[Peace-discuss] Hate Free Campus

[David Green]

http://occr.ucdavis.edu/hatefree/
 
Campus Council on Community and Diversity
Campus Action Plan               and Outline of the Hate Free Campus Initiative

Introduction


In response to several incidents of hate             and bias that plagued campuses in the UC system this past spring, the Office of             the President (UCOP) requested that each campus form an Advisory Council on             Campus Climate, Culture and Inclusion. The campus councils were required to             include representatives from the faculty, staff, student, alumni and local             community, and were charged with advising a course of action(s) in response to             incidents of hate and bias, and monitoring and evaluating the campus’s effort to             promote diversity and build a more inclusive community. 
The UC Davis Campus Council on Community and Diversity (CCC&D) has served this purpose for more than             a decade. We recommended that the CCC&D’s membership be reorganized this past             spring (additional faculty representatives with expertise in diversity issues             and representatives from our alumni and local community) to meet the new             criteria of the proposed campus advisory councils and serve as the UC Davis             advisory council. This recommendation was approved by the Office of the             President. The CCC&D is now chaired by Chancellor Katehi with the Provost &             Executive Vice Chancellor and the Associate Executive Vice Chancellor for Campus             Community Relations serving as co-vice chairs. During the 2010 spring quarter,             the CCC&D was charged by Chancellor Katehi to develop a Campus Action Plan in             response to the incidents of hate and bias that had
 occurred on campus during             the quarter. The CCC&D held several emergency meetings during the spring in             addition to its regularly scheduled meetings to develop both immediate action             steps (in response to the current situation) and a campus action plan to             proactively address future incidents. 
At the June 17, 2010 meeting, the Council             completed its Campus Action Plan for responding to incidents of hate and bias.             The action plan is both responsive to these types of incidents and proactively             supports educational opportunities that promote our campus Principles of             Community. 
As a first step in executing the action plan, the CCC&D has             reorganized its subcommittee structure to include two new subcommittees. The             “Academic Issues and Concerns” subcommittee is charged with reviewing the new             General Education program scheduled to be implemented in 2012 and the curriculum             listed as satisfying the diversity requirement; collaborating with the Academic             Senate/Federation Affirmative Action & Diversity Committee and making             recommendation for courses which would strengthen our efforts to foster a better             understanding of the educational value of diversity; and promoting educational             activities that foster a greater awareness of cultural diversity and encourages             opportunities for cross-cultural learning experiences. The subcommittee will             also review our current strategies for increasing the number of underrepresented 
            minority faculty and staff, and make recommendations on how we can increase the             yield result of our efforts in these areas. 
The “Student Life Issues and Campus             Climate” subcommittee is charged with reviewing campus strategies for increasing             the number of underrepresented minority students, advising and collaborating             with student life campus units and student organizations (i.e. Cross Cultural             Center, Women’s Resources and Resource Center, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and             Transgender Resource Center, Black Student Union, Graduate Student Association,             Associated Students of UC Davis, School of Medicine Student orgs, etc.) in the             development of programs designed to foster a more inclusive campus climate, and             supporting the development of leadership training opportunities for students and             professional development training in cultural competency for students and staff. 
The Campus Action Plan also calls for the creation of a “Rapid Response Team”             with established protocols for addressing future incidents of hate and bias on             the Davis and Sacramento campuses. Members of the team will include             representatives from Student Affairs, Administrative Resources and Management,             Campus Community Relations, UC Davis Health System, UC Davis Police Department,             University Communications, Campus Counsel, Human Resources, and the student             community. The team will be responsible for the campus’s initial response to             incidents of hate and bias including the preliminary assessment of whether the             event is a hate crime as defined by law and required to be referred directly to             the police department, facilitating and coordinating internal and external             (media) communications, security and safety issues, and building &
 maintenance             concerns. The Rapid Response Team will be co-chaired by the Assistant Vice             Chancellor for Student Affairs and the Associate Executive Vice Chancellor.             These two administrators will also serve as the UC Davis contacts for the new             UCOP Hate and Bias Reporting System. 
The Campus Action Plan also includes the             launching of a “Hate-Free Campus Initiative” that seeks to proactively engages             the entire campus community in educational programs, training and activities             designed to confront and stop acts of hate, foster a greater awareness and             appreciation for diversity, promote civility and respect in our human             interactions, and build a more inclusive campus community. Below is an outline             of the Hate-Free Campus Initiative.
	1. Formal announcement of the CCC&D Campus             Action Plan including the Hate-Free Campus Initiative during the Student             Activities Faire on October 13, 2010
	* Place articles announcing the Campus             Action Plan and the Hate-Free Campus Initiative in the Aggie, Dateline, Davis             Enterprise, and other news outlets.
	* Develop and distribute Hate-Free Campus             Initiative flyers at the Student Activities Faire.
	* Collaborate with student             leaders (ASUCD, Graduate & Professional Student Associations, Student Assistants             to the Chancellor and Cross Cultural Center Campus Climate Interns, Greek             Organizations) and encourage their input and assistance in sponsoring programs             and activities for the student community in support of the Hate-Free Campus             Initiative. 
	* Meet with the leadership of faculty and staff constituent groups             to seek their input, support, and request that each group sponsor a Hate-Free             Campus activity or program for the 2010-11 academic year with funding support             from the Office of Campus Community Relations. 
	2. Collaborate with the Museum of             Tolerance on training/professional development activities and programmatic             initiatives in support of the Hate-Free Campus Initiative. 
	* Bring the “Point of             View Caf� Exhibit” to both the Davis and Sacramento campuses of UC Davis             (consider other exhibits that would be appropriate educational tools for an             academic institution. 
	* Collaborate with the Museum of Tolerance (staff) in the             development of educational workshops and training seminars for managers,             department chairs, staff and students. 
	* Co-sponsor community forums focused on             topics related to the Hate-Free Campus Initiative. 
	3. Initiate “the Civility Project.” 
	* This yearlong project is designed to use history and the arts to engage members of the university community in an examination of how incivility has been and continues to be manifested on campus, and to suggest alternative engagements in the future. Graduate student fellows will create a web-based history of incivility on campus and an original documentary theatre performance based on recent enactments of hate and incivility on the UC Davis campus. In a related project, funded by the Peter J. Shields Library, the Office of Campus Community Relations, and the Department of History, a graduate student fellow will conduct archival research on relevant Shields Library’s Special Collections holdings, in order to help develop research models and pedagogical materials that facilitate critical and meaningful scholarship when the object) of study are controversial materials that require sensitivity in their presentation.
	4. Continue the             Hate-Free Campus Distinguished Speakers Series.
	* Following up on the successful             campus visits and lectures by National Endowment for the Humanities Chairmen,             Jim Leach and author/activist, Tim Wise (spring 2010), we plan to have a noted             speaker for this series in the fall, winter and spring quarters of the 2010-11             academic year. 
	5. The Moises Kaufman Residency Program (October 2010). 
	* Moises Kaufman will spend two days on campus presenting a lecture, conducting a master             class and visiting classrooms. Moises is the son of a Holocaust survivor and             “grew up in overwhelmingly Catholic and adamantly heterosexual Caracas,             Venezuela, as a yeshiva-trained Orthodox Jew with sidelocks, hiding from his own             people because he was gay.” Both through his personal experience, and through             his work researching and creating the play The Laramie Project, based on the             murder of an openly gay student in Laramie, Wyoming, Kaufman is positioned to             help the campus address our recent incidents of hate and bias, and to provide a             keen sense of both the personal and the global impact they have. 
	6. Annual Principles of Community Celebration Week (March 2011). 
	* The annual POC Week             Celebration will offer a number of Hate-Free Campus programs and activities for             faculty, staff, students and members of the general community. 
	* All faculty and             staff will be encouraged to complete the new POC Online Training Course during             the 2010-11 academic year. 
	* Student Affairs units will review the POC course             with an eye to determine how we might adjust it for the student community. 
	7. Cultural Days 
	* Cultural Days Programming will include various student programs             and activities in support of the Hate-Free Campus Initiative.
	8. The Reaffirming             Ethnic Awareness and Cultural Harmony (REACH) Retreat (January 2011). 
	* The             annual REACH Retreat will incorporate training and activities for student             leaders in support of the Hate-Free Campus Initiative. 
The programs, training             and activities initiated this year during the Hate-Free Campus Initiative will             serve as a foundation for ongoing and future events in support of our effort to             stop incidents of hate and bias and build a safe, welcoming and inclusive campus             environment.
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