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Diversity & Inclusion Program

Stock UP (Dec. 2)

Stock UP is returning for another pop-up event on Friday, December 2, from 1:30–3:30 p.m. at 5516 N. Willamette Blvd. Stock UP is open to all students, staff, and faculty and will have fresh produce, nonperishable goods, menstrual hygiene items, and more. Masks are optional, and bags will be provided for attendees who need them. Afterwards, Stock UP goods will be available in the Diversity Center for UP community members who want any free nonperishables and hygiene items. 

If anyone would like to make a direct donation to Stock UP, the deadline is Monday, November 28. To inquire about donations, email dip@up.edu. 

Diversity and Inclusion Programs (DIP) is also seeking feedback to further improve the offerings and set-up of Stock UP. For those interested in contributing, please fill out this brief feedback form. 

For questions or ADA accommodations, contact dip@up.edu 

Call for Submission for Digital Ofrenda (Due by Oct. 26) 

Diversity and Inclusion Programs is issuing a call for submissions to its digital ofrenda for Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The digital ofrenda will be displayed on November 1 and November 2 to celebrate the lives and legacies of loved ones who have passed away. The deadline to submit a photo and name of deceased loved ones is October 26. Submissions can be made through this link.  

For ADA accommodations, questions, or concerns, please contact dip@up.edu. 

International Education, Diversity, and Inclusion

The Office of International Education, Diversity, and Inclusion is excited to invite staff and faculty to a DEI Framing Event on Thursday, August 5, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. This event will be aimed at gaining familiarity with a DEI framework to apply in your work sphere, pairing colleagues for communication on personal progress, and inviting all to ongoing office hours and community check-in. If you plan to attend, the Zoom link can be found here. Email oiedi@up.edu for further information, with questions, or to request accommodation. Updates will be posted on our site here.

¿Que Pasa Con DACA? Moving Forward and Ways to Advocate, March 24

Please join Diversity and Inclusion Programs (DIP) as they host non-profit Immigrants Rising as they facilitate a conversation and information workshop on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The conversation will take place on Wednesday, March 24 from 10 – 11:30 a.m. over Zoom.

In this session you will learn of the origins of DACA, the political attacks on the program, where the program is today, and how to advocate alongside the undocumented and DACAmented population. Great session for anyone staff, faculty, and students. All are levels of understanding are welcome.

For more information, please go to the Engage event page. For ADA accommodations, please contact Yuri Hernández Osorio, Diversity and Inclusion Programs, at hernandy@up.edu.

Stock UP Providing Access to Food and More: Jan. 27

UP faculty, staff, and students (Bon Appetit employees included) will have access to food, toiletries, and other useful items at no cost during Stock UP on Wednesday, January 27, according to Yuri Hernández Osorio, diversity and inclusion. The items will be available from noon to 5 p.m. at the Social Work House at 4903 N. Willamette Blvd. According to Yuri, “I hope that one thing we have learned as a society in this global pandemic is that it is more than okay to ask for help! We all have been hit by this global pandemic, some more than others.”

Donations of funds are helpful for buying items for future Stock UP events. Those interested in helping can donate money directly to diversity and inclusion programs with a note that you want your funds to go toward Stock Up. Please use this link and be sure you hit DIP fund and not OIEDI. For more information contact Hernández Osorio at hernandy@up.edu.

Community Conversations With International Education, Diversity, and Inclusion

The Office of International Education, Diversity, and Inclusion is excited to invite the University community to join us on Thursday, October 29, in our second Community Conversations session. We will again engage in meaningful peer-to-peer conversations about race. We will host conversations on two separate works—Option A is a great conversation for those learning to understand racism in themselves and the world around them. Option B is good for those who have spent a good deal of time engaging in anti-racist conversations and actions and/or are members of our BIPOC community.

Each option will be offered at both noon to 1:30 p.m. and 4 to to 5:30 p.m. on October 29, 2020.

RSVP to these conversations by Tuesday, October 27, so that we can assign you to a group.

We are also seeking facilitators for these discussions. Facilitators are not trainers.  These are peer-to-peer conversations. We are looking for folks who are comfortable helping manage conversation flow and reminding the group of community standards if appropriate. Structure and discussion questions are available here. Facilitators are invited for a check-in at 11 a.m. on the just before the October 29 conversations and a debriefing on Friday, October 30, at 1 p.m.

Email oiedi@up.edu with questions, comments, or accommodation requests and check this link for updates. Finally, don’t forget to RSVP here!

 

International Education, Diversity & Inclusion Workshops, Trainings

The Office of International Education, Diversity, and Inclusion (with diversity and inclusion programs) will offer free DEI workshops and trainings for students (Racial Healing, Identity/Bias, LGBTQIA+ inclusivity, etc.) this semester. To sign up and see what will be offered please use this link. While many of the workshops are currently open only to QTBIPOC student leaders and student workers, any QTBIPOC student is invited to attend Resiliency and Restoration: Collectively Healing from Our Racialized Experiences and can RSVP via Engage.

For more information contact Rebecca Seibert, International Education, Diversity, and Inclusion, at x7838 or seibert@up.edu.

Lumpia, Adobo, and More: Filipino American History Month

Kicking off Filipino American History Month, we invite you to come taste authentic Filipino food at the Pilot House Plaza from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, October 4. Food trucks will include Kuya Fred’s Cuisine and Hakuna Marata, serving authentic Filipino delicacies like lumpia, adobo, and much more. Cash or cards will be accepted but meal points cannot be used.

Sponsored by Diveristy and Inclusion Programs and the Filipino American Student Association (FASA). Please contact Jayla Fernandez at fernajay22@up.edu for ADA accommodations.

Screening of “No Más Bébes,” Sept. 19

There will be a free screening of No Más Bébes, a documentary that follows a small group of Mexican immigrant women that sued the doctors at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center for being subjected to forced sterilization while they gave birth, on Thursday, September 19, 7-8:30 p.m., in Dundon-Berchtold room 031. The screening is in honor of Latinx Heritage Month (Sept.15-Oct. 15) and sponsored by Diversity and Inclusion Programs, Gender & Women’s Studies, Women of Color, and ASUP Films.

Free and open to the public, light concessions will also be provided. Don’t forget to RSVP on Engage and please encourage participation from your students.

Faculty, Staff to Attend National Conference on Race & Ethnicity

In support of the University’s diversity and inclusion efforts, Tom Greene and Fr. John Donato, C.S.C., have sponsored participation of 20 faculty and staff members at this year’s National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE), the leading and most comprehensive national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in American higher education. The conference focuses on the complex task of creating and sustaining comprehensive institutional change designed to improve racial and ethnic relations on campus and to expand opportunities for educational access and success by culturally diverse, traditionally underrepresented populations. NCORE 2019 is being held in Portland from May 28 to June 1. UP faculty and staff members who attend NCORE will meet after the conference to discuss ways to incorporate ideas from the conference to our campus.

For more information go to this link or contact Eduardo Contreras, assistant provost for international education, diversity, and inclusion, at contrera@up.edu.