Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance (LACRELA)

March 22, 2021

Dear Colleagues,

In January, Williams joined the USC Race and Equity Center’s Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance (LACRELA), a consortium that now boasts close to 70 colleges. Membership to LACRELA affords the college access to several resources, including the ability to send up to 8 participants (staff and faculty) to monthly virtual sessions on topics as wide-ranging as confronting explicit acts of racism and racial violence on campus, strategically hiring faculty of color, supporting and retaining faculty of color, strategically diversifying staff at all levels, and creating equitable pathways to leadership roles for employees of color, among others.

Faculty and staff are invited to view the full slate of eConvenings and express interest in those sessions you might like to attend. Working with senior staff, I will review the responses and make sure the opportunities are available to as many people as possible.

Thank you for considering participating in these sessions.

All the best,
Ngoni

Monday, January 24, 2022 12pm-3pm LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES RACIAL EQUITY LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE ECONVENING- MEANINGFULLY INTEGRATING RACIAL TOPICS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
Monday, April 5, 2021 12pm-3pm ACCOUNTABILITY AND INCENTIVES FOR ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 12pm-3pm CONFRONTING EXPLICIT ACTS OF RACISM AND RACIAL VIOLENCE ON CAMPUS
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12pm-3pm DISAGGREGATING DATA TO IDENTIFY RACIAL INEQUITIES
Thursday, July 15, 2021 12pm-3pm RECOVERING FROM COVID-19 RACIAL INEQUITIES
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 12pm-3pm TEACHING THE TRUTH ABOUT SLAVERY AND AMERICA’S RACIAL HISTORY
Thursday, September 16, 2021 12pm-3pm STRATEGICALLY HIRING FACULTY OF COLOR
Monday, October 4, 2021 12pm-3pm SUPPORTING AND RETAINING FACULTY OF COLOR
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 12pm-3pm RECRUITING AND STRATEGICALLY DIVERSIFYING STAFF AT ALL LEVELS
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 12pm-3pm CREATING EQUITABLE PATHWAYS TO LEADERSHIP ROLES FOR EMPLOYEES OF COLOR