Tisch Diversity and Inclusion

"Community Change Inc.  is very heartened to share that the first-ever New England White Privilege Conference (WPC-NE) in partnership with The Privilege Institute will be held Oct. 14-15, 2016, at Lesley University in Cambridge."

"Otherhood is a podcast created and hosted by Rupa Shenoy about the people who came to the United States as children or are the children of immigrants. They're shaped by the same experiences and motivated by many of the same emotions. That's why, as they're getting older, they're having a huge impact on this country."

Really important piece on culture fit in hiring.

Race is a social construct, something invented in the 1600s to justify slavery. Maybe we should stop talking about race, and focus on structural inequality and implicit bias based on ethnicity or skin color?

Really interesting graphs.

A new survey titled "Falling Short? College Learning and Career Success" by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) reveals significant disparities between the perceptions of students and employers related to readiness for future careers and the importance of diversity and intercultural learning outcomes.

WASHINGTON - The majority of college students say their campuses feel inclusive of many different faiths, according to research presented here Friday, but only 3 percent of students say they actually participate frequently in interfaith programming on campus.

Peniel Joseph's review of Selma. The movie focuses specifically on a snapshot in time, so the critiques about Johnson are missing the point. This particular snapshot in time was led by MLK and people of color.

Some research that shows how to transform "awareness" of bias and stereotyping to to actually changes. "Encouraging people to correct for biases does more than change the way we view others. It also affects the opportunities women will seek for themselves. One of us, Adam, presented data in his classes at Wharton on the underrepresentation of women in major leadership roles and discussed the factors that held women back. He thought a public dialogue would prompt action. But during the next five months, there was no change in the percentage of female M.B.A. students who applied for a leadership position on campus. The following year, he shared the same data about the shortage of female leaders, with one sentence added at the end: "I don't ever want to see this happen again." During the next five months, there was a 65 percent increase in the number of female M.B.A. students who sought out leadership roles compared with those who had in the previous year. And the female students who heard this statement were 53 percent more likely to apply for leadership positions than those who did not hear it that year."

"Women and students of color continue to encounter psychologically damaging racism and sexism on college campuses, creating a climate where students struggle to graduate and are unsure who to turn to for help." Nancy Thomas urges folks to check out the comments.

There are a nice set of 5 steps summarized in this article. "To provide practical guidance for education organizations and others to build more racially and ethnically diverse leadership teams, Education Pioneers and Koya Leadership Partners have co-authored a report, "From Intention to Action: Building Diverse, Inclusive Leadership Teams in Education to Deepen Impact.""