UC Davis DEI Office:
UC Davis Principles of Community:
https://occr.sf.ucdavis.edu/poc
UC Davis 2019-2020 DEI impact report:
DEI monthly newsletter:
https://diversity.ucdavis.edu/your-information-newsletter
11 actions toward anti-racism:
https://diversity.ucdavis.edu/being-ally-requires-being-anti-racist
Anti-racism syllabus at UC Davis:
https://diversity.ucdavis.edu/anti-racism-syllabus
Free trainings:
https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/learning-dev/certificate/cross-cultural
https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/learning-dev/certificate/grad-ed
https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/learning-dev/certificate/implicit-bias
https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/learning-dev/certificate/diversity
DEI Resources for Plant Sciences
Purpose: a collaborative document to collect and organize resources related to DEI in Plant Sciences.
Goal: build potential content for the Plant Sciences DEI Committee to consider sharing through the Plant Sciences DEI webpage (located under the “About” tab on the Plant Sciences homepage): https://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/diversity-equity-and-inclusion
Mentorship Opportunities, Outreach, Recruitment
- MANRRS: https://caes.ucdavis.edu/students/clubs/manrrs
- S.E.E.D.S:https://stem.ucdavis.edu/resources/s-e-e-d-s-strategies-for-ecology-education-diversity-and-sustainability/
Training Opportunities and Certificates through UC Davis
- UndocuAlly Training for educators: February 25, 2021. An opportunity for educators to engage in shared knowledge and opportunities regarding serving and advocating alongside the undocumented and immigrant student community at UC Davis https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/learning-dev/course-catalog/student/undocually
UndocuAlly Trainings: for peers https://undocumented.ucdavis.edu/education/upp
- ACCELERATE: a free online course to support the creation of inclusive and equitable online learning environments through the Center for Educational Effectiveness at UC Davis. https://cee.ucdavis.edu/learning-teaching/accelerate-fellows#:~:text=ACCELERATE%20Asynchronously%2C%20a%20self%2Dpaced,when%20they%20finish%20the%20course.
- Understanding Diversity Certificate Series: https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/learning-dev/certificate/diversity
- Implicit Bias Series: https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/learning-dev/certificate/implicit-bias
- Graduate Education Certificate Series: for advisors and staff https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/learning-dev/certificate/grad-ed
- Cross Cultural Competence Certificate Series: https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/learning-dev/certificate/cross-cultural
- Resources for Diversifying the Hiring Process: https://hr.ucdavis.edu/supervisors/diversity/affirm-action-resources
https://diversity.ucdavis.edu/how-do-i/diversify-my-hiring
- Transformative Justice in Education Center: https://education.ucdavis.edu/transformative-justice-education-center
- Asking Different Questions Training Series: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Science funded by the National Science Foundation Innovations in Graduate Education https://fri.ucdavis.edu/asking-different-questions
- Global Education for All Initiatives, GE4A: a framework serving as an initial resource for any campus member to integrate the ‘global citizen’ perspectives into curriculum and activity plans to promote understanding of cultural differences https://globalaffairs.ucdavis.edu/ge4a
Webinar Series & Virtual Events
- SABER Initiative: Striving towards inclusion in academic biology, bi-weekly webinar series, Winter-Spring Quarter 2021 https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/2021/01/striving-towards-inclusion-in-academic-biology-spring-webinar-series/
- 6th Annual Latino Farmer Conference, February 11, 2021 https://latinofarmerconference.ncat.org/ingles.php
Land Acknowledgement
- [Link Plant Sciences Land Acknowledgement PDF from Dr. Taylor’s email on 10/3/2020]
- [Sam Hilborn’s explanation from the 6 Things Appendix]
DEI-Related Graduate Groups Associated with Plant Sciences
- Graduate Group in Ecology: https://ecology.ucdavis.edu/diversity-gge
- Graduate Group in Horticulture & Agronomy Outreach Committee: https://hortaggradstudents.ucdavis.edu/about/committee
Links to DEI-Related Organizations at UC Davis and Beyond
- UC Access: promoting access and inclusion for disaled students, staff, and faculty at the University of California, founded by MSc student in Horticulture & Agronomy Megan Lynch https://twitter.com/accessuc
- AB540 and Undocumented Student Center https://undocumented.ucdavis.edu
- Center for African Diaspora Student Success: https://cadss.ucdavis.edu
- Center for Chicanx and Latinx Academic Student Success: https://cclass.ucdavis.edu
- Native American Academic Student Success Center: https://naassc.ucdavis.edu
- Cross Cultural Center: https://ccc.ucdavis.edu
- LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex and Asexual) Resource Center: https://lgbtqia.ucdavis.edu
- Middle Eastern, North Aftican, South Asian Student Resources: https://menasa.ucdavis.edu
- Student Recruitment and Retention Center: https://srrc.ucdavis.edu
- Women’s Resources and Research Center: https://wrrc.ucdavis.edu
- Community Advising Network: https://shcs.ucdavis.edu/services/counseling/community-advising-network
- Office of Educational Opportunity and Enrichment Services: https://opportunity.ucdavis.edu/about
- UC Davis Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coronavirus Resources: https://diversity.ucdavis.edu/coronavirus-resources
Volunteer Opportunities
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Guides for Writing DEI Statements
- [for students]
- [for PIs for their labs]
Reporting Resources at UC Davis
- UC Davis website for confidentially reporting hate and bias: https://reporthateandbias.ucdavis.edu/
- UC Davis presentation about navigating unfair treatment and useful campus resources: https://aadocs.ucdavis.edu/training/Faculty%20Bag%20Lunch/2018-2019/recognizing-and-responding-to-bullying--abusive-behavior.pdf
- Harassment & Discrimination Assistance and Prevention https://hdapp.ucdavis.edu/about-us
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