Our next meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 6, 12:00-1:30pm in Toy Lounge. We will take up the topic of leadership at UNC Chapel Hill, namely the changes in leadership that we have seen in the last two months and the ways we’d like to see the leadership of UNC Chapel Hill, interim, current, and future, take up issues of racial equity and inclusion. In other words, if we were to draft an open letter or wish list for our interim and future chancellor, and interim and future UNC systemwide president, what would we include? What issues would we like them to take up with respect to race, racism, equity, and inclusion?
Readings include:
1) A one sheet pdf on UNC’s strategic plan, “Blueprint for Next” — you can find the Blueprint for Next website on the Sakai Resources page for Racial Literacies under “Readings.”
2) “Advancing Diversity and Inclusion through Strategic Multilevel Leadership” (Takyama, Kaplan, Cook-Sather) — this essay published on the Association of American College and Universities website discusses several case studies of colleges and universities and the impetus behind their diversity and inclusion programs. https://www.aacu.org/liberaleducation/2017/summer-fall/takayama_kaplan_cook-sather
3) “Reclaiming the University of the People: Racial Justice Movements at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill” (Charlotte Fryar, American Studies PhD) — this is Charlotte Fryar’s dissertation, available as a public website (and a fine example of public humanities work). The section “Moving Forward” may be particularly useful for our discussion.