Affirmative Action 

Affirmative action refers to procedures aimed at eliminating unlawful discrimination, addressing the consequences of past discrimination, and preventing future discrimination. These procedures apply to applicants seeking admission to educational programs or professional employment. 

2020 Affirmative Action/Civil Rights Compliance Trainings
Defining Clientele and Affirmative Action Planning; target audience: These trainings include information about civil rights compliance reporting requirements for academics with ANR merit/promotion processes. If you are not one of these individuals, you may still find useful strategies in these trainings, but please follow the reporting requirements provided by your statewide program, campus, supervisor, etc. Find out about future Affirmative Action/Civil Rights Compliance Trainings (UC ANR Web).

Defining Clientele and Affirmative Action Planning
How-to define clientele groups, strategies for collecting baseline data and affirmative action goal examples. Check resources for Defining Clientele and Affirmative Action Planning (UC ANR Webpage).

Improving All Reasonable Efforts w/ Diverse Audiences
Find resources for program evaluation, including training materials on defining clientele, affirmative action planning, needs assessment, data analysis, and writing good questions. It also includes tools for collecting race, ethnicity, and gender information, such as surveys, Zoom polls, and Qualtrics templates. Additional resources like one-page reviews on various topics and baseline data by county are also available. Improving All Reasonable Efforts w/ Diverse Audiences (UC ANR Webpage)

UC ANR's Office of Diversity and Inclusion
provides U.S. Census by county on their website (keyword search "Links to Baselines") that you may use. Learn more about the UC ANR's Office of Diversity and Inclusion (UC ANR Web).