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I. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, and INCLUSION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

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II. GROUPS

A. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Team –The purpose of the DEI Leadership Team is to makerecommendations to the President on matters related to the DEI project, concepts, and implementation steps. TheVP for Institutional Diversity (VPOID) will chair the team and will lead the overall Diversity, Equity, and InclusionProject and will be responsible for setting the DEI agenda, bringing forth topics for conversations, and running pointon decisions to be made.

B. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Workgroup – The purpose of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)Workgroup is to manage the day-to-day interactions related to all DEI projects. The DEI Workgroup convenesmultiple times per week for multiple hours at a time. The DEI Workgroup facilitates regular communications withProject Lead(s) and Executive Sponsors. The DEI Workgroup is led by multiple co-facilitators, who in turn worksclosely with the VPOID and the designated DEI Executive Sponsors and Project Leads. The DEI Workgroup provideadministrative support, support the communication plans, and facilitate the interactions between the DEI Workgroup,DEI Communication Group, the Advisory Groups, and the DEI Leadership Team.

C. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Communication Group – The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)Communication Group meets once a week at 3:30pm via teleconference. The purpose of the DEI CommunicationGroup is to foster broad campus conversation on the status of the DEI projects across the structural components andproject groups. It is comprised of Executive Sponsors and Project Leads (tbd); and it is convened by the designatedleaders of the overall DEI project.

D. Advisory Groups – Four discrete advisory groups will be created: faculty; staff; students; and community partners.Each advisory group serves to provide input, guidance, and feedback in all matters related to the overall DEI project,and works directly with member(s) from the DEI Leadership Team. The VPOID will work with all four advisory groups;in addition, the Provost will join the VPOID with the Faculty Advisory Group; the EVPFA will join the VPOID with theStaff Advisory Group; the Associate Provost for Academic and Student Affairs will join the VPOID for the StudentAdvisory Group; and the VPOID will work with the VP for University Relations for the Community Partners AdvisoryGroup.

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E. Structural Components and Project Groups – Each of the six structural components (workstreams) is led by ExecutiveSponsors. The project groups are organized around these six structural components for institutional change and areled by Project Leads. Each project group has student, faculty and staff representation.

A. Talent - Faculty and Staff Workstream --- Executive Sponsors: Two individuals

1. Investment in Faculty and TA Training (Phase I)i. Require training for cultural proficiency and how to handle race discussions in the classroom

for all faculty and teaching assistants.ii. Target Completion Date: December 2020

iii. Project Leads: TBD

2. Employee Recruitment and Retention (Phase I)i. Move and expand diversity/inclusivity fund and program for faculty/staff recruitment and

retentionii. Target Completion Date: July 2020

iii. Project Leads: TBD

3. Create a Faculty Advisory Group (Phase I)i. Establish an advisory group comprised of faculty from diverse backgrounds that meets

regularly to help guide institutional DEI effortsii. Target Completion Date: July 2020

iii. Project Leads: TBD

4. Create a Staff Advisory Group (Phase I)i. Establish an advisory group comprised of staff from diverse backgrounds that meets

regularly to help guide institutional DEI effortsii. Target Completion Date: July 2020

iii. Project Leads: TBD

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5. Expand and Restructure Roles of College and Unit Diversity and Inclusion Officers (Phase I)i. Expand and restructure college and unit diversity and inclusion officer positions

ii. Target Completion Date: September 2020iii. Project Leads: TBD

B. Talent – Students Workstream --- Executive Sponsors: Two individuals

6. Redesign UK101 Module (Phase I)i. Rewrite UK101 diversity/inclusivity modules and require training for instructors and peer

instructorsii. Target Completion Date: August 2020

iii. Project Leads: TBD

7. Implement Student Training Modules (Phase I)i. Require diversity and inclusion training for students annually prior to start of classes

ii. Target Completion Date: August 2020iii. Project Leads: TBD

8. Develop Mini-Internship Program (Phase I)i. Create a student mini-internship program for diverse students

ii. Target Completion Date: September 2020iii. Project Leads: TBD

9. Create a Student Advisory Group (Phase I)i. Create a Student Advisory Group from Identity-based Organizations

ii. Target Completion Date: July 2020iii. Project Leads: TBD

10. Create a Student Gathering Space (Phase I)i. Find and build out a student gathering space beyond the MLK Center

ii. Target Completion Date: July 2020iii. Project Leads: TBD

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C. Culture, Policies, and Programming Workstream --- Executive Sponsors: Two individuals

11. Empanel Committee on Responsible Speech (Phase I)i. Empanel a committee to evaluate our relationship with the First Amendment and

responsible speechii. Target Completion Date: Form committee and begin work in July 2020

iii. Project Leads: TBD

D. Facilities and Finances Workstream --- Executive Sponsors: Two individuals

12. Create a Diversity/Inclusivity Master Plan (Phase I)i. Hire a cultural ecologist to perform a facilities audit and develop a diversity/inclusivity

companion master planii. Target Completion Date: December 2020

iii. Project Leads: TBD

13. Create an Art Fund for Capital Projects (Phase I)i. Create a fund to purchase diverse/inclusive art for capital projects of $5m or more

(minimum of $50,000 and maximum of $1,000,000 per project).ii. Target Completion Date: July 2020

iii. Project Leads: TBD

14. Expand Supplier Diversity Purchasing Program (Phase I)i. Increase the supplier diversity purchasing program

ii. Target Completion Date: August 2020iii. Project Leads: TBD

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E. Research Workstream --- Executive Sponsors: Two individuals

15. Create a Research Alliance (Phase I)i. Create a UNited In True racial Equity (UNITE) Research Alliance that brings researchers and

leaders in the areas of social, health equity and racial justice together and empower thisgroup to develop ideas and implementation strategies to support research-related change.

ii. Project Leads: TBD

16. Expand Postdoctoral Programs (Phase I)i. Expand the established Inclusive Postdoctoral Enrichment Program (IPEP), intended to

support the research career development of diverse postdoctoral fellows and to supportthe research career development of graduate students and faculty of diversity.

ii. Project Leads: TBD

F. Community Outreach Workstream --- Executive Sponsors: Two individuals

17. Create a Community Advisory Group (Phase I)i. Establish an advisory group comprised of community members from diverse backgrounds

that meets regularly to help guide institutional DEI effortsii. Target Completion Date: July 2020

iii. Project Leads: TBD