“Now, we’re ready for action, and that involves conversations with decision makers in a spirit of accountability.”
Local University Presidents Discuss Lack of Representation on Boards
Jackie Jenkins Scott, former president of Wheelock College, believes that when universities use the word “we,” many marginalized groups are not included in this “we.”
Breaking the Course Comfort Zone
“It is so easy to take what we see and hear as the truth, allow it to take root, and grow in our minds until it becomes a fully formed opinion or belief. These are the seeds of prejudice, the beginnings of immigration bans.”
BC Must Support Diversity Amid Changing Visa Policies
“Regardless of what this administration believes, diversity is what already does, and always will, make this country great.”
AHANA Trustees Push for Focus on Diversity
BC added a second voting African American trustee, Steve Pemberton, BC ’89, in the fall.
Board of Trustees Must Continue to Increase Diversity
“While it is possible that plans to foster greater diversity could be contained in other individual sections of the plan, it is imperative that this goal be one of the foremost considerations for the University in its planning initiatives moving forward.”
Recognition, Representation, and Reward
Boston College organizations give their thoughts on this years nominations and speak to the larger issue of the lack of diversity in Hollywood.
A New Definition of Diversity
“I believe that the University and students alike should also posses a true understanding of what it means to be a diverse campus.”
Promoting BC Diversity
“We have the answer to resolving the diversity question at BC. I think we just have to value this question as being important enough to resolve and give it the attention it deserves.”
The Challenge of White Supremacy on College Campuses
“White bodies can be in the same physical space as nonwhite bodies and yet these two sorts of bodies can experience that identical environment in sometimes radically different ways.”