The 2024-2025 academic year was once again kicked off with the Community Lunch, an event that perfectly embodies our theme for the year: Belonging. This academic year marks a significant milestone鈥攖he 10th anniversary of the College鈥檚 IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) Initiative. Over the past decade, IDEA has been instrumental in propelling the College towards the goal of fostering a more inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible community.
As we continue to build upon the foundation laid by IDEA, it’s crucial that we take a moment to reflect. How are we, as a community, nurturing the environment we aspire to create? What steps can we take to ensure every member feels a true sense of belonging? Let’s make this anniversary year a celebration of our progress and a renewed commitment to creating a campus where everyone truly belongs. For more information on the IDEA Initiative, visit our diversity page or read our 2023-2024 End of the Year Report.
Committee on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (CIDE)
Under President Marcus-Newhall’s leadership, the Committee on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (CIDE)聽is charged with proposing initiatives, policies, and practices that will enhance public dialogue on gender identity, ethnicity, religion, race, diversity, and other topics critical to the future of the College and facilitating campus conversations on race, equity, and inclusion. The focus for the 2024-2025 CIDE is 鈥淏别濒辞苍驳颈苍驳.鈥� Click the button below to learn more about CIDE and this year’s committee.
Spotlight
Please聽welcome the newest members of the Equity and Justice Team, Dr. C谩ndida Jaquez, Associate Dean of Faculty for Racial Equity, and Gretchen Maldonado, Director, Laspa Center for Leadership. Dr. Jaquez and Gretchen bring a collective three decades of institutional knowledge and support for students, faculty, and staff to the EJ team, and we are excited to see how they will support the EJ team in addressing equity and justice here at Scripps.
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Updates
2023-2024 Student Racial Justice and Equity Fellows
The Racial Justice and Equity Fellowship Program provides grants for research, internships, and community-engagement projects designed to advance scholarship and explore topics relevant to the following: racial justice; inequality; equity; criminal justice reform; intersectional, interracial, and intraracial violence; community-engaged projects; and related areas.
2024-2025 Student Fellows聽
Racial and Social Justice Oral History ProjectJane Lovette ’25
Educational Philosophy with Abolitionist Theory
Francesca Mills ’27
Rural Soil Sample Collection in Senegal
Events
Fall Community Gatherings
2024 Student Leadership Institute Workshop
A ConverAction on Voting
Final Thoughts
“By refreshing our sense of belonging in the world, we widen the web of relationships that nourishes us and protects us from burnout.”
— Joanna Macy