[bioundgrd] meeting to discuss nascent Biology Council on DEI; Friday, November 20th at 3 pm

[Alan D Grossman]

Dear staff, students, postdocs,

We are writing to invite you to join a meeting to discuss the launch of a Department-wide Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, composed of representatives from staff, student, postdoc, and faculty groups.

The Department’s DEI committee (https://biology.mit.edu/about/diversity/dei-committee/) has been meeting regularly since July to discuss and prioritize plans for improving the Department’s efforts in matters of diversity, equity, and inclusion. That committee's focus has been on issues at the faculty level, including changes to our faculty search process and faculty mentoring.

To more broadly and comprehensively understand and address the needs of the Department, we are launching the Biology Council on DEI, which will consist of representatives from our staff, students, postdocs, and faculty. It will be a platform to gather and discuss the needs of all community members, prioritize and act on DEI-related issues, and advise other entities in the department (e.g. Department Head, Associate Department Heads, Building Directors, the faculty DEI committee, Graduate Committee).

We would like to invite anyone interested in this Council to attend a first open meeting where we will discuss the goals, organization, and membership of the Council.
This meeting will take place on Friday, November 20th at 3 pm via Zoom: https://mit.zoom.us/j/98918363870
We look forward to seeing many of you soon.

Best,

Mike Laub, Yukiko Yamashita, Alan Grossman


Alan D. Grossman
Professor and Head
Department of Biology
Building 68-530
M.I.T.
Cambridge, MA   02139

(617) 253-1515
adg at mit.edu<mailto:adg at mit.edu>





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