[Nsac] Fwd: Developing Anti-Oppressive Communities: Supporting Black Students and Mentees - NCFDD Webinar, Aug 18th

[Iris Ruiz]

FYI....just in case you might have missed this announcement. MWP is pushing
for more anti-racist resources and ways to support our fellow Black
colleagues and communities, and this might be a good way to begin that work.

Take care!

Iris
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From: Vice Provost for the Faculty <vpf at ucmerced.edu>
Date: Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 8:12 AM
Subject: Developing Anti-Oppressive Communities: Supporting Black Students
and Mentees - NCFDD Webinar, Aug 18th
To: ucmfacultyemployees <ucmfacultyemployees at ucmerced.edu>
Cc: Teenie Matlock <tmatlock at ucmerced.edu>, Zulema Valdez <
zvaldez at ucmerced.edu>, Kelly Anders <kanders at ucmerced.edu>, Gregg Camfield <
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Dear Colleagues,

As we begin to prepare for the Fall semester in unprecedented times, we
wanted to remind you that UC Merced is an institutional member of the *National
Center for Faculty Development and Diversity *(NCFDD).

The NCFDD is offering a webinar of interest to our campus community:

*Developing Anti-Oppressive Communities: Supporting Black Students and
Mentees*
Tue, Aug 18, 2020
11:00am - 12:00pm PDT

Facilitator
Wanda Swan

This webinar will provide attendees with opportunities to identify and
reflect on their privileges and biases and how these impact their ability
to effectively serve as teachers and scholars. The presenter will discuss
strategies for identifying and combating anti-Black racism in classrooms
and research groups, how to most effectively support Black students and
colleagues, and how to proactively contribute to diverse and inclusive
campus communities, whether those be classrooms, research teams, labs, or
committees. The presenter will also address how the unequal impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn and the recent racist killings of
Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery impact black research
assistants and postdocs and the role of faculty and PIs in supporting Black
mentees during the present historical moment.

***
About the NCFDD

The NCFDD is an independent faculty development center dedicated to
supporting academics in making successful transitions throughout their
careers, and the Institutional Membership provides all faculty, postdocs,
and grad students with access to NCFDD’s member resources.

As an Institutional Member, you have access to the following resources
online at no cost to you:

• Weekly Monday Motivator
• Monthly Core Curriculum Webinars (creating a semester plan, developing a
daily writing practice)
• Monthly Guest Expert Webinars (how to engage in healthy conflict, how to
create a presence on Twitter)
• Access to Multi-Week Courses
• Access to Dissertation Success Curriculum for graduate students
• Private Discussion Forum for peer-mentoring, problem-solving, & moderated
writing challenges
• Monthly accountability buddy matches
• Access to 14-Day Writing Challenges
• Access to the Member Library that includes past webinar materials,
referrals, and readings

We encourage you to claim your membership by going to
www.FacultyDiversity.org/Join <http://www.facultydiversity.org/Join>. Once
you complete the registration process and receive the “welcome email” from
NCFDD, you can register for the upcoming webinar and other activities and
events. We’re excited to offer our faculty, postdocs, and graduate students
with the opportunity to participate in NCFDD’s unique form of mentoring and
career development.

If you have any questions or comments about the membership, please contact
Zulema Valdez, Associate Vice Provost for the Faculty at
zvaldez at ucmerced.edu.

If you have any technical questions, please email NCFDD at
Membership at FacultyDiversity.org.

Thank You,

Office of the Vice Provost for the Faculty


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Iris Ruiz on "Race and WPA" https://sparkactivism.com/ccgpodcast/
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