Class Invites CC Students to Explore Their Own Racial Identities Through the interplay of academics and self-exploration, students in Professor Peony Fhagen’s Racial Identity Development class explore their own becomings: the chords and melodies that make up their identities. For many students, the course material offered revelations about their own selves. “I think one of …
Category Archives: Antiracism
Invitation to Attend Anti-Oppression Leadership Series
Invitation to Attend Anti-Oppression Leadership Series Dear Staff and Faculty, We invite you to take advantage of an opportunity to participate in an Anti-Oppression Leadership Series with Mandala Center for Change facilitators, Dr. Lalenja Harrington, co-director, and Marc Weinblatt, founder. The series begins with two, four-hour remote Race-based Affinity Group Workshops that will be held from 12:30-4:30 p.m. on Jan. 13 and …
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CC’s Antiracism Commitment in Action
The college’s Antiracism Implementation Plan is guiding work in and outside the classroom. This work is our new normal. The plan offers guidance, goals, and benchmarks connecting college core values to antiracism at CC. It is a living document that will change as members of our community engage with it and implement its initiatives. It will evolve as we welcome …
Join the Antiracist Book Club This Block
Books available now! Dear CC Community, The diversity, equity, and inclusion leadership team is happy to announce that our second Antiracist Book Club selection, “You are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame, Resilience, and the Black Experience” by Tarana Burke and Brene Brown, is now available in the CC Bookstore. It’s free with your CC Gold Card. …
Reminder: “Calling In the Call Out Culture with Dr. Loretta J. Ross” is tomorrow
Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. Calling In the Call Out Culture with Dr. Loretta J. Ross On Wednesday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. MT, remember to join activist and public intellectual, Dr. Loretta J. Ross in calling in the call out culture and in the fight against white supremacy. In this virtual webinar, Ross …
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Thank You For Sharing Your Thoughts
This message was sent to all students today, thanking them for taking the National Assessment of Collegiate Campus Climates survey. Thanks to all of you who encouraged students to take the survey. Similar surveys will be conducted for staff in Spring 2022 and for faculty in Spring 2023. Dear Students, I want to take a …
Thank You For Sharing Your Thoughts
Dear Students, I want to take a moment to thank you. We recently administered the National Assessment of Collegiate Campus Climates, a survey asking students about the racial climate on our campus. Nearly 1,000 of you — or 41.5% of the student body — responded to the survey. Thank you for engaging in this important …
Save the Date for: “Calling In the Call Out Culture with Loretta J. Ross”
Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. Calling In the Call Out Culture with Dr. Loretta J. Ross Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, 6 p.m. MT This is a virtual event. Register in advance for this webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Join activist and public intellectual, Dr. Loretta …
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Introducing Antiracism Commitment Committee
President L. Song Richardson has announced the new membership of the 16-member Antiracism Commitment Committee. First shared in Fall 2019 and re-announced this fall, the committee will guide the work of the Antiracism Implementation Plan and support and hold each member mutually accountable in building a community that is more diverse, inclusive, and equitable. “We continue …
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Forever Foreign: Asian America, Global Asia, and the Problem of Anti-Asian Racism
A violent incident of anti-Asian racism earlier this year has inspired the launch of a new series of lectures, discussions, film screenings, and reading groups at Colorado College: “Forever Foreign: Asian America, Global Asia, and the Problem of Anti-Asian Racism.” Following the mass killing of Asian-Americans in Atlanta on March 16, an act of violent …
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