{"id":27299,"date":"2021-03-27T13:47:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T17:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?page_id=27299"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:19:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:19:36","slug":"diversity-equity-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/about-com\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity, Equity &#038; Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The College of Communication Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee exists to elevate and ensure a culture of inclusion in which all members of our community are valued and respected. We strive to create an inclusive and equitable environment that recruits, supports, and retains a diverse community of students, faculty, and staff. We celebrate the diversity of identity, culture, perspective and expression in our community. As professional communicators, we have a responsibility to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"A\"><li>Foster an environment that cultivates diverse storytellers,<\/li><li>Promote the value of research and telling stories in academia and the various fields of professional communication that emphasize diversity, equity and inclusion, and<\/li><li>Inform, enlighten, and prepare the next generation of communicators to thrive in a diverse and inclusive world.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-cta block-cta-button\">\n\t<div class=\"block-cta__content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"block-cta__title\">Connect on Facebook<\/h2>\n\t\t<p class=\"block-cta__description\">Join the COM Diversity, Equity and Inclusion group on Facebook to stay in the loop.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"block-cta__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"block-cta__button button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BUCOMDEI\/\">\n\t\t\t\tJoin on facebook\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"related-content related-articles\">\n\t\t<div class=\"related-content__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"related-content__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDiversity, Equity and Inclusion News\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"related-content__list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"article-card post-45883 bu-article type-bu-article status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-diversity category-film-television category-honors tag-redstone-film-festival bu-publication-test\">\n\t<div class=\"article-card__link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-card__cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-card__cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-card__cat-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/category\/diversity\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDiversity\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-card__cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-card__cat-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/category\/film-television\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFilm &amp; 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