Initiative 2-2: Establish CEEO DEIJ Committee composed of CEEO members that will meet regularly.
The DEIJ Committee will work on other initiatives of the DEIJ Action Plan by planning DEIJ themed events and communicating both internal and external DEIJ events to CEEO members.
PURPOSE
The DEIJ Committee will help with a number of other initiatives on the DEIJ Plan including the following:
Initiative 1.1: Plan DEIJ Trainings and retreats
Initiative 2.4: Conduct wellness surveys
Initiative 2.5: Schedule events for networking
Initiative 2.6: Share DEIJ resources from Tufts with CEEO members
COMMITTEE
The CEEO DEIJ Committee is voluntary committee open to faculty, staff, postdocs, graduate, and undergraduate students who sit at the CEEO. We strive for diversity in composition of CEEO member roles, race, ethnicity, gender identity, national origin, etc.
GOALS
Schedule DEIJ Trainings and Retreats
The DEIJ Committee will organize, host, and/or promote DEIJ related trainings to CEEO members three times a year. The DEIJ Committee will invite guests to speak to the CEEO (“host”) and identify different trainings that are available through Tufts or other resources from external sources (“promote”). Trainings can include a variety of formats including: interactive activities, talks and lectures, instructional videos, discuss groups, etc. The DEIJ Committee will plan one training each semester (3 annually) and one retreat (1 annually).
Issue Wellness Surveys
The DEIJ Committee will develop and initiate a CEEO-wide wellness survey once per academic year (late January) and two times during the summer (midsummer and the end of the summer) for summer employees. The wellness survey will target two metrics of the CEEO environment, (1) How do individual CEEO members feel about their experiences at the CEEO? (2) What support can the CEEO provide to improve the experiences of all CEEO members? The DEIJ Committee will analyze, summarize and share to CEEO members, and provide recommendations to CEEO leadership based on each wellness survey, with a potential outcome being a recommendation for a more comprehensive climate survey.
Wellness Hour Events
The DEIJ Committee will schedule and coordinate one wellness hour for CEEO members per month that will strive to celebrate different cultures and backgrounds.
Communication of Tufts Resources and Trainings to CEEO Community
The DEIJ Committee will identify and communicate different resources that Tufts is offering to CEEO members through the CEEO #Anti-Racism Slack channel to continue to inform CEEO members about offerings through Tufts School of Engineering and other Tufts University departments and schools. DEIJ Committee will aim to share one resource a month but will continue to share.
TIMELINE
The DEIJ Committee was created in 2021 and continues to meet biweekly to accomplish the stated goals. Work will be ongoing in perpetuity.
OUTCOMES
FALL 2022
Wellness Hours
- September – CEEO lunch
- October – CEEO lunch
- November – lunch & crafts & music
- December – holiday/winter/break party
SUMMER 2022
- Shared resources and events on CEEI DEIJ Slack channel focus
- Worked with consultants to conduct DEIJ training activity for 2022 summer interns as part of orientation
- Held DEIJ discussion about inclusive engineering
2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR
- Implemented CEEO-wide monthly discussions on anti-racism/anti-oppressionShared resources and events on CEEI DEIJ Slack channel focus
- Held emergency meetings after tragic world wide events happened
2020-2021 ACADEMIC YEAR
- Established DEIJ committee who runs meets twice a month
- Implemented CEEO-wide monthly discussions on anti-racism/anti-oppression during 2020-2021
- Shared resources and events on CEEI DEIJ Slack channel focus
- Held emergency meetings after tragic world wide events happened