CCA Community Recommendations for Racial Justice + Equity Initiatives
Thank you to everyone who submitted a Racial Justice + Equity Initiatives Recommendation Form (the form is now closed).
Below is a listing of all the recommendations received, sorted by category. (Updated 13 May 2021)
Assessment/Reform
New Initiatives:
- Attendance Policy: Evaluate Equity for Working Class & BIPOC students
- Decolonial Anti-Racism Assessment Commission: Establish
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Assessment: Implement (2)
- Policing + Mental Health Procedures: Evaluate + Reform (2)
- Professional Assessment + Workshops: Implement
- Staff Policies re: Adjudication + Policing: Reform
Current/Ongoing Initiatives:
- Appointments, Promotion, Tenure Procedures: Assess + Reform
- Anti-Racism Assessment + Accountability: Implement
- Racial Equity Assessment: Implement
- Student Retention + Success Committee: Reconvene (3)
- Faculty Evaluations - DEI topics: Include
Curriculum
New Initiatives:
- Academic Research Center: Establish
- Center for Black Visual Culture + Curatorial Practice: Establish
- Core Curricula Syllabi: Review
- Critical Race Theory Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC): Create
Current/Ongoing Initiatives:
- Anti-Racism Curriculum for International/Multilingual Learners: Implement
- Anti-Racism Medium-Specific Curriculum: Implement, Assess
- Community Arts Major: Relaunch
- Community Arts Major/Social Practice + Community Engagement (SPACE) Minor Taskforce: Establish
- Creative Citizens in Action: Continue
- Critical Ethnic Studies: Name Change from Diversity Studies
- Curriculum: Reform
- Decolonial School: Support (4)
- Non-Western Curriculum Revision: Implement (2)
- Syllabi Peer Review Process: Implement
Data
New Initiatives:
- Annual Race and Equity Report: Establish
- BIPOC Student Assessment: Implement, Communicate
- Demographic GPA Assessment: Implement
- Grading Assessment: Implement
Current/Ongoing Initiatives:
- Demographics: Research + Assess
- Faculty: Research Diversity Data
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging Strategy
New Initiatives:
- CCA Cares (for Faculty + Staff): Expand
- CCA Havurah Club: Establish
- Collegewide Anti-Racism Learning Outcome: Implement
- Community Partnership + Outreach: Implement
- Diversity + Inclusion to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: Change
- Day of programming that honors the BLM movement and those impacted by police brutality: Implement
- Heritage Months: Establish (2)
- Land Acknowledgment on .EDU / Portal: Establish
- Land Restoration: Support
- Land Tax: Support
- Local Service Opportunities: Communicate
- PDSG: Name Change
- Question Bridge Project: Implement
Current/Ongoing Initiatives:
- Association of Independent Colleges of Art + Design (AICAD) Diversity + Equity Conference: Debrief/Follow-Up (2)
- Black Earth Farms: Support
- CCA Groups + Task Forces: Support
- Community Arts: Support
- Diversity Studies: Support
- Decolonial School: Support
- Citizens in Action: Support
- The Center for Impact: Support
- The Center for Impact: Reimagine (2)
- PDSG: Support
- Reporting Problematic Behavior: Clarify
People
New Initiatives:
- BIPOC Academic Leadership: Hire
- BIPOC Faculty (RNT/TT): Opportunity Hire
- BIPOC SICA Faculty: Hire
- Dedicated Title IX or Title IV Coordinator: Hire
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Leadership Position: Hire (2)
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Office: Establish (2)
Current/Ongoing Initiatives:
- BIPOC Faculty Leadership Opportunities: Establish
- BIPOC Faculty: Hire, Retain (3)
- BIPOC Faculty + Staff: Hire, Retain (3)
- Black Senior Leadership: Recruit, Retain
- Board of Trustees: Diversify (3)
- Board of Trustees: Diversify + Expand
- Financial Resources + Job Security for BIPOC Faculty: Provide
- Promotions + Hiring: Strategize
Space
New Initiatives:
- Commons Space in Double Ground: Create
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Office: Establish (2)
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Space: Establish
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Student Center: Establish (3)
Student Services
New Initiatives:
- BIPOC Financial Aid: Redesign
- BIPOC Student Center: Establish
- BIPOC Student / Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Space: Create
- CANVAS Work Study: Support
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Student Center: Establish
- Merit Based Scholarships: Reassess
- Need-Blind Financial Aid: Implement
- Student Governance: Reform
Current/Ongoing Initiatives:
- BIPOC Disability Resources: Provide
- BIPOC Housing: Provide
- BIPOC Mental Health: Provide
- BIPOC Student Leaders: Recruit
- BIPOC Student Scholarships: Provide (2)
- BIPOC Students: Recruit + Retain (3)
- BIPOC Students: Support (2)
- CANVAS: Expand (2)
- CCA Cares: Evaluate
- DACA, Indigenous, Black Students: Support, Retain
- Diversity Scholarships: Assess, Increase (3)
- Local Bay Area Students: Recruit
- Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Unlawful Harassment & Retaliation: Expand (2)
- PreCollege Program: Enhance BIPOC Focus
Training
New Initiatives:
- Anti-Racism / Anti-Bias Training (for White Faculty): Require (2)
- Anti-Racism Peer Counseling: Provide
- Critical Pedagogy Training: Implement
- Critical Race Theory Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC): Create
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Professional Development: Provide
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Resources: Create, Communicate
- Open Space Society - Faculty Training: Implement
- Professional Assessment + Workshops: Implement
- Senior Leadership Anti-Racism Training: Commit
- Senior Leadership Anti-Racism Training: Implement
- Senior Leadership Anti-Racism Training: Learn
- Senior Leadership Training: Implement
- Student Anti-Racist Training: Implement
- Translated BLM Materials: Provide
- White Privilege Workshops: Implement
Current/Ongoing Initiatives:
- Anti-Racism Training: Implement
- Anti-Racism Curriculum (for International/Multilingual Learners): Implement
- Board of Trustees Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Training: Implement
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Conversations: Support
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Faculty Training: Implement
- DiversityEdu for Students, Faculty, Staff: Require
- DiversityEdu for Faculty + Staff: Require
- DiversityEdu for Students: Implement
- Leadership Training: Provide