Related Links
"You don't change the world with the ideas in our minds, but with the conviction in
our hearts."
ULM Campus Links
ULM Student Affairs: https://www.ulm.edu/studentaffairs/. Includes all resources to support ULM students academically, socially, and culturally.
- ULM Safe Zone: ULM participates in Safe Zone training for staff and faculty. Safe Zones are indicated by Safe Zone signs on office doors of staff and faculty throughout the
ULM campus. See this link to read the announcement of the launch of this program
at ULM: https://issuu.com/ulmhawkeye/docs/full_issue_08-10-18.
ULM Title IX: https://www.ulm.edu/titleix/. Provides detailed information about and contacts to report/address sexual harassment
and violence. This site is relevant to all ULM faculty, staff, and students.
ULM International Students: https://www.ulm.edu/international/studentcenter.html. The ULM International Center is a beautiful facility and assists international
students in their adjustment to and success within our community. This is also a
resource for faculty who are interested in guest speakers from other countries who
are among our international students and faculty or in coordinating with the ULM International
Student Center.
ULM Student NAACP: https://wingspan.ulm.edu/event/2589364 Provides ULM Black and Brown students and their allies that promote their issues and
empowerment. (If you have a Twitter account, be sure to click and follow to keep
up with their current activities at https://twitter.com/ulmnaacp?lang=en. Great resource information to "tie into" for our courses and for our own interests
in community service.)
ULM TRiO Programs: https://www.ulm.edu/research/trio/. Faculty and staff who provide academic advising to our students can benefit by knowing
about this important ULM resource. TRiO is located in Strauss Hall, 2nd Floor, and
provides all kinds of support and assistance to students who are "first generation"
college students in their families. TRiO also provides culturally specific programming
and activities for students.
ULM FemHAWKS: https://wingspan.ulm.edu/organization/Femhawks. Provides ULM students, faculty, and staff information and events that promote women's
issues and empowerment. (ULM FemHAWKS also have Twitter and Facebook accounts/pages.)
Multicultural Calendars
Diversity Awareness Calendar: https://www.tmcc.edu/diversity/awareness-calendar. (Also click on the tab for Events)
Ideas for cultural gifts: http://www.gourmetgiftbaskets.com/Holidays-Around-The-World.asp
Activity ideas for American recognized and lesser known ideas for American holidays: http://www.holidays.net/
EarthCalendar: Calendar of Holidays and Celebrations Worldwide: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/earthcalendar-calendar-of-holidays-and-celebrations-worldwide/
Resources about Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
WORTH VIEWING: How Members of Gen-Z are Approaching this Historic Moment of Change (PBS NewsHour, June 12, 2020). Generation Z speaks out about what this historical time in American history related
to its ongoing struggle for social justice through the Black Lives Matter protests
nationwide. Faculty and university recruiters for new students are well-advised to
heed the passions of these young adults--especially the two young people, Thandiwe
Abdullah and Jalen Thompson, who are the last interviewed. They provide an excellent
articulation of the social policy changes needed to achieve a true, non-racially biased,
socially just system in the United States. These young people are all remarkable!
This is our immediate and future student body--and we welcome your voices and energy.
Latinx Heritage Month (Sept 15 - Oct 15) - Brush Up on a Forgotten Civil Rights Issue
- View: A Class Apart. This is a PBS American Experience documentary that is now only available with the
link provided in pieces--but you can probably find it on YouTube or other online media
sources.
DATA ON HATE CRIMES AND PREVENTION OF HATE CRIMES: From the U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service is an excellent source
for data and information about various sources about cultural groups and the types
of hate crimes and programs to prevent hate crimes: https://www.justice.gov/crs
DATA-DRIVEN EFFORTS TO ADDRESS RACISM (AND OTHER FORMS OF INEQUALITY/INEQUITY): The following two weblinks provide lists of resources for retriving data on not only
racism and how to measure it, but also other forms of social inequality and injustices.
Data-driven means "things most likely to work"--whether we are conducting studies,
changing implicitly biased policies that govern our lives (like policing, health care
provision, education, our legal system, and the general function of all institutions
that impact our lives). Be sure to check these out before setting up your "activism"
efforts, no matter how big or small--whether writing a letter to your legislator,
conducting a study, or organizing a campus event to increase awareness or to address
or seek to change a social inequity you/your group believe is important:
WORTH READING:
- Fostering a Diverse and Inclusive Campus Culture: Strategic Plan for Diversity and
Inclusion, 2017: https://www.chapman.edu/diversity/_files/strategic-plan/Chapman%20Diversity%20Strategic%20Plan.pdf
- Faculty Diversity Best Practices (2016): https://academicsenate.usc.edu/files/2015/08/Climate-Committee-Faculty-Diversity-Best-Practices-11-10-16.pdf
- Faculty Diversity Training Programs and Best Practices, Preliminary Draft (2016): Produced by University of Southern California (USC) on behalf of 16 university
academic senates. https://academicsenate.usc.edu/files/2015/08/Climate-Committee-Faculty-Diversity-Best-Practices-11-10-16.pdf
WEBSITES WORTH CHECKING OUT:
Office of Diversity,