CLA Diversity and Inclusion Committee Annual Report, 2021-2022

CLA Diversity and Inclusion Committee: Annual Report for AY21-22 Submitted by Sandra Llera (Committee Member, Psychology Department) May 2022 Membership: Chair: Sandra Llera Secretary: Ashley Kilmer Ex-Officios: Chris Chulos (CLA Dean); Halcyon Lawrence (CLA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Fellow) Committee Members: Sarah Oliver, Nicole Dombrowski Risser, Kristen Hine, Hana Bor, Sandra Llera, Ashley Kilmer, Jennifer Ballengee, Ju-Lee Wolsey, Kelsey Hanrahan, Esther Wangari Student Representatives: Trinity Mays (undergraduate) and Damilola Daramola (graduate) Record of Meetings: The committee has regularly scheduled meetings on the 2nd Friday of the month during the Fall and Spring Semesters During AY21-22 the committee met on the following dates: 09/10/21; 10/08/21; 11/12/21; 12/10/21; 02/1 1/22; 03/11/22; 04/08/22; 05/13/22 Committee Accomplishments: • Supporting D&I efforts in CLA: о Worked with Center for Student Diversity to provide menstrual products in CLA building о Created more inclusive communication practices for members attending virtually and those using interpreters ■ Guidelines to be shared with all CLA committees as “best practice” • Sponsoring / publicizing diversity-related events on campus: о Co-Sponsored event “Evidence Against Intolerance: A Virtual Symposium on Teaching the Holocaust in the Digital Disinformation Era ” (held on February 23, 2022) о Publicized OIIE event on CRT “ Let's Talk About.. .Critical Race Theory Event ” (held on May 10, 2022)