UC Merced campus affiliated groups can request funding for diversity, inclusion and climate activities, events and initiatives. Contact De Acker for more information on how to apply for these funds.
Events/ Programs sponsored thus far include:
Spring 2019
- 2-day Diversity Awareness Workshop
- Mental Health First Aid trainers Workshop
- Chancellor's Dialogue on Interdisciplinarity (Dr. Mitchneck)
- UC Stress-Free Research Project
- Leadership Career Enhancement Program for Staff of Color
- Bobcat Connects
- Crucial Conversations Workshop
- Creating a Respectful Workplace
Fall 2018
- Chancellor's Dialogue on Interdisciplinarity (Dr. Riley)
- Dr. Anne-Maria Nunez "Realizing the Contributions of HSIs"
- Staff Climate Survey forum
- "No Joke" - interactive discussions
Spring 2018
- 2-day Diversity Awareness Workshop
- Staff Climate Survey
- Mental Health Information and Resources
- "Humanizing Deportation" Digital Storytelling presentation
- Vagina Monologues
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion grants
- Community Forum on Recent Campus Events
Fall 2017
- Faculty Equity Advisors Systemwide Retreat
- Faculty Climate Survey
- Intercultural Dialogue training
- Critical Politics of Diversity in the Multiversity - Academic Conference
- The Art of Inclusive Communication pilot trainings
- Grand Re-Opening of the Graduate Cultural Resource Center
- Addressing Race Relations in Our Community
- Hate Crimes and the Limit of Free Speech by Professor Van Dyke
- 30th Anniversary of Beloved
- Jerry Kang, Chancellor's Diversity and Interdisciplinarity Dialogue
SPRING 2017
- W-STEM activities
- Vagina Monologues
- Effective Strategies for Addressing Incivility In The Classroom: A Workshop for Graduate Student Instructors and TAs
- Riding in Cars With Black People Performance
- Dr. Meg Urry - Understanding and Addressing STEM Inequalities
- Kat Blaque - Women's Programs & Women's Empowerment Conference
- Staff and Faculty of Color Affinity Group Meetings
- Social Justice Dialogues
- Talking Circles
- Rainbow Lunch Series
FALL 2016
- Staff and Faculty of Color Affinity Group Organizational meetings
- Students to participate in the Students of Color Conference (November)
- Trigger Warnings Webinar
SPRING 2016
- Graduate Student focus groups
- May, 2016: Lavender Graduation
FALL 2015
- December, 2015: African American student focus groups
- November, 2015: Unit 18 Lecturers focus group
- October, 2015: LGBTQ+ social