Tenets
- We are ambassadors of equity and inclusion across campus.
- We will develop concrete recommendations to and accountability metrics for the President/Provost/Administration and shared governing bodies for change.
- We will set the tone of engagement for diversity, equity and inclusion work at UMBC.
- We will communicate, receiving and conveying, information about the work of OEI and the Inclusion Council.
- We will engage in work that promotes equitable educational opportunities.
- We will engage in work that transforms UMBC’s culture of inclusion.
- We will communicate with candor, speak truth to power, and hold one another accountable for centering equity and inclusion in our work and disrupting systemic discrimination.
Goals
- Help UMBC be inclusive, be just, and be its best self.
- Empower, connect and build upon the existing equity work across campus and
champion the campus’s commitment to inclusive excellence. - Ensure the work of the Inclusion Council is meaningful for Faculty/Staff/Students.
- Maintain channels of communication with the UMBC community at large to gage equity
and inclusion issues of concern. - Ensure student access, participation and approachability to UMBC opportunities,
including the Inclusion Council. - Disrupt systems of oppression operating within UMBC and create a culture where all
groups and individuals are valued. - Ensure campus/community partnerships are mutually beneficial and practice reciprocity
and shared decision making.