Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at ECU: Get Involved
Upcoming Events at ECU
Seeking Nominations for the 2023 Spirit of MLK Award:
Please email your nomination of an ECU student to cpappas@ecok.edu by April 25, 2023
Nominations should not exceed 500 words.
Take Action
- Racial Equity ToolsThis site offers tools, research, tips, curricula, and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large.
- Report a Hate CrimeLearn how to report crimes to the US Department of Justice.
- Human Rights CampaignShow up for LGBTQ+ rights. Whether it’s giving your time, a donation, or just your commitment to learning more about LGBTQ+ equality, HRC has many ways for you to help change our future and make history.
- See Bias | Block Bias ToolsFrom Stanford University's VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab, a collection of tools to diagnose bias, encourage inclusive workplace practices, and prevent sexual harassment.
- Know Your Rights - Students' RightsThe Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that students do not "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." This is true for other fundamental rights, as well.
Critical Pedagogy & Inclusive Teaching
These are just a few resources for exploring critical pedagogy and inclusive teaching. Contact your liaison librarian to learn more!
Graphic from: https://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.13.2.6
Teaching Resources
- Equity UnboundAn emergent, collaborative curriculum which aims to create equity-focused, open, connected, intercultural learning experiences across classes, countries, and contexts.
- #DisruptTextsA crowdsourced, grassroots effort by teachers for teachers to challenge the traditional canon in order to create a more inclusive, representative, and equitable language arts curriculum that our students deserve.
Related Pedagogical Approaches
- Digital HumanitiesDigital Humanities is interdisciplinary collaboration between the sciences and humanities that opens possibilities for multimodal and inquiry-based learning to create, express, and share information.
- Open Educational ResourcesOpen Educational Resources (OER) decrease cost barriers for students and provide the opportunity for students to add their voices to the academic conversation.
- Open PedagogyOpen Pedagogy practices are centered around access, equity, agency and ownership.
Diversity Calendar
April
- Autism Acceptance Month
- Arab-American Heritage Month
- 04/06 - International Asexuality Day
- 04/17/23-04/18/23 - Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day
May
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- Haitian Heritage Month
- Jewish-American Heritage Month
- Mental Health Month
- 05/05 - Cinco de Mayo
June
- LGBTQ+ Pride Month
- National Caribbean American Heritage Month
- 06/12 - Loving Day
- 06/19 - Juneteenth
July
- 07/14 - International Non-Binary People's Day
- 07/26 - Disability Independence Day
August
- Black Business Month
- 09/09 - International Day of the World's Indigenous People
- 08/23 - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
September
- Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month (Sep. 15-Oct. 15)
- Deaf Awareness Month
- National Guide Dog Month
- 9/30 - Orange Shirt Day/National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Canada)
October
- LGBT History Month
- Filipino-American Heritage Month
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- 10/10/22 - Indigenous Peoples' Day (2nd Mon.)
- 10/10 - World Mental Health Day
- 10/11 - National Coming Out Day
November
- Native American Heritage Month
- Transgender Awareness Month
- 11/01-11/02 - Día de Muertos
- 11/20 - Transgender Day of Remembrance
December
- 12/03 - International Day for People with Disabilities
January
- 01/04 - World Braille Day
- 01/16/23 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- 01/27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day
February
- Black History Month
- 2/20 - World Day of Social Justice
March
- Women's History Month
- Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- Gender Equality Month
- 03/08 - International Women's Day
- 03/21 - World Down Syndrome Day
- 03/25 - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- 03/31 - International Transgender Day of Visibility
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