The ADEI Leadership Team Newsletter
The ADEI Leadership Team Newsletter
March 2024 
Intentional Interviews
30-59 minute audio interviews with campus partners discussing ADEI topics, social justice issues, and concepts to offer tangible examples of how we are all stewarding our commitment.
Episode 7
Build Your Capacity

The Antiracit Book Club's final book of the academic year: White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad


Called “powerful and provocative" by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of the New York Times bestselling How to be an Antiracist, this explosive book of history and cultural criticism reveals how white feminism has been used as a weapon of white supremacy and patriarchy deployed against Black and Indigenous women, and women of color.

Taking us from the slave era, when white women fought in court to keep “ownership” of their slaves, through the centuries of colonialism, when they offered a soft face for brutal tactics, to the modern workplace, White Tears/Brown Scars tells a charged story of white women’s active participation in campaigns of oppression offering a long overdue validation of the experiences of femme-identifying women of color.
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TRY USING AN ADEI TIP OF THE MONTH...

Use an equity impact tool. When developing new policies, procedures, programs, or practices, use tools that evoke awareness concerning issues, circumstances, and contextual considerations that we may not be conscious of due to our limited lens. No one is an expert at all things, nor can one fully understand the lived experiences of others. Therefore, we must find ways to bring to light the implications of decision-making by prioritizing those most impacted. Equity impact tools can improve the proactive identification of barriers, resources, and remedies to address inequities that would have otherwise gone unnoticed. Such tools help us to combat paternalistic practices and counterproductive outcomes. Check out the institutional equity impact tools located under the related exhibits and forms section of our policy on policies. 
Equity Impact Tools

ADEI in Action!

Several community members came together to hold space, process and reflect on the tragic loss of life of non-binary teen Nex Benedict. Several students spoke out about LGBTQ+ targeted violence, and staff were there to offer support and words of hope. Creating such peaceful spaces to gather in times of need shows the resilience, strength and heart of the CC community through intentional acts of solidarity.

Rosalie Rodriguez

Associate Vice President, Institutional Equity & Belonging 

Peony Fhagen

Associate Vice President, Institutional Equity & Belonging

Ersaleen Hope

Assistant Vice President, Institutional Equity & Belonging

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