The following was adapted from a presentation by Sonia DeLuca Fernández,senior vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion at CU Boulder.
As a college, in alignment with campus, we would like to adopt the shared equity leadership model for all contributors to our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
The shared equity leadership modelwas developed byAdrianna Kezarand her colleagues at the University of Southern California and the American Council on Education. It is a framework for:
To begin thinking about this concept, here are examples of how and why shared equity leadership works:
Read CU Boulder's FAQs on shared equity leadership
All-College Meeting Breakout Session
As an introduction to this concept, we’d like to gather your thoughts on the meaning of this definition through an activity in our Dec. 6 All-College Meeting, where we will have break-out sessions that discuss the following:
- What makes a “critical mass” for DEI efforts to be effective?
- What is a “personal journey” and what does that look like?
- What are “equity-focused values”?
- What are examples of “specific practices” to promote more just and equitable outcomes in CEAS?
For more, please check out the visual at right, whichdemonstratesthe shift from "traditional accountability"to shared equity leadership expanded accountability, along with an explanation of the ultimate goal of "critical consciousness.”