Global Issues
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Future jobs
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WTO- vision for world p.trade
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International trade
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To be more inclusive and open to ideas
Out Reach, Recruitment, Marketing
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Encourage campus growth – at a responsible rate – no rushing before support systems and resources are available
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Comprehensive compendium of local resources supporting minorities/diverse populations
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More direct minority recruitment students and faculty
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Invitation for 1 representative from all campus groups
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Invitations provided by current members to give to possible future members
(marketing)
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Awards and scholarships for students that are visible models of people who value diversity and community
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Give a ways 50-50 drawings get donations from local stores in community
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Have representation at involvement fairs, maybe preview days
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Book of stories by UIS community members
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That DTF could influence preview days on campus so prospective students could see UIS as a nurturing inclusive community
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Keep campus community aware of DTF initiatives and advertise ways they can get involved other than coming to meetings
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Make presence known on campus
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Display and add marketing tools
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More promotion and advising for academic courses addressing diversity
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Make intentional outreach efforts to administrators who under support DTF
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Have a space during preview days
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More outreach to people with disabilities
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Invite member of representatives from the office of multi cultural affairs to attend
DTF meeting to educate us about their goals and ideas
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Invite members of the office of international affairs to attend a DTF meeting to educate us about their goals and issues
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Invite representative from the office of disability services and GLBT student groups to educate DTF about their goals and issues
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Invite members of the various student groups to attend DTF meetings and share their experiences
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Invite members of the university administration to attend our meeting and discuss diversity and role it plays in the strategic plan
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Invite members of the university administration to attend the DTF meeting and discuss the role of diversity in their unit

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Identify more student leaders to be active members on the committees
Sponsorship and Internet
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Sponsor a collective cookbook
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Special book collection in library
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Book recommended by DTF monthly with discussion
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Learning tool – regular newsletter or email journal recognized and sent to campus community
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Create an open forum for students, staff, and faculty, to discuss their concerns about discussed high emotional topics (i.e. race, sexual orientation) maybe online?
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Networking with other Diversity groups throughout state
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Sponsor an original peeve of art (any medium)
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Sponsor a family or one individual in the community at Christmas time friend in deed, to help community and also put our name out there
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Create a safe and comfortable avenue for the campus community to air grievances they may have
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Class sponsored and supported by DTF
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Sponsor awareness movies in lunch rooms four campus community
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Scholarships for extraordinary outreach to underserved populations of campus
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Possible Mentoring
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Internet Future
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Clear statement of commitment to diversity on all official university publications
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Scholarships
Teaching
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Internships, summer camps, Etc. for outreach and learning what other DTF groups do
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Enforce the ethical policies of the university- holding all staff, faculty, and students responsible for having respectful attitudes
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That the leadership takes steps to implement and promote behavior that supports the positive ideology they with to promote
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Workgroups intermingling diversity, justice, respect, and dignity
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Required diversity training for all administrators, deans and department heads
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Training on tolerance and understanding
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Send executive board members to conferences to expand abilities and knowledge
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A panel on diversity and parenting
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Dialogues and programs about class in America
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Dialogues and programs about confronting white privilege
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Discussing issues relevant to underserved populations like the sex industry on people on disability
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Every course discussing diversity
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Programs discussions on diversity and urban planning
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Dialogs and programs about multiracial, multiethnic populations
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Cultural programming outside of cultural months
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Each of us share a peak moment when we saw unity in diversity

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We should see Baraka
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Teach empathy
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Teach compassion
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Safety is a given on this campus for all the people
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A University known for compassion
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A University known for Acceptance
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Resource Equity
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Respecting that we are different but equal and in most ways the same
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That the leadership reflects a sense of dignity and civility for those they wish to help thus ensuring that honesty and accountability are show cased for all in need
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What happened to UIS’s focus on service learning?
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Race – Unity
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Equality of man and woman
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Equal pay
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No us vs. them
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Tunnel of oppression
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Beware peak transformative moment that challenged our ideas about another culture and showed us what we can learn from that culture
Collaboration
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Collaborative effort with office of multicultural student affairs, and student life
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Work to break down barriers between groups on campus
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Unify student leaders
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Work with other committees like safe zone to increase our impact and effectiveness
81.
Staff, faculty, and students working together to end any form of discrimination
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Connect with diverse student organizations
Community Involvement
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Community partnership
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Community involvement
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Greater connections with Springfield community
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All UIS community events connect students, faculty, and administration
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Community service
Development
88.
Training Opportunities (professional development)
89.
Administrative program participation
90.
Diversity Office
91.
Safe havens for everyone on campus
92.
First the campus climate, then the surrounding environment
93.
Identify areas for improvement and be intentional in our response
94.
An effort to always improve
95.
Make committees and actually get stuff done in them, set goals, and work hard
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More participation from students and faculty
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Full or part time diversity coordinator reporting to the chancellor

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Student loan repayment programs, grants, etc, for serving underserved populations
99.
Increase the size of the task force
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Increase social justice advocacy
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Serve as personal advocates for underrepresented students
Increased dialogue
Inclusive diversity center on campus
Develop and plan to identify issues, strategies project, and services, steps we can take to make our mission and vision a reality
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Civility Statement to encourage UIS communities to pay attention to behavior see TX A&M “civitas”
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Being Proactive
Plays and performers 1 to 2 times per semester
National speaker future landscape of society in U.S.
Be pro-active in our response to bigotry and discrimination
Generate more programs from this body not just supporting others
Have a space during preview days
Have a large program during first week
Bring the AIDS Quilt to campus
The DTF could proved a series of programs and initiatives that would help
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educate first-year students about diversity during their first weeks at UIS
Extensive tolerance workshops for all incoming students
Have speakers about diversity for student from DTF instead of just sponsoring other group’s speakers and events
116.
Student activates and rewards put on, ran and sponsored by DTF
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More events on diversity
Increase in diversity-centric courses and workshops
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More events like the international festival
Foreign film series
Support for diversity-centric service activities
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bleed”
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A seminar on understanding similar vs. different “Prick us do we not
Workshops beyond the ism and phobia factors
Seminars/ Discussion groups answering questions on how what you don’t understand leads to theisms
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Encourage campus community to address issues as they arise- i.e. step up and say something when they hear offensive language in the classroom or other spaces
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P.C vocabulary pamphlets distributed on campus
Speaker who could show unity in diversity thru current issues
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Lots of social events to promote diversity
Social events put on by DTF
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Inclusion is a given, not a battle
Everyone on campus wanting to be a part of DTF
Diverse activities that are always well attended

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A university known as progressive
A university known as being proactive
Push the envelope
Social events
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Sexual Identity
Sexual Identity is a non issue
More curriculum addressing gay and lesbian issues
GLBT student programs
A Tran friendly environment
Gender neutral facilities
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More support for faculty teaching in diversity areas (esp. gay and lesbian)
Non gender based housing options non gender based restroom options
To be in the top 100 universities for LGBTQ students
GLBT resource center
Admissions procedures for transgender students and financial aid procedures for LGBTQ students whose parents cut them off financially
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A Panel on discussion series about aging and diversity elderly LGBTQ
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people, etc
Transgender speakers Kate Bornsties? Leslie Feinberg?
Gay and Lesbian and Trans Center