ERIC Number: EJ1289601
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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Being with Anti-Racism Organizational Change Efforts: Using a Process-Oriented Approach to Facilitate Transformation
Watt, Sherry K.; Mahatmya, Duhita; Coghill-Behrends, William; Clay, Daniel L.; Thein, Amanda Haertling; Annicella, Christine
Journal of College Student Development, v62 n1 p130-133 Jan-Feb 2021
Society can no longer ignore the deep roots of racism in American life, culture, and institutions. This truth became more evident when the world witnessed the brutal murder of George Floyd by police officers in May 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Floyd's murder represents multilayered trauma--mass deaths from the virus, a disproportional number of deaths of People of Color and the economically disenfranchised, countless unwarranted deaths of Black and Brown people at the hands of police, centuries of racist law and policy, economic devastation and social isolation. The authors, scholars and leaders in the College of Education at the University of Iowa wondered how can they use their scholarship to inform practice and bring together their collective expertise to best meet the moment? This article describes the design and implementation of the Anti-Racism Collaborative (ARC) within The University of Iowa's College of Education. ARC fosters and reflects a process-oriented approach to transforming racist policies and practices on an organizational level. The aim in developing ARC is for members of the institution to think and act together to continually and proactively change racist practices.
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Organizational Change, Educational Change, Attitude Change, Schools of Education, Educational Policy, Change Strategies
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iowa
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