Coalition Goals
Creating Safe Spaces, Workshops, Trainings, Fora
- Provide faculty, staff, students and alumni with multiple training opportunities related to racial bias, justice, and conflict management
- Design a speaker series for the School with Black experts and experts on race related issues
- Create safe spaces for discussions and learning with our Black community; Create a student/teacher coalition
- Make recommendations to the School on the process for complaints of racial injustice/bias
Curriculum Committee
- Infuse content on race and diversity into existing courses
- Introduction of three new courses
- Race and Racism in International Law and International Relations
- Gender, Race, and Culture in International Relations
- Religion, Race, and International Relations
Developing a Student Organization
- Develop a mission statement, purpose, motto, name for Black Student Organization
- Establish a club advisor, E-board, and steps to become a recognized organization
- Plan fall activities and fundraising
- Recruit Black students to participate and Black alumni to mentor
Diversifying the School and Communicating our Efforts
- Create a School webpage dedicated to diversity and inclusion efforts and statistics
- Leverage existing partnerships, follow through on commitments, and explore new partnerships
- Diversity the School’s advisory boards
- Explore grant funding for D&I efforts, explore benefits of consultancy on efforts
- Review our marketing and communication efforts for inclusivity and equity
Internships and Career Development, Partnering with External and Community Organizations
- Explore partnership opportunities that may be available through alumni
- Assist students in accessing scholarships and opportunities available through Black organizations
- Leverage existing partnerships and explore additional opportunities to create a pipeline for Black students in Newark and surrounding region
- Address barriers to entry through internships and career development programming and advising