The work did not begin with me and it will not end with me. As Coretta Scott King said: “Struggle is a never-ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.”

— Shaya Gregory Poku

Quotes

Seeing Students for Who They Are and Where They’ve Been

How precollege experiences and students’ identities shape the challenges they face and connections they make in postsecondary education.

Diversity Questions for Colleges: What to Ask

Asking these questions about diversity during a college tour can help students find a place where they belong.

Academics feel shaken by a nationwide ‘attack on higher ed’

Feeling shaken up by Claudine Gay’s resignation and the aftermath, some academics fear higher education is under attack.

Connecting With Students by Hearing Their Personal Stories

Faculty, staff and administrative efforts to build trust can help make college students feel understood.

When Building a Diverse Leadership, Emphasize Culture, Not Quotas

Diversity Questions for Colleges: What to Ask

Asking these questions about diversity during a college tour can help students find a place where they belong.

Interviews

Diversity, Civility, and the Liberal Arts

Reflections on a CIC Initiative

Developing our understanding of anti-racism

Shaya Gregory Poku walks us through meaningful vocabulary

An Interview with Shaya Gregory Poku, Director, Center for Social Justice, Wheaton College

Black & Bold: Perspectives on Leadership

Articles

Claudine Gay’s ouster reveals anti-Blackness, dystopian forces in U.S.

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Expanding Your Anti-Racist Managerial Toolkit: How ’Human Check-Ins’ Can Build a Better Workplace

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DEI’s Critics Are Missing the Point

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