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Commission Meetings

The next CED meeting for Spring 2023 is scheduled for February 6th, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Meetings are typically held the first Monday of each month, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated.

Spring 2023 Meeting Schedule

  • Monday, January 23rd, 2023, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
  • Monday, February 6th, 2023, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
  • Monday, March 6th, 2023, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
  • Monday, April 3rd, 2023, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.

Contact Co-Chair Sharon S. Doctor

Email:
Sharon.Doctor​@nau.edu
Call:
928-523-6960

Contact Co-Chair Gretchen McAllister

Email:
Gretchen.McAllister​@nau.edu
Call:
928-523-0363

Contact Graduate Assistant Prince Osei Agyemang

Email:
po239​@nau.edu

Announcement:

We are pleased to announce that nomination for the 2023 President’s Award for Ethnic Diversity has been opened.

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

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 TrimbleSmith (Former CED Co-Chair)

 

 

 

 

Commission on Ethnic Diversity
Location
Room 110 Building 10
NAU Old Main
620 S Knoles Dr.
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
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