{"id":5965,"date":"2022-09-06T16:39:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T20:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=5965"},"modified":"2022-09-06T16:40:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T20:40:35","slug":"cumc-anti-racism-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-focus-group","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/events\/cumc-anti-racism-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-focus-group\/","title":{"rendered":"CUMC Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility focus group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to announce a new initiative that our Working Group on Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (ARDEIA) has been working on for the past weeks. This group\u2019s overarching goal has been to systematically review Columbia\u00b4s policies on diversity -with a focus on postdoctoral and associate research scientists- and lay the groundwork to fight for a contract with strong, progressive and inclusive language.<\/p>\n<p>As we are geared towards our second contract negotiations,<strong>\u00a0we are inviting you to a series of focus groups with the aim of collecting information on your experiences and perception regarding racism, discrimination, inclusion of minorities, accessibility, belonging and representation<\/strong>. These will be 1h-long discussions happening at lunch time (lunch will be provided) on 3 different days in each of the main campuses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CUIMC: July 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a012-1.30 pm, Vagelos P&amp;S P&amp;S, Todd Amphitheater, room 16-405<\/li>\n<li>Morningside: July 19th 12-1.30 pm, Fairchild building, room 1000<\/li>\n<li>Zuckerman Institute: August 2nd 12-1.30pm, JLGSC L8-086<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/mAcY7U42qpJYeyYa7\"><strong>You can sign up for a Focus Group in this google form<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Participation is voluntary and will provide very valuable information, allowing us to design a roadmap of priorities for our bargaining committee negotiating our next contract.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to discussing in depth these key issues with you all and hearing your ideas and feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to announce a new initiative that our Working Group on Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (ARDEIA) has been working on for the past weeks. This group\u2019s overarching goal has been to systematically review Columbia\u00b4s policies on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/5965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5965"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=5965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}