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  1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    1. Institutional Infrastructure

      1. Campus Wide Committees

        • Supported the creation of three new campus-wide committees to advance the work of anti-racism and diversity, equity, and inclusion   
        • The Board of Trustees Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, charged with ensuring that the College’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion informs all facets of the academic and social life of the campus community
        • The Strategic Direction Steering Committee, charged with establishing a DEI framework that operationalizes the goals of the PC200 Strategic Plan  
        • The Presidential Advisory Committee to Address Systemic Racism, charged with advising the president and the president’s cabinet on effective practices and strategies that eradicate systemic racism 
          • Established a Student Diversity Advisory Council (S-DAC) to serve as a conduit to the broader student body regarding DEI concerns and initiatives; this committee provides a student voice to the administration and works collaboratively toward establishing a beloved community
          • Established Advocates for a Beloved Community (ABCs), to work with the broader student population to proactively educate and raise awareness regarding bias and hate speech; advocates use restorative justice practices and serve as catalysts for inclusion and equity by utilizing their knowledge and voices to establish a beloved community
          • College leadership, IDEI personnel, and the Strategic Direction Steering Committee have partnered with the Center for Collaborative Education, a nationally recognized firm, to provide direction for campus-wide engagement in an inclusive institutional redesign process around anti-racism, equity, and inclusion; this initiative is responsive to the objective of operationalizing the DEI-related goals of the PC200 Strategic Plan
            • This collaboration includes focus by the president’s cabinet on identifying the anchor that guides Providence College’s commitment to be a more active, racial equity-seeking, and inclusive community, to provide a foundation for creating departmental action plans that will drive each department’s progress