When we launched the Friday Forum series, we had two questions in mind: 1. How do we as a community make anti-racism an everyday action? 2. How do we begin healing from our nation’s legacy of anti-black racism and systemic inequities that live deep in our communities? Over the summer, a cross-divisional campus team began exploring the second question at the AAC&U Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Institute. We returned to the first question in our first Friday Forum focused on confronting racism in the institutional hierarchies of higher education. We will continue to uproot racism and plant seeds of anti-racism to grow 2021. In this month’s Friday Forum, we turn our attention to the various practices and initiatives that foster racial healing in our communities, grapple with the tensions and harm of institutional practices, and set a vision for eradicating racism.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is taking a stand against racism and bringing the University of Utah to the forefront of the conversation through the launch of the Friday Forum series on Racism in Higher Education. Each month we will lead national conversations with the goal of helping attendees start on a journey to eradicate racism and share best practices for sustained growth and action.

January 29, 2021 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm MST