Many of the initiatives and events happening at UNC Charlotte are guided by the stories and lived experiences of our campus and surrounding communities. These offerings are designed to leverage our existing diversity to enrich education and engagement experiences for campus students and employees. To learn more about the growing number of initiatives at UNC Charlotte, we invite you to explore the Campus DEI Inventory (below). Check out our campus cultural events or list of ODI signature initiatives (coming soon) in you are interested in participating. ALL are welcomed!
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CAMPUS DEI INVENTORY
The Campus DEI Inventory is a searchable database of all diversity, equity, and inclusion centered initiatives throughout campus. As this database continues to grow, we invite you to help us keep it up-to-date. If you know of an initiative that is not listed, please click the SUBMIT OR UPDATE YOUR DEI INITIATIVES button below and complete the form. Thank you for your commitment to inclusive excellence.
Submit or Update Your DEI Initiatives
Taking our cue from the Movement for Black Lives, our first priority is to dismantle anti-Black racism, which is reflected in the action plan attached. Expanding upon this, we aim to (1) identify and break down barriers to full participation of women/historically...
UNC Charlotte is a community partner of Race Matters for Juvenile Justice. Race Matters for Juvenile Justice (RMJJ) formed in 2010 as a leadership collaborative working within their community to reduce disproportionality and disparate outcomes for children and...
Create community and provide healing/support
Study and strategize within the context of the organization’s mission
Resolve conflict and solve problems collectively
Plan, discuss, debate, draft recommendations to help the organization move towards its goals of...
Theme: Houseless Close to Home: Stories from Our Own Backyard
The UNC Charlotte School of Social Work Race and Social Equity (RASE) Academy Fall Forum is hosted in collaboration with the Atkins Library. The purpose of this forum is to address racial and social...
Theme: Strategies for Holistic Healing: Mental Health and Diverse Communities during COVID-19
The UNC Charlotte School of Social Work Race and Social Equity Academy (RASE) Spring Forum is hosted in collaboration with the J. Murrey Atkins Library. The forum will...
This project is part of a recently submitted grant to NSF that seeks to understand how students’ team experiences may differ based on gender, race/ethnicity and the intersection of race and gender, English language skills, class level (e.g. freshmen, seniors), and...
Academy for Veteran and Military Health (AVMH)’s mission is to develop partnerships for excellence in research, service, and education for veterans, military and their families.
The mission assumes our customer is the veteran, military member and their families....
This research involves the design of a robot to aid students and faculty who are visually impaired at various levels with navigating campus. The project will include the design of a database, mobile application, and robot.
This research project is a collaboration with researchers at Rice University and Michigan State University exploring a process model of resilience for minorities who have experienced race-based identity threat and/or identity trauma in the workplace.
1.Kaniuka, A., Job, S.A., Brooks, B.D., Guo, Y....
4 week evaluation session for new Resident Advisor candidates
Panelists made up of a diverse group of student members of campus organizations will answer questions from employers on the topic of Diversity, Equity,...
The objective of this program is to help build a network of support for incoming, underrepresented students by pairing them with undergraduate and graduate students who have or are successfully navigating the University system. All student participants will receive...
The purpose of the Safe Zone Program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is to create an affirming and supportive campus climate through identifying and educating members of our campus community who are open to and affirming of all individuals...
Presentation at the 35th Foster Family Treatment Association Annual Conference (July 25-28, 2021): Social Determinants of Health during COVID-19 Impacting Children and Youth in Foster Care: The “HOT ZONE”; purpose to increase awareness and knowledge level about the...
