Allyship | Diversity & Inclusion

Holding BU to Account on Race

in Access, Allyship, BU News, Community, Culture, Diversity, Equity, Higher Education, Inclusion, Intersectionality, Our News, Race & Ethnicity, Undergraduate

Hayden Scholar Delice Nsubayi helped UMOJA, BU’s Black student union, become a powerful voice for racial equity.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland unveils memorial to enslaved people on its campus

in Allyship, Art, Culture, Diversity, Higher Education, Inclusion, Race & Ethnicity

From Absence to Presence: The Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Sothern Maryland, a commemorative slave quarter created to honor the enslaved peoples of southern Maryland stands on the St. Mary’s College of Maryland campus.

What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In?

in Allyship, Community, Culture, Disability, Diversity, Gender, Inclusion, Intersectionality, LGBTQIA+, Race & Ethnicity, Religion

Prof. Loretta J. Ross is combating cancel culture with a popular class at Smith College.

Teaching Racial Justice Isn’t Racial Justice

in Allyship, Community, Culture, Higher Education, Inclusion, Race & Ethnicity

There is a place for education in the fight against racism, but we shouldn’t confuse it for the fight itself.

Vote Like Your Health Depends on It

in Access, Allyship, BU News, Community, Coronavirus, Culture, Disability, Diversity, Equity, Gender, Health & Wellness, Inclusion, Intersectionality, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Our News, Race & Ethnicity, Social Class, Voting & Elections

If mismanagement of a pandemic, widespread corruption, impeachment, the end of government oversight and accountability, racism, the caging of immigrant children, abuse of the powers of the state, and continued voter suppression are not enough to decide your vote this election season, here are seven public health issues that might guide your thinking. The four […]

RBG’s Greatest Insight

in Access, Allyship, Culture, Diversity, Equity, Gender, Higher Education, Inclusion, Intersectionality, Religion

The justice understood that the two great principles of American democracy—equality and liberty—are not at odds, but rather integral to each other.

Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg Refused to Step Down

in Allyship, Culture, Diversity, Equity, Gender, Inclusion, Intersectionality

She could have had President Obama nominate her successor. But she didn’t get to the Supreme Court by letting other people tell her what she could do.

How to Make a Less Racist, More Inclusive Job Listing

in Allyship, BU Hiring, Diversity, Equity, Faculty Hiring, Inclusion, Race & Ethnicity

You may think your job listing sounds welcoming to people of color, but the wording can send a different signal.

Together You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation

in Allyship, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Race & Ethnicity

“Though I am gone, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe.” Congressman John Lewis asked the New York Times to publish and op-ed on the day of his funeral.

Selma Helped Define John Lewis’s Life. In Death, He Returned One Last Time.

in Allyship, Community, Culture, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Race & Ethnicity

The body of Mr. Lewis was taken across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where, in 1965, he helped guide hundreds of people marching for voting rights. They were attacked by state troopers wielding clubs and tear gas.