Anti-Racism Community (ARC) Dialogues
ARC Dialogues are monthly discussions around issues related to racism, how it manifests in our personal and professional lives, and strategies for counteracting its effects. As Dr. Martin Luther King famously stated, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." The purpose of these ARC dialogues, therefore, is to not only provide learning opportunities but to serve as a springboard toward action that helps bend that moral arc. While these groups are open to all MU employees, this space is envisioned for those who have spent considerable time previously on learning about racism, identities, privilege, and their own role in this work. We are particularly mindful that equity and anti-racism work and the burden of educating white people on these issues often falls to people of color. As such, this group is meant to shift that focus and to avoid instances were emotional labor and time is extracted from persons of color on our campus.
For additional details, contact Dr. Jen Reid at jennifer.reid@marquette.marquette.edu or Jacki Black at jacqueline.black@marquette.edu.
Diversity Education Workshops
Students, faculty, and staff can request workshops on a variety of diversity and inclusion related topics, all facilitated by trained and experienced professionals. Topics include:
- Identity 101
- LGBTQ+ Awareness and Advocacy
- Inclusive Language
- Implicit Bias and Microaggressions
- Undocu-Ally Training
- Equity-Minded Hiring Practices
Complete this form to request a workshop, or for more information, contact: oib@marquette.edu or jacqueline.black@marquette.edu.
Employee Resource Groups
The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion supports a number of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to promote a sense of community, build personal and professional networks, enhance employee support and retention, and assist in attracting new employees to Marquette to foster a diverse and inclusive community. ERGs often host opportunities to learn more about how we can create a more welcoming and equitable working environment.
Faculty Diversity Book Club
Sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, this book club series geared toward faculty and instructors focuses on a wide-range of experiences and identities using current literature. For more information, contact: CTL@marquette.edu.
Inclusive Pedagogy and Classroom Climate
The Center for Teaching and Learning provides workshops on inclusive pedagogy and improving classroom climate upon requeste by academic units. Topics include but are not limited to: Transparent Design for Equity, Mitigating Hot Topics, Strategies for Classroom Equity, Stereotype Threat, Building an Inclusive Syllabus, Decolonizing Research, Teaching Through Turmoil with a Social Justice Lens. For more information, contact: CTL@marquette.edu.
Making Marquette Inclusive
The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and the University Committee on Equity and Inclusion offer a Making Marquette Inclusive discussion series for university employees, designed for departments or office units to participate as cohorts. Through a robust curriculum consisting of articles, videos, and facilitated conversations, participants in this 10-week mini-course will explore themes such as implicit bias, privilege, microaggressions, the promotion of equity, and effective dialogue orientations. Contact Jacki Black at jacqueline.black@marquette.edu for more information.
Personal Skills for a Diverse Campus
Beginning in 2021, Marquette employees have access to an online program entitled Faculty and Staff: Personal Skills for a Diverse Campus to help establish a common vocabulary around foundational diversity and inclusion concepts. Three modules cover a range of topics, including: defining diversity, addressing diversity resistance, identity terminology, communicating across difference, microaggressions/micro-affirmations, and the influence of implicit bias and strategies for counteracting its effects. For questions on this program, please contact Jacki Black at jacqueline.black@marquette.edu.
Symposium on Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
Each spring, the University Committee on Equity and Inclusion hosts the Symposium on Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice. This program serves as an “institutional examen” – a time to look inwardly at who we are and who we are called to be. All campus stakeholders are encouraged to participate in this discussion about how we are working to address discrimination at the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality, and offer a vision for the future of equity and inclusion at Marquette.