The Chief Inclusion Office offers a weekly resources announcement to the Clarkson Community. The resources are meant to help people explore diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging [DEIB] for themselves, in their communities, and in our institution. They may be resources that help you re-examine society and do some introspective reflection, explain core concepts like intersectionality or anti-racism, or practical guides for action, such as how to review a syllabus for equity-minded practice.
The resources are linked in the announcement and saved to a common google folder for all to reference, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a0DXWcmwl4a5zM5lMsBZR_7uk8_OZhIY?usp=sharing. If you would like to share thoughts on resources, please contact Diversity@Clarkson.edu. We will also be using some of these resources as the basis of workshops and professional development throughout the year.
This week we offer resources on Supporting Friends, Students, and Colleagues within the Black Community. Over the course of the last several months, individuals and organizations have been asking questions about how best for non-Black people to show support and discuss race and racism with members of the Black community. We offer the following resources to consider how you are offering support, doing work on yourself to be ready to offer support, and learning about issues that impact the Black community.
The STEM LEAF ADVANCE team just hosted a fireside chat with Deb Elam that is a good general overview of supporting our Black colleagues, students, and fellow community members.
Our Conversation: Your Role in Antiracism
Fireside chat answering questions about what each of us can do at Clarkson to address racism
Deb Elam, President & CEO of Corporate Playbook, GE’s first black female corporate officer https://youtu.be/HPAVSgSFv0s
How to Support Black Colleagues
Here’s a good piece by Erin Saven at LinkedIn News that offes a variety of resources. How to support Black colleagues
Finally, a local piece on educating ourselves about racism.
THURSDAY, Aug 27
History of the KKK in St. Lawrence County to be presented Aug. 27 in Potsdam
A presentation on the local history of the KKK in St. Lawrence County will be hosted by the Potsdam Presbyterian Church and Black Lives Matter Potsdam. The talk will be held outdoors on the church grounds at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27.
Featured speakers will be local author and DeKalb Town Historian Bryan Thompson and John D. Youngblood, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, English, and Communications at SUNY Potsdam.