Current Events

• The Department of Education's Dear Colleague Letter
• ACE's response to the Dear Colleague Letter

Upcoming DDC Events

• Virtual DEI Roundtable - Official Documents: How do we support students? - July 14, 2026
• Virtual DDC Book Club - Born A Crime by Trevor Noah - August 4, 2026

Takeaways from DEI Roundtable Sessions

• Coming soon!

Book Club Selections

Articles

• 18 Ways Leaders Can Effectively Put DEIB Into Practice
  (Forbes)
• 5 Lies About Racial Diversity In The Workplace You Need To Stop Believing
  (Monica Torres |Huff Post)
• Advancing Accessibility in Higher Education 
  (Bassam Farah, Carine Kordab, Layal Tannous & Youssef Jaafar |AACSB)
• An Antiracist Reading List
  (The New York Times)
• Designing a Bias-Free Organization
  (Gardiner Morse |Harvard Business Review)
• Keep discussing DEIB in a Challenging Climate 
  (AimeeHosemann | Inside Higher Ed)
• Misgendering: What it is and why it matters
  (Sabra L. Katz-Wise, PhD. | Harvard Health)
• My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant
  (Jose Antonio Vargas | New YorkTimes Magazine)
• Pushing Back on the DEI Pushback
  (Allan Parnell, Jeanne Milliken Bonds, James H.Johnson, Jr. & Allison Sclobohm | Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
• Technology Accessibility & Digital Equity in HigherEducation | EdTech Magazine
  (Novid Parsi | EdTech: Focus on Higher Education)
• The 1619 Project
  (New York Times)
• The Erosion of DEI in Higher Education: A Threat to Progress and National Strength
  (CarolineLaguerre-Brown | Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
• What exactly is a microaggression?
  (JeneeDesmond-Harris | Vox)

Videos and Films

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story | TED Talk
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: We should all be feminists | TED Talk
• "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion": Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (youtube.com)
• Ibram X. Kendi: The difference between being "not racist" and antiracist | TED Talk
• Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways to speak English | TED Talk
• Kimberlé Crenshaw: The urgency of intersectionality
• Michael Sandel: The tyranny of merit | TED Talk
• Pat Mitchell: Dangerous times call for dangerous women | TED Talk
• Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo: What it takes to be racially literate | TED Talk

Books

• All Are Welcome: How to Build a Real Workplace Culture of Inclusion that Delivers Results (Cynthia Owyoung)
• An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz)
• Beyond Diversity: 12 Non-Obvious Ways to Build A More Inclusive World (Rohit Bhargava & Jennifer Brown)
• Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing (Erin Jones)
• Caste: The Origins of our Discontents (Isabel Wilkerson)
• How to Be An Antiracist (Ibram X. Kendi)
• How to Be An Inclusive Leader (Jennifer Brown)
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
• Me And White Supremacy (Layla F. Saad)
• Raising Our Hands (Jenna Arnold)
• So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
• The Loudest Duck (Laura A. Liswood)
• The New Jim Crow - Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Michelle Alexander)
• The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate (Jeannie Gainsburg
• The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace (Lindsey Pollak)

Podcasts

• ‘1619,’ A Podcast from the New York Times
• Autism Goes To College Podcast Series
• Code Switch (NPR)
• Intersectionality Matters! Podcast Series (Kimberle Crenshaw)
• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast | Race Forward
• The Will To Change (Jennifer Brown)

Websites

• Coblis — Color Blindness Simulator – Colblindor (colorblindness.com)
• Diversability
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – POD Network: Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
• Guidelines for Non-Sexist Use of Language - The American Philosophical Association (apaonline.org)
• Right to Be(Harassment Prevention and Bystander Intervention Trainings)
• Home of Conscious Language | Conscious Style Guide
• International Women's Day
• The Immigrant Learning Center
• Native-Land.ca | Our home on native land
• Neurodiversity Hub - Resources for Universities — Neurodiversity Hub
• Project Implicit (harvard.edu)
• Safe Zone Training(LGBTQ Awareness and Ally Training Workshops)
• The Trevor Project | For Young LGBTQ Lives

Other Materials

• Anti-Racism Daily | Committed to Changing the News for Good (antiracismdaily.com)
• Anti-Racism Resources | Cornell University Diversity and Inclusion
• Awareness and Education | Stanford Neurodiversity Project | Stanford Medicine
• Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners | Common Sense Media
• Creating Accessible Learning Environments | Center for Teaching | Vanderbilt University
• DEI Celebration Resources | Cornell University Diversity and Inclusion
• EmbraceRace | 20 Picture Books for 2020: Readings to Embrace Race, Provide Solace & Do Good
• Self-Assessment | DEIB Explorer (harvard.edu)
• Tracking Higher Ed’s Dismantling of DEI (chronicle.com)
• Trans Student Educational Resources for Higher Education

Black Lives Matter

AAPI Community Support Resources

HBCU Bomb Threats