学生和社区活动

2019年4月, following several particularly egregious acts of racism directed toward Black students on and around the 中北书院 campus during the 2018-2019 academic year, the 中北书院 Black Student Association (BSA) hosted a forum aimed at expressing student concerns and making the broader campus community aware of the circumstances facing Black students on campus. 参加论坛的学生很多, 还有几位教职员工, 工作人员, 行政部门也出席了.

在论坛上，学生们向学院提出了一系列要求. 在接下来的日子里, 金伯利Sluis, 负责学生事务和战略倡议的副校长; 多萝西·普雷斯, 多元文化事务主任(后升任副院长); 和吉姆·戈多, AVP for External Affairs and special assistant to the President began meeting regularly with representatives from BSA to address the demands. 代表BSA的学生包括20岁的米利娅·哈里斯(Milia Harris), 明克·理查森，20届职员, 约书亚·西蒙斯20岁, Keley维拉诺瓦 22, 还有 伊扎雅·韦伯，20岁. This work continued in the 2019-2020 academic year with input from several additional students including Alexis Reese ’20, 谁在2019-2020年担任BSA的联合主席. These students worked alongside 工作人员 and administrators in what became informally known as the BSA Working Group to accomplish the following: 

• 实现所需的多样性, 股本, 并为所有新生和在读学生提供在线培训模块.  
• 为所有教职员工实施所需的隐性偏见在线培训模块.  
• 在第一年的研讨会/CARD 101课程中加入一个多元化、公平和包容的工作坊.  
• 开发 a transparent process for sharing bias incident data with the campus community (Note: The Bias Incident Response Team and Bias Education Teams were founded in 2016, 但当时还没有建立一种共享报告和后续数据的方式。).  
• 对体育运动和体育设施实施新的音乐政策.  
• 倡导 增加工作人员来支持立博在线体育的BIPOC学生, 导致博士的工作范围发生变化. 丽贝卡·戈登的角色，包括领导大学范围内的多样性, 股本, and inclusion efforts; the promotion of Dorothy Pleas into an assistant dean role in Student Affairs; and the increase of the number of assistant directors in the Office of 多元文化事务.

(The following is a memo sent to the 中北书院 Presidents Council from Stephen Maynard Caliendo and Dorothy Pleas on behalf of the President’s Task Force on 多样性, 股本, 和包容.)

多样性, 股本 和包容 Task Force and the Student Governing Association received a “Welcoming Campus Proposal” from a group of students that are calling themselves Everybody Comes In (ECI), which proposes actions for College support for undocumented students … Upon receiving and reviewing this proposal, 学生管理协会通过了一项决议，并要求多样性, 股本 和包容 Task Force to consider the expansion of initiatives and supports for undocumented students. 

ECI提交的提案要求学院将自己指定为“欢迎校园”.根据ECI的说法, 一个受欢迎的校园是“由学校组成的运动”, school districts and higher education institutions that call for protections to be put into place that will ensure a safe environment for ALL students, reaffirm the constitutional right of access to education and protect the rights of undocumented immigrants and other vulnerable populations.”  

 As the Task Force has been charged to “identify the needs of underrepresented members of our community and make recommendations for initiatives that will be ongoing with a clear intention to affect permanent cultural change on matters of diversity, “公平和包容”和“审查现有的多样性”, 整个校园的公平和包容倡议, 包括战略计划中的战略和战术, 重访所有时间线, 吸收新想法, 并相应地调整所有活动和时间表的优先顺序,“立博在线体育已经仔细审查了这项提案, 详细讨论了它的内容, 并向总统委员会提出以下建议. 

 It is important to note that there are a number of existing initiatives to support undocumented students already underway at 中北书院. 以下是其中许多倡议的清单. DEI工作队的建议承认并建立在现有工作和基础设施的基础上.  

• 入学和经济援助网页，详细介绍了无证申请人的大学资源 
• “Application for Additional Financial 援助 Consideration” for students who cannot complete the FAFSA and do not possess an F-1, H-4, 或J-1签证 
• Information provided by Financial 援助 and Office of 多元文化事务 about the Illinois RISE Act, 这为无证学生和变性学生提供了另一种经济援助措施 
• 无证学生资源网页，为社区成员概述当地资源 
• Events featuring speakers from local community organizations that support undocumented students and undocumented student support 工作人员 from Northern Illinois University and the University of St. 弗朗西斯 

• 工作人员 participation in Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling (IACAC) annual “Sharing the Dream” conference that shares best practices and resources for supporting undocumented students 
• 将立博在线体育纳入IACAC无证学生学院建议指南 

The Task Force recommends that the following tactics be added to “Pathway to a Brilliant Future: The 中北书院 战略计划,“为了进一步努力欢迎和支持无证学生， 

 策略: 加强招收和保留不同的学生、教师和工作人员. 

• 策略: 开发 a landing page on the external Internet and internal intranet detailing College commitment and resources available to support undocumented community members. 

负责人:Dorothy恳求 
建议开始日期:2020年7月1日 
建议截止日期:2021年1月1日 

 策略: 努力建立一个欢迎和支持多样性和包容性的校园社区, 不受歧视, 并就社会问题进行公民对话. 

• 策略: 为教职员开展有关移民权利和无证件盟友关系的培训, 教职员和学生每学期至少管理一次.  

负责人:Dorothy恳求 
建议开始日期:2020年7月1日 
建议截止日期:2021年1月1日 =

• 策略: 开发 and disseminate response protocol and individual rights for interaction with enforcement agencies/immigration authorities on campus for faculty, 教职员及学生. 

负责人:凯文·麦卡锡 
建议开始日期:2020年7月1日 
建议截止日期:2021年1月1日 

• 策略: 开发, implement and assess professional development opportunities to expand inclusive teaching practices and enrich cultural competencies in support of historically underserved populations on campus. 

负责人:Jennifer Keys 
建议开始日期:2020年8月1日 
建议截止日期:2021年8月1日  

The Task Force recommends that the owner of the following existing 战略计划 tactics consider the undocumented population as they work toward completion:  

• 策略: 对现有的公平、多样性和包容性举措进行彻底的、全校范围的审计. 

负责人:丽贝卡·戈登 

Marches to protest racial injustice have played a key role in the history of 中北书院 for decades. 他们一直是立博在线体育的学生反对偏见和分裂的重要表达方式. 目前正在对立博在线体育学院历史的这一重要方面进行研究, 在不久的将来，详细的记录将成为这个页面的一部分. 如欲了解更多校园游行的历史，请联络档案协调员. 丽贝卡·斯科文 rmskirvin@noctrl.edu.