What is the Racial Equity and Inclusion (REI) Center? Who is involved and what do they do? We are so glad you asked! In this Research and Innovation Town Hall, the REI Center Staff describe our vision and path to becoming an anti-racist institution. We touch on what the terms “systemic racism” and “anti-racism” are, a bit of the history of how the REI Center was established from grassroots activism on our own campus, and share how we apply some of the most important racial equity values and principles to our work. This is part one of a two part series.

In this Research and Innovation Town Hall, Racial Equity and Inclusion Center: How it Works?, we explain what the REI Center is and provide a little background on how we grew from grassroots activism to an established center. In this video, we walk through the type of work we plan to engage during 2021. If you would like to learn details about the type of work we believe will help address embedded systemic racism, this video is for you!

In this Research and Innovation Town Hall titled, Racial Equity and Inclusion Center: Year 1 Review, we explain what the REI Center has been up to over the last year. In this video, we walk through origins of AVDS and the REI Center, our framework for the work we do, our strategy, values and principles that guide our work, and our efforts over the past year.