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Accessibility and Belonging: Cornerstones of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to disability studies scholar, Dr. Antonio L. Ellis , “accessibility means dismantling the barriers—physical, digital, and attitudinal—that impede the full participation of individuals with disabilities.” These twin pillars are indispensable in the pursuit of true diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Dr. Antonio L.

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Using the Law to Help Shape Public Policy - Jamelia N. Morgan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And that’s what Morgan has been doing as a professor of law and founding director of the Center for Racial and Disability Justice at Northwestern University, a position she has held since 2022. She has been laser focused as a critical scholar on examining how the law sometimes fails to remedy societal harms.

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Looking Back to See Forward - Dr. Nic John Ramos

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ramos recently served as a Ford Postdoctoral Fellow in the Program on Race, Science, and Society at the University of Pennsylvania and as the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow of Race in Science and Medicine at Brown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, the Department of Africana Studies, and the Cogut Institute. “If

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Museum Studies Program Seeks to Diversify the Field

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 1804, the New-York Historical Society (New-York Historical) and its stewards have been preserving and showcasing history. When we thought of diversity, we weren't necessarily thinking only about gender, racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic diversity, but also matters including disability studies, for example," Paley said.

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Eye to the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Disabled the Label provides a safe space for students with a diverse range of disabilities. Disabled the Label focuses on taking away the stigma of disability,” Lewis-Williams explains. They have done so many events and programs that encourage students with disabilities to participate in leadership development programs.

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Earth Day Colloquium: Energizing the global transition

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A widely recognized leader in sustainable cities, poverty alleviation, and building cultures of inclusion, Dasgupta has built strong cross-sector, multi-national coalitions with governments, corporations, and civil society. If you need a disability-related accommodation or have questions, please contact us at miteievents@mit.edu.

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Open to Change

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This wheel asks questions about race, gender, pronouns, age, disability, socioeconomic status, religion, and sexual orientation. Opened earlier this year, Coe College Center for Health and Society is an interdisciplinary/multi-disciplinary space for collaboration and conversation about health, wellness, environments and communities.

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