Welcome to The New School's Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice. This Office launches at an unprecedented time in which the calls for equity, inclusion, and social justice in the United States are urgent, visceral, and unyielding. It launches
at a time when we explicitly exclaim that Black Lives Matter in the service of saving and protecting Black lives, dismantling institutionalized racism, and building a more equitable and inclusive society. The Office also launches during a global pandemic
that has impacted the world, and disproportionately impacts those made most vulnerable amongst us.
Audre Lorde said, “there are no new ideas, only new ways of making them felt.” The principles and values of equity, inclusion, and social justice are not new in general, and certainly not new to The New School. Our challenge as an Office and a community
are to ensure that they are lived, practiced, and experienced in a new way.
The New School is committed to ensuring an equitable, inclusive, and socially just environment for all students, staff and faculty. That commitment requires bringing together students, staff, and faculty who reflect the diversity of thought and identities
of our society. It also requires pedagogy, policies, and practices that institutionalize the values of equity, inclusion, and social justice.
No singular message, initiative or office are intended to cure the ills that challenge us. Moreover, institutional change also does not happen at the speed for which it is demanded. With society as our mirror, and our values and principles as our guide,
we can be sure that there is a lot of challenging work ahead. To be sure, the work of equity, inclusion and social justice belongs to all of us; we all bear responsibility for our community. The EISJ Office will serve as a fulcrum for strategy, policy
and practice across the university. Using the Campus Climate Assessment as a foundational driver for change and engagement, the Office will collaborate with partners across the university to help strengthen
our community such that our values are evident in the ways we learn, teach, create, gather, research, hire, engage and operate. From policy to programming, the EISJ Office will serve as a catalyst for the changes we want in our community. And it will
be with our equally unwavering collective commitment, focus and collaboration that we can.
Policies
The Office of Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice will collaborate with university members on the university-wide strategies and policies that advance and support equity, inclusion and social justice. Here, please find links to relevant current policies
that support this work.
Programming
The Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice will offer a variety of programming to support and advance equity, inclusion and social justice. While no one program is intended to address all things, there will be a range of programming from community
building, to engagement around policy making, to recognition and reclamation events and activities.
As an initial offering of recognition and reclamation, the Office hosted a Juneteenth Black-Out Day of programming on Friday, June 19th. Click here to learn more.