Diversity Advisory Council
Diversity Advisory Council
The University Diversity Advisory Council (DAC) role will assist the University Diversity Officer in coordinating the implementation of the University Diversity Plan. More specifically, the DAC will:
- Report on the metrics associated with diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Review and refine the strategic plan for diversity with annual goals to encourage increased recruitment and retention of diverse faculty, staff, and students
- Disseminate information to members of the University community regarding "best practices" which encourage diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Provide communication on diversity, equity, and inclusion issues between and among colleges and other institutional units
- Consult on the creation of diversity, equity, and international studies webpages
- Assess the University's "cultural climate" and recommend changes based upon findings
- Sponsor programs and activities which support diversity, such as a Week of Diversity, Multiculturalism, and Social Justice
- Discuss and recommend the development of related initiatives and institutes
DAC Mission
The Diversity Advocacy Committee of the CSUEB aspires as a community-dedicated group to address inequity by:
- Always prioritizing mindfulness that we are answerable to students.
- Acting as conduits; centering students and the needs of the campus by interrogating and dismantling barriers and exclusivity.
- Fulfilling the roles of advocates, allies, accomplices and disruptors
- Operating through the lens of critical race theory, social Justice, anti-oppressive, non-hierarchical and non-dominant ways of being
- Acting as navigators to collaboration and cultural change actions.
- Enriching, educating, and promoting DEI awareness answerability
- Being pro-active, and responsive to changing campus DEI needs.