Hamilton College Diversity Initiative Timeline
Administration
April 2001- Report of the Diversity Task Force
June 2002- Hamilton College Strategic Plan “embraced the importance of fostering a diverse campus community as essential both to our strategic objectives and to our providing an excellent education for all of our students.”
November 2004- Diversity Strategic Plan
Fall 2006- Associate Dean of Students for Diversity and Accessibility position begins Allen Harrison, Jr. currently holds the position.
Fall 2007- Associate Dean of Diversity Steven Yao becomes the campus ombudsperson
Fall 2007- Student Assembly revives Diversity and Accessibility Committee
April 2008- Hamilton creates Coordinating Council on Diversity
Summer 2008- Hamilton College renovates the Afro-Latin Cultural Center
Fall 2008- Position added to the Africana Studies Department
November 3, 2008- Student Assembly approves resolution for a Cultural Education Center
November 4, 2008- Faculty approve resolution for a Cultural Education Center
Social Justice Initiative
Spring 2006- Social Justice Initiative founded
September 2007- Met with Nancy Thompson asked for renovations of the Afro-Latin Cultural Center and submitted first proposal for the Cultural Education Center.
October 2007- Hosted a coffee hour with almost 100 community members demanding change rather than support in response to a hate crime on campus.
October 2007- Created an incident report form that was distributed to the student body. Anonymous surveys gave community a glimpse of prejudice and intolerance on campus.
November 2007- After being refused permission to speak, demonstrated silently at the November faculty meeting.
January 2008- Submitted a revised proposal for a Cultural Education Center.
February 2008- Submitted a revised proposal for a Cultural Education Center which included renovations of the ALCC.
March 2008- Presented a revised proposal for a Cultural Education Center to a Committee of the Board of Trustees.
April 2008- Presented a proposal asking the faculty to address ‘diversity’ in the curriculum.
October 2008- Demonstrated at the Board of Trustees Meeting, and presented proposal and petition with over 300 signatures.
November 2008- Toby Jenkins, Multicultural Center Coordinator for the University of Pennsylvania, came to Hamilton College to meet Dean Urgo, Chair of Executive Strategic Plan Committee. A plan was presented to demonstrate how Hamilton could undertake establish a cultural education center.
December 2008- SJI send letter to executive committee regarding the use of the term diversity in the December draft, as well as the task force being an ineffective solution. As a result of this letter a second meeting was scheduled for community feedback on strategic plan.
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