[Nsac] People's First Workgroup Invitation

[Iris Ruiz]

Hi all:

As we continue to think about the way forward and are figuring out how to
make adjustments to our current lives in every aspect, I want you to know
that I am very committed to encouraging conversations across many respects
and avenues. I'd like to encourage pedagogical and interdisciplinary
conversations, antiracist conversations sustainability conversations, and
self-care conversations among others. To that end, in order to have
conversations, we need folks to have them with.

UC Merced has avenues for starting such conversations, and hopefully we can
think about committing some of our time to engaging them.

The People's First Workgroup description:

*People First*

The People First workgroup will inform our campus-wide strategies on
COVID-19 scenario planning and how they impact our people (faculty, staff,
and students), through the development of general principles guidelines,
surveying, and virtual focus groups. In placing “people first” the
workgroup will also ensure that the campus is providing adequate support
and responding to gaps and issues in real-time. It will also assist in
providing evidence-based impact data to internal and external constituents.
The longer-term plan is to transition this workgroup to lead the
development and implementation in our “people strategy” for staff,
students, and faculty.

I also encourage you to please visit the following link to sign up for a
focus group:

https://diversity.ucmerced.edu/form/people-first-workgroup-0


Thanks!


Iris



-- 
Iris Ruiz on "Pedagogue" https://www.pedagoguepodcast.com/episodes.html

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