The Diversity and Inclusion Council is broken into the following five working groups, each with different responsibilities.
Education/Training & Communication:Recommendations (Best Practices Tools, Resources) for Faculty, staff and learners, Sharing information both within and beyond council “walls”
Getting Started Area: Building Blocks (white privilege, Implicit Bias, etc.)
Projects Completed
Communication Platform: Council Wiki site (launching April 2016)
New member training resource: Self-guided training page on the Council Wiki site
Recruitment & Retention Strategies: Strategies for ensuring excellence in search committees and other selection processes, Best Practices for Outreach & "In-Reach"
Alejandro Aballay
Sharyn Endow
Mike Boyce
Margarita Bidegain
Lisa Ho
Steve Patierno
Mark Stacy
Michael Haglund
Projects
D&I training for Chairs, Division Chiefs, Program Directors, Institute Heads
Inclusion Council needs to have 7:30 am meetings
Culture & Climate:Diversity Task Force Report; assessing and advancing Inclusion (AAMC diversity and engagement survey, faculty and work climate surveys).
Gina Streaty
John McCall
Randy Grimes
Jurgen Wanke
Kathryn Andolsek
Jessica Friedman
Rachel Reilly
Sharon Updike
Sherilynn Black
Erin Lesesky
Projects
Dissemination of D&I to all levels of leadership
Implicit Bias training for all staff and faculty
Spread the word on Inclusion Council's work and progress
Biggest Challenges: strategies to increase survey participation, creating action items from survey results, improving communication about the survey.