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How the Pandemic Has Magnified the Challenges of Achieving Racial Equity in a Post-Election America
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The Office for Institutional Equity will hold its annual Diversity Informational Breakfast on Thursday, November 12th at 8:30 AM. This year's event will highlight diversity leadership teams and groups from both Duke Health and Duke University who will present their racial equity, diversity, or inclusion efforts. It will also include a panel of Duke experts who will discuss the magnified challenges in racial equity caused by the pandemic.
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Centralized Anti-Racism Website Launches for Duke Community
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On October 15, President Vincent Price announced Duke's unified effort to present the strategic plans and initiatives about Duke's anti-racism work. The new website shares educational and training videos, details about new and existing programs, and recent data that provides transparency about the progress made to date in this endeavor.
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Racial Identity and the Polarizing Influences Voters Will Carry Into the Polls
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Professors Adriane Lentz-Smith, Ashley Jardina and Gunther Peck
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Duke scholars discuss the protests and calls for social justice over the police killings of Black men, and the reaction some white Americans have had to those protests. They touch on the differing viewpoints of what the term racism means to different groups, the historically systemic events that have led to inequality, and the relationship between passive and overt racism. Throughout their discussion, they arrive at the importance of identity, its many facets, and its role in the upcoming election.
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Early voting at the Karsh Alumni Center ends on October 31. The University's non-profit and tax-exempt status limits the types of permissible political activity on campus. The student-produced Duke Votes website outlines resources for the Duke community interested in engaging in non-partisan political engagement and voter registration efforts.
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Duke Health Staff Coordinate Voter Registration Resources
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Some team members at Duke University Hospital are working with other national academic medical centers, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Hospital Association in a nonpartisan, online voter initiative to help members of the Duke community register to vote.
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Podcast Examines Gap Between Intention to Vote and Actual Turnout Among Young People
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Duke Professor D. Sunshine Hillygus and her colleague from the University of Virginia, John Holbein, discuss findings from their study on participation between older and younger American voters. In the podcast, the scholars discuss the various personal barriers that young people face that may affect why they never make it to voting booths.
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Those Before Us Wins "Why Vote" Video Challenge
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Powerful Screen Printing Inspires Local Activism
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“This is a momentous time in our society and there is a lot of energy out there. I want to be a part of documenting and responding to the current moment ... I’ve been looking at historical American political posters and thinking about how graphic art can drive action.”
Bill Fick,
Assistant Director of Visual and Studio Arts for the Rubenstein Arts Center and Lecturing Fellow in the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, quoted in a Duke Arts News story about his printmaking and designs.
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Calling Staff and Faculty Artists: Create Art for Racial Justice Series
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Working@Duke invites Duke faculty and staff to design a graphic to represent its new series that will highlight individuals, departments, schools, and units that are taking action to better understand and address racial inequities in the Duke community. Design submissions are due by 12 PM on October 26, 2020.
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Joint Funding Awarded to Expand COVID-19 Testing in Underserved Communities
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The four-year program aims to expand test access and coordinate data collection by implementing innovative and sustainable solutions to barriers that have previously hampered efforts in testing among underserved and vulnerable populations across the U.S.
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Duke University Institutional Statement of Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
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