DEI Resources for OVPR

Engaging in Anti-Racism Work and Practicing Solidarity

• American Council on Education: Speaking Truth and Acting with Integrity

  • Critical takeaways and key elements of a path forward identified through a study the study of racial crisis on college campuses

• Eight tactics to identify and reduce your implicit bias

  • Steps for recognizing and correcting unconscious assumptions toward groups and individuals

• Embrace Race: Informing children on race (For parents)

  • Resources to help parents meet the challenges they face raising children in a world where race matters

• Key Public Health Resources in Anti Racism Action

  • A list of tools and resources curated by the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) to help others understand and act against structural racism

• National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking about Race

  • Tools and guidance provided by the National Museum of African American History & Culture to inspire conversations about race

• Police Brutality in America Teach-Out (Coursera)

  • In this Teach-Out created by the U-M Center for Academic Innovation, you will learn about the history of police violence in America, become aware of laws and policies that prevent accountability, understand the demands of protesters, and gain the knowledge and tools to fight for change locally.

• University of Michigan: Anti-Racism Primer: What Can I do?

  • Anti-Racism primer designed to help you join the fight for justice by pushing through discomfort and fear and starting somewhere

• U-M Library's Anti-Racist Reading List

  • Books suggested by anti-racist organizations and educators that cover the history of racism in America, identifying white privilege, and looking at the intersection of racism and misogyny

• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

  • Written by Peggy McIntosh, associate director of the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, who explains how she came to understand privilege systems via her work expanding college curriculum to include women

Xenophobia Resources

• How the Coronavirus is Surfacing America’s Deep-Seated Anti-Asian Biases

  • Article that discusses the existence of anti-Asian racism in the US

• Stop AAPI Hate Reporting Center

  • Incident reporting platform for all who have witnessed or experienced microaggressions, bullying, harassment, hate speech, or violence against members of our Asian American and Pacific Islander communities

• The coronavirus reawakens old racist tropes against Chinese people (Washington Post)

  • Opinion piece discussing Anti-Chinese racism in America

• The Wounds of Racism and the Pandemic of Anti-Asian Hatred (blog post)

  • Blog post article discussing the issue of anti-Asian hatred in America

• U-M Against AAPI Hate (UMAAAPIH)

  • Submission form for U-M faculty, staff, and students to share narratives of anti- AAPI hate impacting U-M community members, whether they occur on campus or anywhere else in the world

• When Coronavirus & Xenophobia Spreads Like a Virus (NPR)

  • NPR Code Switch podcast discussing experiences of racism and xenophobia

• Xenophobia, Stereotypes and Racism (Time)

  • How Harmful Stereotypes and Racism are Spreading Around the Coronavirus

COVID-19

• 13 Entrepreneurs of Color Share How COVID-19 Has Impacted Their Business (Forbes)

  • Business owners of color shared how COVID-19 has positively and negatively impacted their business thus far and what can be done to help their businesses thrive

• American Bar Association: How Will COVID-19 Affect Equity in Education?

  • Article that discusses the opportunity to educate students about the importance of equality and anti-discrimination

• Community Care During COVID-19: A Message To and From AAPIs

  • Resources for community care within AAPI communities

• COVID-19 & Inequity (NY Times)

  • Article that discusses the ways the pandemic is widening social and economic divisions that also make the virus deadlier

• U-M Library's Research Guideon Anti-Racism and COVID-19

  • This research guide focuses on anti-racism within the context of Southeast Michigan.  It is curated and maintained by a group of U-M Library staff committed to anti-racism work.

ADVANCE Program

• The ADVANCE Program focuses on four areas relevant to the success of a diverse and excellent faculty: recruitment, retention, climate, and leadership development. Together, these encompass not only multiple stages of faculty careers but also multiple mechanisms by which faculty diversity and excellence at U-M are enhanced

American Philosophical Association Guidelines for Non-Sexist Use of Language

• The guidelines listed on this site are designed to foster a deeper appreciation of how easily bias slips into our thoughts and theories

Bias Interrupters Toolkits

• Bias interrupters are tweaks to basic business systems (hiring, performance evaluations, assignments, promotions, and compensation) that interrupt implicit bias in the workplace, often without ever talking about bias. This site offers menus of bias interrupters that organizations can implement into their business systems, as well as steps that individuals can take to help level the playing field in their workplace

Designated Personal Pronouns

• A practical resource dedicated to the empowering and inclusive use of personal pronouns in the English language

Expect Respect Campaign

• Expect Respect is a unique partnership among students, faculty and staff with intentional collaboration and campus unity around our values

Inclusive Teaching

• Centralized resources to support instructors in incorporating more inclusive teaching methods in their classrooms

Gender Inclusive Restrooms

• A Google map marking Gender Inclusive Restrooms around campus. You will also find a link to an accessible list of the restrooms.

Guidelines for Inclusive Language

• Linguistic Society of America’s guidelines that highlight ways to both proactively write inclusively and avoid past pitfalls or habits that may unintentionally lead to marginalization, offense, misrepresentation, or the perpetuation of stereotypes.

Media Education and Resources

• U-M and local community offices that offer education and resources to help build skills to manage workplace issues

Religious Holidays Calendar

• Assists with the scheduling of events to avoid conflicts with major cultural and religious holidays

National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance

• Resources curated by the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) to assist with raising awareness and providing education about size diversity

VA College Toolkit

• This toolkit provides members of college faculty, staff, and administration with resources to support student Veterans

A Guide to Planning Accessible Meetings

• ADA Hospitality’s guide to assist with navigating, planning and creating accessible meetings, events, and conferences that serve all guest needs.

Accessible & Inclusive Events Resource Guide

• A guide created by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) to provide a helpful resource for planning accessible and inclusive events and meetings on the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus

Diversity Outreach Resources

• Access to organizations and media targeting diversity-specific communities

Facilitating a Successful Talent Acquisition Process

• Resources and guidance to ensure innovative and integrative processes that support efforts to attract and retain individuals who bring diverse skills, talent and knowledge to U-M

Handbook for Faculty Searches and Hiring

• Recruitment and hiring practices that have been identified nationally and by the Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence (STRIDE) Committee

Hiring for Diversity and Excellence

• Resources listed by the Office for Institutional Equity to aid in conducting careful and thorough talent searches and providing a welcoming and inclusive environment

Present with captions in Google Slides

• Instructions for turning on automatic captions when presenting using Google Slides

Six Steps for Recruiting a Diverse Staff Community

• Resources and tools to help hiring departments weave diversity into all aspects of the recruit-to-hire process

Strategies to Reduce Bias in Peer Review

• Guidance for the research community to help ensure internal review practices are equitable and transparent

Tools for recruitment of Faculty and House Officers

• Recruitment tools for those seeking talent in the Faculty or House Officer domains

U-M Human Resources - Recruiting for Staff Diversity

• Resources and tools provided to help departments weave diversity into all aspects of the recruit-to-hire process

Depression Center Toolkit

• A toolkit created by experts from the University of Michigan Depression Center that offers mental health information, tools, support and resources

Faculty and Staff Counseling and Consultation Office

• FASCCO offers a number of services designed to help active or retired staff and faculty members and their immediate benefit-eligible adult family members with personal difficulties encountered at both work and home

Health Equity (CDC)

• Information on the CDC’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) advancement of health equity and women’s health issues across the nation through CDC’s science and programs

Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality (GLMA)

• Resources and information focused on ensuring health equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and all sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, and equality for LGBTQ/SGM health professionals

Help, Empower, Affirm, and Love (H.E.A.L.)

• A compilation of resources aimed to help support the needs of people in different aspects of mental health and different walks of life

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Think Cultural Health

• Resources for information on cultural and linguistic competency, health equity, health disparities, and more

U-M Counseling and Psychological Services

• Resources available at the University of Michigan and in our Ann Arbor community for student mental health and is intended for a variety of constituents -- students, faculty, staff, parents, family members, and loved ones

Campus Climate Support

• U-M resource committed to providing support for those who may have been targets of or affected by campus climate concerns

Michigan Medicine Office for Health Equity & Inclusion (OHEI)

• “Go-to” resource for all matters pertaining to diversity, equity and inclusion at Michigan Medicine

Office for Institutional Equity

• The Office for Institutional Equity (OIE) oversees, facilitates and supports the University’s efforts to ensure equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Office of Student Conflict Resolution (OSCR)

• The Office of Student Conflict Resolution (OSCR) offers a spectrum of conflict resolution pathways that are educationally focused, student-driven, community-owned, and restorative in nature, which are adaptable to meet the needs of individuals experiencing conflict

Office of the Ombuds

• The Office of the Ombuds at the University of Michigan is a place where all students are welcome to come and talk in confidence about any campus issue, concern, problem, or dispute

Office of the Staff Ombuds

• The Office of the Staff Ombuds promotes a civil and inclusive university community by providing independent, confidential, impartial and informal conflict resolution services to all non-bargained-for staff on the Ann Arbor campus and at Michigan Medicine

Office of the University Faculty Ombuds

• The Office of the University Faculty Ombuds receives faculty complaints, concerns, and questions about alleged acts, omissions, improprieties, and broader problems, and works to ensure a fair, equitable, and expeditious resolution

Sexual Misconduct Reporting & Resources

• U-M website that provides tools and resources that can help us ensure safe and respectful campuses in Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint and at Michigan Medicine

Diversity Toolkit: A guide to discussing identity, power and privilege (USC)

• A toolkit designed by MSW students at USC's Suzanne Dworark-Peck School of Social Work to aid in creating productive discourse around issues of diversity

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training and Education at U-M

• Training and educational resources provided by Organizational Learning to help create a community where people's differences contribute to further learning and advancements in all fields of study and patient care

OIE Education and Training Programs

• Programming and services for faculty, staff, students, and management to support diversity, inclusiveness, equal access, equitable treatment, and cultural understanding and competency offered by the Office for Institutional Equity (OIE)

Project Implicit - Implicit Association Test (IAT)

• A tool developed by researchers from Project Implicit that investigates social cognition - thoughts and feelings that are largely outside of active awareness or control

Spectrum Center Education and Training

• The Spectrum Center Education & Training team at the University of Michigan works with students, faculty, and community members who may or may not identify in LGBTQ+ community, to discuss best practices when creating and maintaining spaces open to LGBTQ+ identified individuals. In addition to trainings and workshops, the Spectrum Center also provides consultations to staff and faculty units/departments regarding LBGTQ+ competency and organizational allyhood

STRIDE Faculty Recruitment Workshops

• Workshops offered by the Committee on Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence (STRIDE) that provide background information and concrete advice about practices that make searches more successful

Veterans Center Faculty and Staff Training

• Workshops offered by the Committee on Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence (STRIDE) that provide background information and concrete advice about practices that make searches more successful

CEW+

• CEW+ empowers women and underserved individuals in the University of Michigan and surrounding communities by serving as an advocate and providing resources to help them reach their academic, financial, and professional potential

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at U-M

• U-M’s website for DEI strategic goals and objectives provides transparency, timely updates, and a variety of resources for the university community and the public

Faculty Allies for Diversity in Graduate Education

• The Faculty Allies for Diversity is a group of faculty members who work within their programs in collaboration with Rackham’s diversity initiatives on recruitment, admissions, climate, retention, and completion issues. Thus, the Faculty Allies play important leadership roles in their programs and, as a collective, move forward our broader university mission around promoting diversity and excellence

Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) Diversity Resources

• Resources and tools offered by Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) - a non-profit coalition of colleges, universities, hospitals, research labs, government agencies, and related non- and for-profit organizations, committed to diversifying the pipeline of faculty, staff, and executives in academia.

Manterrupting, Bropropriation, and Mansplaining

• Research on gender bias and the pervasive interruption of women and tips for mitigation

National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID)

• The National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) seeks to strengthen and integrate research about diversity, equity, and inclusion in education and society, and to promote its effective use in addressing contemporary issues

Services for Students with Disabilities

• The Office of Services for Students with Disabilities supports the University’s commitment to equity and diversity by providing support services and academic accommodations to students with disabilities

Sexual Assault Prevention & Awareness Center (SAPAC)

• The University of Michigan Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC) provides a wide array of supportive services for survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking, sexual harassment, and gender-based harassment

Voices of the Staff

• Voices of the Staff is a volunteer-based initiative that gives U-M staff members a forum for sharing ideas and defining the campus community issues that matter most to them

Women of Color in the Academy Project

• The Women of Color in the Academy Project (WOCAP) is a campus-wide faculty network at U-M that supports scholarship focused on understanding the experiences of women of color in the academy and advocacy work to address the challenges and issues faced uniquely by women of color in the academy

Women of Color Task Force

• The Women of Color Task Force (WCTF) is a University of Michigan staff organization that provides professional development, networking, and training opportunities for employees, with a focus on addressing the needs of women of color staff