Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

 

Dear CPC Community,

Over the past two years our community has made strides to develop an inclusive and equitable culture. While CPC has only begun on our journey, we have begun to implement various necessary changes to our systems to help drive us in the correct directions such as: the newly founded Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Vice President position and the DEI panel composed of representatives from each chapter. Collectively, we recognize that this is just the beginning of our journey and are working on ways to further nurture a culture of DEI mindedness.

Within 2023, the CPC DEI VP & DEI Panel have three main priorities:

1. Standardize consistent DEI education and practices across CPC chapters while retaining the individually tailored DEI program for each chapter’s unique needs.

a) The DEI VP  will be working directly with each chapter’s DEI representative to create a individually tailored strategic plan 

2. Nurture a holistic culture of DEI-mindedness within leadership such that DEI is implied in the role rather than an addition.

a) This will occur through intentional education and initiative for all members of chapter leadership to develop and drive change in their positions i.e. Implicit bias training, DEI in recruitment training, & DEI in leadership training.

3. Promote DEI initiatives through Georgia Tech and connect our community to additional resources

a) This will include training through the Institute of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion & the Office of Student Diversity Programming.

As we move forward with prioritizing DEI in our community, we value any input from you, our community, as we hope to serve you and provide a space for belonging. This form will be checked on a weekly basis as we will aim to implement input in an effective and time-appropriate way. Additionally, to make myself accessible to all members of our community you may contact the DEI VP at  deivp.gtcpc@gmail.com with your ideas or schedule a 30 min meeting via this calendly link. We look forward to this coming year of serving our community.

 

Sincerely,

Anisha Kanukolanu

CPC DEI VP

 

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