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Call us at: 928-523-8686 CED Contact
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Next Commission Meeting

Monday, February 1st, 2021, 12:30-2:00 pm. For now, meetings will continue to be held virtually through Zoom. Access meeting agendas and minutes here.

Contact Co-Chair Lorena Lechuga-Gutierrez

Email:
Lorena.lechuga-gutierrez​@nau.edu
Call:
928-523-9146

Contact Co-Chair Currently Vacant

Contact Graduate Assistant Shane Canitz

Email:
snc294​@nau.edu

2020 Virtual President’s Diversity and Equity Awards Celebration

The 2020 President’s Diversity and Equity Awards Virtual Celebration is available to watch on demand on YouTube.

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

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  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 TrimbleSmith (Former CED Co-Chair)

 

Commission on Ethnic Diversity
Location
Room 111 Building 10
NAU Old Main
620 S Knoles Dr.
Flagstaff, Arizona 860011
Contact Form
Email
Commission.EthnicDiversity@nau.edu
Phone
928-523-8686
Fax
928-523-0708