Black Thriving Initiative
Below you'll find our post category archive. Note that many titles will have , , and at the end of the text. These help identify pages, posts, and events representing our three core values: Community, Thriving, and Wellness. To learn more about this, read about our Action Plan. These also all help support our #ActForInclusion.
INSIDE HIGHER ED | Claiming a Louder Life: Part I & Part II by Professor Aomawa Shields ♥ ★
INSIDE HIGHER ED | Claiming a Louder Life: Part I February 19, 2021 There is a cost to remaining publicly silent in the face of overtly racist and exclusionary attitudes, writes Aomawa Shields. READ MORE INSIDE HIGHER ED | Claiming a Louder Life: Part II March 5, 2021 Aomawa Shields describes how she found her voice to speak the truth about systemic exclusionary and racist attitudes — and the importance of other professors doing so, as well. READ MORE
Academic Excellence Black Scholars House
The Academic Excellence Black Scholars House is a first-year experience living learning community. Students residing in the House will learn to successfully navigate the university environment while embracing scholastic achievement and individual identity. Interested in being apart of the Academic Excellence Black Scholars House? Email: tboucher@uci.edu or visit: admissions.uci.edu/housing
End Racism Initiative | Recognizing Black Excellence | A message from Director Michael A. Yassa, Ph.D. ♥ ★ ✚
Dear colleagues, Today marks the beginning of Black History Month, a federally recognized celebration of the numerous contributions Black and African Americans have made, and continue to make to this country. It is also a time to solemnly reflect on the continued struggle for racial equity and justice. The events of the past year have been particularly historic in this struggle. Police brutality and the murders of George Floyd and others, the disproportionate deaths and jobs lost from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the display of white supremacy and the violent attacks on the U.S. Capitol are constant reminders…
UC President Michael V. Drake reflects on Black History Month ♥ ★ ✚
This Black History Month, UC President Michael V. Drake reflects on the Black workers, scholars, artists and activists who have propelled the University of California-and the world-forward and the work that remains to achieve our ideals of equality, inclusion and justice.
SCIENCE MAGAZINE | ‘A time of reckoning.’ How scientists confronted anti-Black racism and built community in 2020 ♥ ★ ✚
‘A time of reckoning.’ How scientists confronted anti-Black racism and built community in 2020 Science Magazine | December 21, 2020 One of those institutions is the University of California, Irvine, which in August announced a university-wide initiative that aims to confront anti-Blackness—by, for instance, changing the campus culture, hiring new faculty members, and intensifying recruitment of underrepresented undergraduate and graduate students. “We need to mobilize the entire campus—not just the early adopters or the usual suspects, but really all dimensions of the university” so the burden of solving problems doesn’t fall just on Black people, says Douglas Haynes, vice chancellor for equity,…
Inclusive Excellence Term Chairs: Inaugural Theme Black Lives Matter
<<Back to Black Thriving Initiative Inclusive Excellence Term Chairs: Inaugural Theme Black Thriving The Inclusive Excellence Term Chair program will focus on a national imperative and/or global challenge. It provides an opportunity for the campus to recognize distinguished research, teaching and service of incumbent faculty in contributing to the selected theme. The inaugural theme for 2020-2021 to 2023-2024 will be BlackThriving. In fall 2020, the Office of Inclusive Excellence will appoint five chairs. Each incumbent will receive a $30,000 research allocation each year for the three year term, serve on the advisory board of the Black Thriving Institute, and deliver…
