Limitations Webinar Series: Garden Clean Up and Preparations for Next Year
Location: Zoom
Date and Time: Tuesday, August 31 6:00PM-7:30PM
In this session we will look back over the growing season and sort out what worked, what didn’t work, and how to use what you learned this year to plan for the next growing season. We will address tips for making garden clean up easier and what needs to be done to prep for next year.
Presenters: Laura Akgerman and Pam Bennett
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Identity, Power, and Privilege
Location: Zoom
Date and Time: Thursday, September 2, 1:00PM-3:00PM
What does it mean to have privilege? What is oppression? How do your social identities, such as race, gender, class, religion, sexuality, etc. grant or deny you privilege? How can we use privilege to transform systems that perpetuate social inequity? This 2-hour interactive webinar will explore these questions, providing participants with an opportunity to delve into their social identities - a process that reveals how we all have and lack privilege simultaneously.
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Implicit Associations, Insidious Assumptions: Unintended Manifestations of Bias in Everyday Life
Location: Zoom
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 15, 12:00PM-1:30PM
This 90-minute introductory webinar will provide an overview of the various types of bias that humans experience with an emphasis on implicit bias. We will explore how our socialization process leads to the formation of conscious and unconscious associations, stereotypes, and prejudices that can influence how we treat others in unintended ways. Participants will learn common ways that bias manifests in the form of subtle microaggressions and identify strategies that can help reduce the impact of implicit biases.
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Stand up, Speak Out! How to Interrupt Bias by Being an Active Bystander
LOCATION: Zoom
DATE AND TIME: Thursday, September 30th, 1:00PM-2:30PM ET
All too often we witness subtle comments or behaviors rooted in bias that cause harm to others, many times directed toward people in vulnerable populations. Have you ever been in a situation like that and wanted to say or do something, but didn't know what to do? Anyone can become an active bystander and learn to address explicit and implicit bias. In this 90-minute, interactive webinar, we will explore some of the most common forms of bias and identify tools you can use as an active bystander to interrupt bias in daily life.
Presenter: Dr. Leo Taylor
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Recommended Articles and Resources
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What’s the difference between “belonging” and “inclusion”? Does the distinction matter? This opinion piece provides an interesting perspective on why organizations should focus on structures that impede inclusion.
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This overview represents the analysis of 3 million leadership assessments and thousands of in-depth interviews to identify the five disciplines and five traits that make up the profile of an inclusive leader. How does your leadership style compare?
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Opportunities Around Campus and in the Community |
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Transfer Students: Get to Know the Student Life Multicultural Center
Monday, August 2, 2021 6:00PM-7:00PM Zoom
Transferring to Ohio State is likely both a little scary, and a lot exciting! Discover paths to your empowerment and success by attending this session with the staff of the Student Life Multicultural Center. We will explore the community building, advocacy, and education resources available to you at Ohio State.
Information will be shared about getting involved in student groups, cultural celebrations, engaging in social justice, and learning more about the diversity of people and life experiences you will find on campus. This will also be an opportunity for you to virtually meet others and begin to build your Buckeye circle of friends!
For more information or to arrange any needed accommodations, email Angie Wellman at wellman.63@osu.edu.
Angie Wellman
Multicultural Center
614-688-8449
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Black Women's Equal Pay Day
Tuesday, August 3, 2021 6:00PM-7:00PM, Zoom
August 3rd, 2021 is the date that Black Women have to work into the year 2021 to make the equivalent that the average white man made in 2020. Join us for an empowering session with Black Girls Plan and Izetta Thomas focused on utilizing planning and organizing skills to achieve your professional and personal goals. While this event is open to all, it will center the experiences and voices of Black Women.
If you do not already have your own planner here is a free downloadable resource: Free Passion Planner
Contact:
Madison Eagle
SL Multicultural Center
614-688-8449
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Open Safe Zone (Virtual)
Wednesday, August 4, 3:30-4:00PM ET, Zoom
The Safe Zone Training aims to create a more welcoming and safe campus for individuals of all sexual orientations and gender identities. The workshop is recommended for faculty, staff, and students. Through this workshop, participants will (1) gain a greater understanding of LGBTQ identities and the systems of oppression that affect the community, (2) learn tools for incorporating LGBTQ-inclusive practices into your daily life, and (3) strengthen their skills in recognizing and interrupting anti-LGBTQ bias.
This session is open to all OSU students, faculty, and staff. The workshop lasts for 1 hours and 30 minutes.
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Creating LGBTQ Inclusive Classrooms
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 1:00PM-2:30PM, Zoom
The Student Life Multicultural Center offers this training to facilitate faculty and staff in creating more inclusive spaces for LGBTQ students! This 1-hour and 30-minute workshop focuses on best practices for supporting LGBTQ students in the classroom as well as strategies for navigating challenging conversations and interrupting bias. It is recommended, but not required, for participants to attend a Safe Zone Training before attending this workshop.
If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Ari Grubaugh at grubaugh.20@osu.edu. Requests made two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.
Ari Grubaugh
614-688-8449
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Trans 101
Wednesday, August 18, 12:00-2:00PM ET, Zoom
This workshop explores best practices for engaging with and supporting transgender and gender non-conforming students and communities at The Ohio State University. The workshop is recommended for faculty, staff, and students. Through this 1- and 30-minute training, participants will gain a greater understanding of transgender identities and the systems of oppression that affect their community as well as strategies for creating gender inclusive spaces. It is recommended, but not required, for participants to attend a Safe Zone Training before attending this workshop.
If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Ari Grubaugh at grubaugh.20@osu.edu. Requests made two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.
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Native American and Indigenous Student Welcome
Monday, August 23, 2021 3:00PM-5:00PM ET, Zoom
Join The Ohio State University Native American and Indigenous community for a welcome back event during Welcome Week! This is an opportunity to meet new and incoming students as well as learn more about the upcoming NAISI programs and initiatives scheduled for the upcoming 2021-2022 academic year.
For more information contact:
Melissa Beard Jacob
614-688-8449
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LGBTQ Welcome (Back) Mix and Mingle
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 4:00PM-6:00PM Great Hall Meeting Room 3
Come kick off the school year at the LGBTQ Welcome Back Mixer! This event is for all LGBTQ students at Ohio State. Here you will have the chance to connect with other students and learn about LGBTQ+ resources on campus and in Columbus. Whether you're looking for a student organization to get involved in, want to meet new people or need help navigating Columbus, this fun event will provide the resources you need! This year's Mix and Mingle is on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 from 4 - 6 PM in Great Hall Meeting Room 3, which is located on the first floor of the Ohio Union. Light refreshments will be served.
Ari Grubaugh
Student Life Multicultural Center
614-688-8449
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Women's Welcome Week Event
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 6:00PM-8:00PM
Location: The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Room 101
The Student Life Multicultural Center's Women Student Initiatives (WSI) is excited to welcome new and returning students to Ohio State! Start the school year the best way, by exploring the many exciting academic, social and leadership development opportunities available through WSI and our campus partners. The Women's Welcome Reception is open to all women-identified members of the Ohio State community and their allies.
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Queer and Trans People of Color Cohort
Tuesday, August 31, 2021 7:30 PM-8:30PM
Location: Alonso Family Room, Multicultural Center, Ohio Union
The Queer and Trans People of Color Cohort (QTPOCC) is a group for LGBTQ+ people of color at Ohio State.
QTPOCC provides space for LGBTQ+ students of color to connect and build community in a supportive environment. With the guidance of student peer leaders, QTPOCC facilitates socialization and dialogue, focusing on topics such as the unique experiences of LGBTQ+ POC, navigating college as an LGBTQ+ student of color, coming out/living out, campus and community resources, and more. We encourage folks to come every week, but you are welcome to drop in whenever you can!
QTPOCC meets on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. in the Multicultural Center’s Alonso Family Room.
Ari Grubaugh
614-688-8449
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Future Editions of the DEI Newsletter
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Additions to the DEI Newsletter
Have an event or other item you want shared? Please email the exact text and link that you want included to CFAES-DEI@osu.edu by Tuesday, August 31. |
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CFAES Community Updates
If you would like to share news on your recent DEI related publications, presentations, awards received, upcoming events, or other noteworthy milestones, please email them to CFAES-DEI@osu.edu.
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CFAES Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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