We are pleased to announce the appointment of Elizabeth Moon as UCANR's Director of Workplace Inclusion & Belonging, effective March 3, 2023. As Director of Workplace Inclusion & Belonging, Elizabeth will be responsible for developing and implementing ANR's diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and programs for our community. This position, an inaugural appointment, will be an integral collaborative partner to the ANR DEI Advisory Council. Elizabeth will partner with ANR administrative and academic units, affinity groups, and other ANR constituents on engagement strategies.
Elizabeth comes to ANR with years of experience in assessing and building inclusive relationships within communities. In her previous position...
We are pleased to announce leadership development opportunities that provide additional support to hiring managers and search committees in order to promote a culture of diversity and inclusion in the hiring process. Supervisors are in a position to make decisions that impact people, and these training opportunities are intended to develop your understanding of common forms of bias and provide tools to minimize their influence.
We have tasked all UC ANR Directors to complete this training to help build a stronger culture of respect, equality, equity and justice within our organization, and I'm now expanding the assignment to all our Academics and Supervisors.
- Supervisory Training – A six-part...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
May 24, 2021
Dear friends,
Tomorrow marks one year since the murder of George Floyd. We pause to reflect on and honor his memory, and the countless others who have been maimed or killed by forces of oppression and bigotry during our nation's long history. The pernicious effects of racism have altered the course of our country from before its founding, and persist in ways large and small to this very day.
This past year in particular – with international public reckoning over racial injustice, and the disproportionate public health and economic impacts of the pandemic on people of color – leaves us keenly aware of the challenges we face in returning to a forever altered world. It also reminds us of the...
Update on DEI Advisory Council
This month I appointed 11 UC ANR employees to an initial two-year term as founding members of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Council for UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. The group began meeting to consider the Council's role and structure in November; this appointment is effective retroactively from November 1, 2020, through October 31, 2022.
I am convening this advisory council to support DEI efforts that UC ANR staff and academics have undertaken to improve working environments within UC ANR, as well as to improve quality of life for marginalized populations living in the state of California. Diversity is one of our core values and...
Dear Colleagues,
Please read the statement below from UC Office of the President about the defeat of Proposition 16, which would have reinstated affirmative action for public higher education. I would like to make it clear these election results will not affect UC ANR's mission to deliver research-based information that improves the lives of all Californians. We serve a diverse array of people – regardless of race, where they are from, who they love or their gender – and remain committed to our core community values of respect, equity and inclusion.
The contentious elections have added tension to the already stressfulness of wildfires, pandemic and power outages. Please take care of...