{"id":1655,"date":"2020-07-23T16:34:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T20:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/?page_id=1655"},"modified":"2026-02-04T08:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:58:39","slug":"inclusion-catalyst-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/grants\/inclusion-catalyst-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusion Catalyst Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inclusion Catalyst Grants support collaborative and creative programs and initiatives that generate learning and stimulate efforts that foster inclusive and equitable communities at Boston University. The Inclusion Catalyst Grants program provides <strong>up to $1,000<\/strong> to Boston University students, faculty, and staff who require financial support to realize their creative programs and initiatives fully.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Applicants will be asked to provide the following information:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:407,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe how your proposed program engages a wide audience of BU community members<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Describe how your proposed program or activity connects with<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0BU Diversity &amp; Inclusion\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/about\/our-vision\/\"><span>Vision &amp; Values<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Describe the proposed program including goals, audience, collaborators, activities, intended impact, and timeframe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Indicate collaboration across departments, organizations, units, schools\/colleges.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Submit a proposed budget that provides an estimate of costs by type of expense and estimated amount.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Grant Recipients<\/h2>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2024-2025 Grant Recipients<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Holiday Culture Walk<\/strong> \u2013 Alexander Johnson, Warren Towers Res Life<\/li>\n<li><strong>Latine Student Task Force<\/strong> \u2013 Isabella Caruso and Michael Arellano, CAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Asian Student Task Force<\/strong> \u2013 Yash Patel, CAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Black Student Task Force<\/strong> \u2013 Karrington Riley, CAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah Artist Residency<\/strong> \u2013 Elana Harris, BU Arts Initiative<\/li>\n<li><strong>An Evening with Tommy Orange<\/strong> \u2013 Sophie Godley and Richard Tonetti, Kilachand Honors College<\/li>\n<li><strong>Here Where the River Forever Divides Them: Understanding Nod and Opera through the lens of Queer Aesthetics<\/strong> \u2013 Christopher Ellars, World Languages &amp; Literatures, CAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zine Lugar Zine<\/strong> \u2013 Soffia Blystra, Romance Studies, GRS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Utilizing a Little Free Library to promote diverse voices and reduce stress among medical campus students<\/strong> \u2013 Kate Flewelling, BUMC Alumni Medical Library<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bridging Research and Advocacy: Advancing Health Equity Through Policy and Community Engagement Workshops<\/strong> \u2013 Quinn Adams, Environmental Health, SPH<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pathways for Math Empowerment: A Community Collaboration<\/strong> \u2013 David Fifty, Mathematics, CAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Biological Anthropology Scientific Experience: Being Human<\/strong> \u2013 Jessica Martin, Anthropology, CAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Screening of the Racial Trauma Treatment Protocol: A 12-Session Approach<\/strong> \u2013 Grace Murray, Clinical Psychology, PBS, GRS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2023-2024 Grant Recipients<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Holiday Culture Walk<\/strong> &#8211; Megan Clarke, Warren Towers Res Life<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mini-Grants for Language-Focused Inclusion\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Margaret Litvin, World Languages &amp; Literature CAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>At What Cost &#8211; Social Impact Film Production and Premiere\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Jiaqi Christine An, COM, CAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Muslim Movements in Boston<\/strong> &#8211; Najwa Mayer, Society of Fellows, College of Arts and Sciences, with affiliations in Religion and WGS<\/li>\n<li><strong>S.H.A.R.P.\u00a0Survivors Awareness Mission<\/strong> &#8211; Miguel Feliciano, CAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Student-Run Latine Magazine Launch\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Jewel Sanchez<\/li>\n<li><strong>Black Trans Poetics<\/strong> &#8211; Ianna Owen<\/li>\n<li><strong> Gender-Affirming Room for Belonging<\/strong> &#8211; Daisy Digregorio<\/li>\n<li><strong>Empower Science: Diverse Voices, Ethical Choices<\/strong> &#8211; Matilde Carrera<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Black Student Task Force<\/strong> &#8211; Karrington Riley, CAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Asian Student Task Force\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Yash Patel, CAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Latine Student Task Force\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Michael Arellano, CAS, GRS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reawakening Fantasma\/Cantos II by Toru Takemitsu\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Kevin Virgilio, CFA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2022-2023 Grant Recipients<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SARP Speakers Series \u2014 <\/strong>SHS &#8211; SARP<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indigenous Languages and Cultures Week<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> Romance Studies, CAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inclusive High Holiday Prayer Books<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> BU Hillel House<\/li>\n<li><strong>Licensing Test Empowerment and Achievement Project<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> School of Social Work<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strategizing Sovereignty \u2013 An Advocacy Workshop Series<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> School of Law<\/li>\n<li><strong>A Close Examination of Measures of Teaching Quality from an Equity Lens<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> Wheelock College of Education and Human Development<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alternative Spring Break Trip with Sojourn<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> Clergy, Marsh Chapel<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inclusive Language in Spanish: A Colloquium<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> Romance Studies, CAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Women and Nonbinary Climbing Initiative<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> FitTreks Outdoor Programs<\/li>\n<li><strong>The RISE UP Project Training Manual to Promote Gender and Sexual Expression for LGBTQ+ People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development, Special Education<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fall 2022 In-Service<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> Residence Life<\/li>\n<li><strong>Implementation of Affinity Groups to promote Justice, Equity, Diversity, Anti-bigotry, and Inclusion among graduate students in a Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine Program<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Music Through the Scope of Disability<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> Music Education, CFA, SoM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Partners in Equity and Empowerment through Resources and Support (PEERS)<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> BU School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gender-Affirming Room for Belonging<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> Center for Gender, Sexuality, and Activism<\/li>\n<li><strong>First-Gen Latina Podcast<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> COM &#8211; Project in partnership with Newbury Center for First-Gen students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2021-2022 Grant Recipients<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Patent Equity Project \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>BU School of Law<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Collaborative Poem Writing Project to Support BU\u2019s Asian Communities \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>College of Arts &amp; Sciences, Department of World Languages and Literature<\/li>\n<li><strong>Faculty Candidates &amp; Diversity Statements \u2014 <\/strong>BU School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improving multicultural competence: Advancing counselor trainees&#8217; understanding and application of core concepts and skills in antiracist counseling \u2014<\/strong> BU School of Medicine, Psychiatry.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The GMS Community Catalyst Center (C3) \u2013 Supporting Early-phase Graduate School Transitions \u2014 <\/strong>BU School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Uncovering, Documenting and Rectifying Institutional Inequity: A Multi-Modal Open Access Publication \u2014 <\/strong>Special Education and Social Studies Programs of Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development, BU School of Medicine, BU African Studies Center, and Pardee School of Global Studies<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mending Presence: Decolonizing the Museum \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts Graphic Design Program<\/li>\n<li><strong>Business School for a Day \u2014 <\/strong>Questrom School of Business and BU School of Law<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spark! Exploring DEI in Tech \u2014<\/strong> BU Spark!, Information Services &amp; Technology, and College of Arts &amp; Sciences Computer Science Program<\/li>\n<li><strong>Citizenship Hub: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Immigration Support \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>College of Arts &amp; Science Department of Sociology<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Pardee Podcast: Conversations on Intersectionality in International Affairs\u201d \u2014<\/strong> Pardee School of Global Studies Anti-Racist Coalition and BU African Studies Center<\/li>\n<li><strong>Demystifying the STEM C-Suite \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>College of Engineering Biological Design Center and Biomedical Engineering Program<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Progression of Us: A Documentary Film on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>College of Fine Arts<\/li>\n<li><strong>BUSM Annual Seminar in Medical Haitian Creole \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>BU Medical School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best of Diversity at Boston University School of Law (Best at BU) \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>BU School of Law<\/li>\n<li><strong>Designing an Accessibility Model for Clubs \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>BU School of Theology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bashing Bias: Eliminating Algorithmic Bias in Code \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Boston University Academy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2020-2021 Grant Recipients<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Radio Escuela \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Romance Studies<\/li>\n<li><strong>Underrepresented Graduate Student Organization: Academic Research Symposium \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optimization of COVID-19 Related Health Communication Using Community Centered Design Approach \u2014<\/strong> Department of Epidemiology and School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supplier Diversity Program \u2014<\/strong> Sourcing &amp; Procurement<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diversifying EBE \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Department of Biology and College of Arts of Sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ill Second Language Learning and Disabilities Conference \u2014<\/strong> Department of Romance Studies<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mentorship Program \u2014<\/strong> School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li><strong>Foraging in Unequal Landscapes: land rights, food sovereignty, and racial justice in BU&#8217;s backyard \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Department of Gastronomy and Metropolitan College<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assessment of Sexual and Gender Minority Curriculum in Undergraduate Medical Education: Development and Pilot of a Comprehensive Student Evaluation Tool\u2014<\/strong> School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Building Across Differences \u2014<\/strong> School of Theology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gifts of Peace and Love \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0School of Visual Arts, College of Fine Arts, and Department of Graphic Design<\/li>\n<li><strong>BU HEALS: A Program for Promoting Inclusivity Through Listening, Engaging, and Learning \u2014<\/strong> Department of Environmental Science, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li><strong>Race, Prison, Story, Justice: Working Towards Understanding Through Arts \u2014<\/strong> School of Theater, School of Music and College of Fine Arts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2019-2020 Grant Recipients<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Impact of Gentrification Program Series \u2014<\/strong> BU Black Law School Student Association<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gender-Affirming Healthcare Promotional Campaign \u2014<\/strong> Student Health Services<\/li>\n<li><strong>Screening of the documentary &#8220;My Beautiful Stutter&#8221; with post-film discussion \u2014<\/strong> National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (BU Chapter)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Student Stories Project \u2014<\/strong> School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tell It Like It Is: An Open Mic Series \u2014<\/strong> African Students Organization<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recognizing Ableism: A Workshop on Disability, Inclusion, and Empowerment \u2014<\/strong> Department of Occupational Therapy, Sargent College<\/li>\n<li><strong>BUSM Medical Haitian Creole: An Introductory language and culture experience for Boston University School of Medicine \u2014<\/strong> Department of Emergency Medicine Residents<\/li>\n<li><strong>Racial Justice and Meditation Student and Faculty Retreat \u2014<\/strong> School of Theology and the Department of Religion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Grants Celebration<\/h2>\n<p>We welcome you to celebrate the work and research of our BU Diversity &amp; Inclusion grant recipients. Our grant recipients are invited to present their work in a poster gallery to showcase it to the community. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/grants-celebration\/\"><strong>Explore their work here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inclusion Catalyst Grants support collaborative and creative programs and initiatives that generate learning and stimulate efforts that foster inclusive and equitable communities at Boston University. The Inclusion Catalyst Grants program provides up to $1,000 to Boston University students, faculty, and staff who require financial support to realize their creative programs and initiatives fully. 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