Commission Meetings

Meetings are typically held the first Monday of each month, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated. The next CED meeting which is also the first in Spring 2025 will be on February 3, 2025; 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

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Spring 2025 Meeting Schedule:

February 3, 2025
March 3, 2025
April 7, 2025
May 5, 2025

Announcement

Nominations for the 2025 CED President’s Awards for Ethnic Diversity are now open

Commission on Ethnic Diversity

The Commission on Ethnic Diversity (CED) offers an opportunity for dialogue, shared experiences, and advocating change for people of color and allies committed to anti-racist, non-discriminatory, and participatory practices through collaboration with other university commissions, academic units, and the Chief Diversity Officer of Northern Arizona University (NAU). CED seeks to create environments that reflect the struggles and successes of communities of color in both the United States and in global contexts.

For students, staff, faculty, and administrators, CED strive to:

Promote the recruitment and retention of students, staff, faculty, and administrators of color at NAU
Advocate for equity in salary and working conditions by strategically negotiating policies and practices
Contribute to the development of a welcoming and supportive environment for faculty, staff, and students of color at NAU
Support the integration of academic and student affairs programming focused on racial/ethnic diversity issues
Collaborate with other university commissions to make recommendations to NAU’s Office of the President

Members contribute to diversity awareness and campus dialogue by sharing their own experiences and cultural perspectives.

Membership is voluntary and open to the campus community, students, faculty, and staff.

Join CED today!

Why Our Work Is Important

As longtime members of the NAU community and the Commission on Ethnic Diversity, our focus has been to build a community of support for our students and colleagues. The Commission on Ethnic Diversity gives us the opportunity to learn and engage with one another and being open to hear from those who are different from us is central to our being in a global community. We welcome the NAU community to join us at our monthly meetings. – Dr. Ishmael Munene and Sharon Singer Doctor, Current CED Co-Chairs.

I am a part of CED to appreciate where I am today and to honor my past, my family, and my community. We are all part of something larger than the sum of us, and that something requires meaningful work. As Gloria E. Anzaldúa reminds us, “do work that matters, vale la pena” (it’s worth the pain). -Dr. T. Mark Montoya (Former Co-Chair [2013-2015])

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Just like a vital organ within the human body, the Commission on Ethnic Diversity is a necessary valve within the heart of Northern Arizona University. Like the human heart, valves keep blood moving in the right direction. The Commission’s purpose is to be one of the forces in which justice, righteousness and compassion for all people, flow throughout the NAU community in a positive and productive direction, especially those of diverse backgrounds. Without that valve… without CED, injustice could threaten the vitality of the healthy heart. I believe in Northern Arizona University. I believe that we all have a role in sustaining the true heart of a Lumberjack. – Denise Trimble Smith (Former CED Co-Chair)

Commission Meetings

Spring 2025 Meeting Schedule:

Contact Co-Chair Sharon S. Doctor

Contact Co-Chair Gretchen McAllister

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Commission on Ethnic Diversity

Why Our Work Is Important

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