Parking Lot - 2026 Discussion Items by Antoniah Lewis-Reese

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alreese — 2025-11-19 23:47:03 UTC

Defining DEI work

alreese — 2025-11-20 21:31:54 UTC

What do we do, and how do we communicate that?

Anti-public health ideologies

alreese — 2025-11-20 21:32:46 UTC

How do we navigate and respond to this while maintaining our integrity and upholding our values?

Faculty support

alreese — 2025-11-20 21:34:39 UTC

What resources or services can we provide to support faculty related to accreditation, teaching, research, and other areas?

Mentoring

alreese — 2025-11-20 21:35:54 UTC

What guidance can we provide on mentoring to faculty, staff, and students?

Safe spaces

alreese — 2025-11-20 21:37:32 UTC

How can we foster safe spaces for our faculty, particularly junior and untenured faculty, to move equity work forward while also supporting their advancement, promotion, and tenure?

Civic Literacy

alreese — 2026-01-20 18:08:07 UTC

Civic literacy was mentioned as part of the IE vision for the next 5-10 years. Members agree that this is important, but that it needs more discussion.

Truth as a value

alreese — 2026-02-19 21:13:43 UTC

Dr. Trinidad Jackson (U of Louisville) suggested "truth" as a value given our commitment to science and the history of violence and oppression in this country. What term(s) best capture this concept for purposes of grounding our work?