One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building 社区 of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.贝尔钩
任务
The mission of the Office of 学生多样性和包容性 (OSDI) is to provide support, resources, programming, and advocacy for marginalized students at Skidmore 大学. We work towards belonging and liberation for students, staff, and faculty of all 身份 at Skidmore through building 护理社区 that foster leadership, personal and professional development, and positive and sustainable 跨越差异的关系. We also seek to provide educational opportunities for the Skidmore community related to privilege, oppression, power, equity, and justice around race, ethnicity, class, age, body size, gender identity and expression, sexuality, ability, religion/spirituality, and their intersections in support of student success 以及一个包容的校园社区. We collaborate with other campus departments and offices to cultivate learning, development, and leadership; promote academic excellence; build community across difference; and enhance the lives of all students, staff, and 365买球官网学院的教员.
愿景
OSDI envisions 365买球官网大学 to be an equity and justice-centered institution that recognizes and affirms the intersectional realities of people’s lives and challenges 压迫制度. We seek to foster intentional 跨越差异的关系 to examine, learn, and understand our collective responsibility to create more liberatory 社区.
核心价值和基础
- Our work is based in a philosophy of 涓涓细流的社会正义 or the idea that if the most vulnerable and marginalized in our 社区 have what they need to be successful and thrive at Skidmore, everyone on campus will have what they need to be successful and thrive.
- OSDI recognizes social justice as both an end goal and an ongoing, ever evolving process1.
- While this process can sometimes surface conflict, we also believe that no one is disposable, we are all necessary in equity-centered work at 365买球官网大学. 在OSDI, this means we strive to build 社区 on campus that have commitments to consciousness raising, honest feedback, and personal growth.
- 从 博士的工作. Kimberlee克伦肖, OSDI operates from an intersectional understanding of power and identity, striving
to embrace and celebrate members of the Skidmore community in their multiple and overlapping
身份.
- We are also aware of the impact that intersecting 压迫制度 can have on multiply marginalized students, staff, and faculty. 因此，OSDI工作在中心 these experiences and perspectives in our daily work and decision-making processes.
- 欢乐和乐趣 are acts of resistance and are necessary in social justice work!
1 亚当斯,米.贝尔，L. A.古德曼，D. J.什拉斯科，D.布里格斯. R., & 帕切科,R. (Eds.). (2022). Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice, 4th ed. 劳特利奇.
案例中心标志
多元化和包容性 at 365买球官网大学
