Articles Tagged: Diversity, equity and inclusion

Community members and students voice concerns that the Iowa City school district’s diversity, equity and inclusion plan is not enough.

To ensure all Cedar Rapidians have a “mirror” reflecting themselves in library books, staff began auditing the collection in 2018 for representation and have successfully increased diversity, starting with young adult fiction.

“Coe has made significant investments in this area, and will continue to do so going forward,” says the college’s new president.

Racial Equity Connect — or R.E. Connect — was co-founded by Tracy Jon Sargeant and V Fixmer-Oraiz about six months ago. Since then, they have recruited organizations, spoken with elected officials and began creating a network for people of color.

A national nonprofit civil-liberties group is calling on the University of Iowa College of Law to remove or revise a new question it added to faculty evaluation forms asking how the professors have improved their law school’s “diversity, equity, and inclusion” — calling those terms “broad,” “subjective,” and “political.”

Buch recently started as the city’s first Diversity, Equity, Inclusion manager and will help guide long-term systemic change of the organization with the support of the city team

The district adds an equity director and equity advisory committee to further anti-racism work.

As Iowa continues to face workforce shortages, accepting diversity could make the difference between surviving and thriving

With special art installations throughout the city and newly incorporated festivals, Cedar Rapids is making new efforts during Welcoming Week to support immigrants who will be critical to the future of Cedar Rapids.

A year after George Floyd’s death, two organizations that gained visibility took different tracks on the trail to their goals.

The program is a part of the district’s diversity, equity and inclusion plan to retain more underrepresented teachers, administrators and staff

Other laws taking effect Thursday cover child care, protests, diversity training, crimes

A new mural in downtown Cedar Rapids, inspired by the rallying cries after George Floyd’s murder last summer, celebrates diversity and unity in the city.

After demands last year for more artistic opportunities for people of color, the city has responded.

With every stroke of a brush, every thread of a bobbin and every snap of the shutter, people of color experienced a form of autonomy and freedom many had never known before coming into the Black Liberation Space.