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What happens when faculty and students from different disciplines explore the contours of race and social justice? The "Race & Social Justice Interdisciplinary Certificate" is designed as an area of specialization for community members and students pursuing a humanities, social sciences, art, or professional degree at UNM
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April 26, 2023 - Consensus memo sign-on letter by Drs. Nancy Lopez, Yasmiyn Irizarry, Edward Vargas on why Office of Management and Budget (OMB) initial proposals to combine Race and Ethnicity into one question will nullify intersectional analysis and impede our ability to discern racialized inequities
- The Consensus Memo that was submitted to federal registry
- Methods Memo to OMB on Data Transparency and Needed Research Before Revising Race & Ethnicity Federal Standards
UNM Race and Social Justice Graduate Certificate
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Available to Enrolled and Non-Enrolled UNM Students, Community, Staff, Faculty
Undergraduate Version of the Race and Social Certificate also now available
Association and Organizational Statements on Race
The Institute is curating statements from scholarly, community-oriented, and human rights-focused organizations on race and racial discrimination in our world. Take a look here and contact us if you have any suggestions to add. Non-English suggestions are always welcomed.
Other Resources
- Division for Equity and Inclusion
- UNM Diversity Curriculum Requirement
- Race and Social Justice Interdisciplinary Insights
- What is "Street Race"?
- Intersectionality as Inquiry & Praxis
Race and Social Justice News
Nancy Lopez Wins $110K grant for intersectionality research
January 11, 2024
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December 6, 2023
Videos
4 27 23, Dr Jorge Ballina (2023)
4 6 23, Dr Ruth Zambrana (2023)
4 6 23, Dr Nicholas Vargas (2023)
3 9 23, Dr. Nancy Lopez (2023)
11 16 22, Dr AJ Alvero (2022)
What Makes Systemic Racism Systemic?Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (2020)
Black Feminism, Intersectionality and Democratic Possibilities Patricia Hill Collins (2017)
Developing an equity lens within and across sectors to improve population health
Natalie S. Burke, CommonHealth Action (2016)
Framing the Dialogue on Race and Ethnicity to Advance Health Equity: A Workshop
Julie Sweetland, FrameWorks Institute (2016)
The evidence for the historical policy production of racialized health inequities and their continuing impact on population health
Mindy Fullilove, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University (2016)
Students Speak Up: Avicra Luckey, UNM Multimedia Journalism
Karla Kingsley, Ph.D. and Kris Goodrich, Ph.D. (2014)