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Jan. 16, 2025

The theme “Freedom intersections” guided a community exploration of how global power dynamics and solidarity have intersected over the decades to propel current and past freedom movements, including the U.S. civil rights movement. CU �������� welcomed acclaimed journalist Isabel Wilkerson to talk about caste systems around the world, how they become empowered, and what it might be like to disrupt them. 

October 14 and 16, 2024

Commemorative events explored the land back and language back movements, as well as the reframing of Indigenous Peoples Day through intersectional, decolonial and transnational visions for Indigenous sovereignty. Speakers included Makalika Destarte Naholowa’a, recent Past President of the National Native American Bar Association and Executive Director of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, and Autumn BlackDeer, Assistant Professor, University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work. 

Jan. 22, 2024

The CU �������� community united to honor and reflect on Dr. King's legacy, taking current contexts into consideration. The Center for African and African American Studies, the Leeds School of Business and the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion sponsored this signature campus event.

Oct. 25, 2023

A panel discussion examined the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 303 Creative decision on LGBTQ+ and other historically minoritized people and offered guidance on how the community can build resilience and emotional well-being in the face of the country’s sociopolitical climate.

Oct. 11, 2023

This Indigenous Peoples Day event highlighted knowledge-keepers and Native activists who are keeping Indigenous food traditions alive. Speakers explored some of the historical context that gave rise to the prevalence of food deserts and the broader threat to Indigenous food ways, and looked to the future of food sovereignty for themselves and their communities. 

Jan. 31, 2023

The summit's theme "Operationalizing Liberation for a Diverse Democracy" was a call to disrupt behaviors and oppressive actions, structures and systems preventing the CU community's liberation – or freedom from oppression – with the goal of building a more just world as engaged citizens. 

2015–2023

Published in 2019, the CU �������� Inclusion, Diversity and Excellence in Academics (IDEA) Plan served as the campus’s blueprint for creating and sustaining a more inclusive campus community for all students, staff and faculty. The IDEA Council, a body of students, staff and faculty, prioritized the plan's recommendations. The campus's five diversity, equity and inclusion goals inspired by the IDEA Plan are among the outcomes of their work.

2007–2023

Services formerly housed in ODECE are now being managed by administrative units that are working with key partners to integrate services and programs into existing campus resources to serve more students more effectively. These moves began on July 31, 2023.

1985–2021

CU �������� hosted diversity and inclusion summits twice a year for more than 30 years with the purpose of uniting the campus and broader city of �������� communities for discussions about important diversity, equity and inclusion issues.

2020

In early 2020, CU �������� navigated some of the greatest challenges faced in U.S. higher education history. Amid a once-in-a-century global flu pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, historic social justice marches, and the murder of George Floyd, the university rolled out an initiative to address systemic institutional barriers that were impeding its ability to create and sustain a more equitable and inclusive campus community for all students, staff and faculty.