Diversity and Inclusion Resources
Resources for Managers and Supervisors
Leading during traumatic and triggering events: Recommendations for leading and managing during traumatic and triggering events. Tips are listed as Neutral, the minimum actions required to prevent a roll-back or deterioration of team culture and functioning; First Gear, actions to begin acknowledging the trauma; and Second Gear through Fourth Gear, referring to additional actions to begin connecting as a team around the event, attempting to make meaning of it, and taking action. Read the LinkedIn article by Clayton Robbins, Diversity Equity Inclusiveness Consulting.
Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Cornell
In this six-course certificate program for staff, you will hear from Cornell leadership about the importance of evolving a culture of diversity, equity, and belonging. Optional university-wide community conversations will be offered via zoom.
Anti-Discrimination Resources
Cornell Programs
Cornell’s Department of Inclusion and Workforce Diversity, in collaboration with the Department of Organizational Development and Effectiveness and Professor Joseph Margulies, Professor of Law and Government in the College of Arts and Sciences, hosted programs on anti-racism. Course content can be downloaded through CULearn.
Hosted by Jennifer Fonseca, Sr. Management Consultant, Organizational Development and Effectiveness; and Reginald White, HR Director for the Research Division
This program provides a historical context for the current reaction to recent killings of black people in America. We will look at what institutional racism is, how it manifests and what the impact is on the greater community.
Allyship: How Can I Support My Black Colleagues Right Now?
Hosted by Anthony Sis, Diversity and Inclusion Training Specialist, Department of Inclusion and Workforce Diversity
This program delves into allyship and what it means to be an ally. We will look at what anti-racism means and how to engage meaningfully in advancing equity in our work and daily lives.
Urban Policing: What's underlying the tension between black communities and police departments?
Hosted by Professor Joseph Margulies, Professor of Law and Government, Cornell College of Arts and Sciences
The relationship between police and urban communities has a long history fraught with hostility and resentment that periodically explodes into episodes of anger and rage. But the best police leaders recognize the impact policing has had on communities of color and are trying to transform that relationship. In this talk, we will try to explain the root of anger and discuss the prospect of change.
Webinars
Cornell Community Conversation on Race and Labor in America - Discussion of "13th", the documentary.
The film is still available for free streaming on Netflix and Youtube )
Video recording of Webinar: Video Recording of Webinar here
The conversation discussed the film along with the following articles:
- Michele Goodwin: The Thirteenth Amendment: Modern Slavery, Capitalism, and Mass Incarceration
- Ifeoma Ajunwa and Angela Onwuachi-Willig: Combating Discrimination Against the Formerly Incarcerated on the Labor Market
Readings
- Race, Labor, and the Future of Work, Ifeoma Ajunwa, (Oxford Handbook for Race and Law)
- Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A. - Danielle S. Allen
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Harriet Ann Jacobs
Additional Resources mentioned:
- American Civil Liberties Union: Link to website
Additional Resources
- Office of Faculty Development and Diversity
- Global Cornell
- Silence is Racism- a comprehensive list of resources on anti-racism
- Race and Racism Across Borders- a series of reflections through artistic expression
Religious Based Discrimination
What is Antisemitism?
According to the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, antisemitism is:
- A form of prejudice and/or discrimination directed toward Jews as individuals or as a group.
- Hatred of Jews because of their religious beliefs, their group membership, and sometimes the erroneous belief that Jews are a ‘race’ based on age-old stereotypes and myths.
Online Resources
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – What is Antisemitism?
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Teaching Materials on Antisemitism and Racism
- US Department of Justice - Learn About Hate Crimes
- Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe – Addressing Antisemitism Through Education: Teaching Aids
Webinars
- How Can History Help us? The Example of Anti-Semitism (Jewish Studies Lecture: David Nirenberg)
- Cornell Jewish Studies Lecture Archive
Readings
- Beller, S. (2015) Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction.
- Hübscher, M. and S. von Mering (2022) Antisemitism on Social Media Routledge
- Lipstad, Deborah E. (2019) Antisemitism Here and Now New York: Schocken
- Nirenberg. D. (2013), Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition Norton
Islamophobia is an extreme fear of and hostility toward Islam and Muslims which often leads to hate speech, hate crimes, as well as social and political discrimination. It can be used to rationalize policies such as mass surveillance, incarceration (imprisonment), and disenfranchisement, and can influence domestic and foreign policy (BRIDGE, A Georgetown University initiative).
Online Resources
- The Bridge Initiative at Georgetown University – What is Islamophobia?
- Challenge Islamophobia: A Project for Teaching for Change
- US department of Justice - Learn About Hate Crimes
- The UC Berkeley HAAS Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society -- “Islamophobia in the United States: A Resource Reading Pack"
Webinar
On Campus Programs
- Cornell Near Eastern Studies
- Cornell Comparative Muslim Societies Program
- Critical Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Studies
Readings
- Green Todd H. Green (2015), The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West, 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press
- Beydoun, Khaled (2018) American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear, Oakland, California: University of California Press
- Awan, Imran (ed) (2016) Islamophobia in Cyberspace: Hate Crimes Go Viral, Abingdon, Oxon, England; New York : Ashgate
- Love, Erik (2017) Islamophobia and Racism in America, New York: New York University Press